
Power Delivery Engineer - iPhone
Required skills
- EE fundamentals
- problem solving skills
- power electronics
- DC-DC converters
- LDOs
- power
- analog
- integrated circuit design
- process development
- analytical methodology
Nice to have
- conceptual phase
- product ramp-up
- mass production
- reliability
- complex power distribution networks
- sophisticated power conversion systems
Role summary
Apple is seeking a Hardware Engineer - System Technologies for the iPhone Hardware Engineering team. This multi-disciplinary role involves defining and establishing system power architecture requirements for new products, providing architectural guidance to cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will have strong EE fundamentals, experience in power electronics design (DC-DC converters, LDOs), power management IC architecture, and board-level testing. Preferred qualifications include experience with PDN design, circuit/EM simulation tools, and taking projects from concept to mass production.
Description
The ideal candidate will collaborate with and provide architectural guidance to cross-functional engineering teams in defining and establishing system power architecture requirements for new products. The role may occasionally involve domestic and international travel.
Minimum Qualifications
3+ years of experience, BS/MS in relevant fields Must have strong EE fundamentals and problems solving skills Must have experience in power electronics related design and development, including DC-DC converters and LDOs. Knowledge of power, analog and integrated circuit design fundamentals, process development, and analytical methodology for high-quality designs Experience in architecture design of complex power conversion systems or power management ICs. Strong laboratory board-level testing, debugging and validation experience with lab equipments, such as oscilloscopes, electronic loads, and signal generators. Ability to employ scientific and systematic methods to troubleshoot and drive resolutions of multi-disciplinary system issues. Experience in layout planning and routing strategies. Ability to relate electrical performance to physical layout and system level solutions, including passive components and controls. Experience in cross-functional collaboration
Preferred Qualifications
7+years of experience, PhD in relevant fields Experience in taking projects from the conceptual phase through product ramp-up and mass production. Knowledge and work experience of various integrated circuit process technologies, design flows, reliability, and other related topics. Experience performing or guiding complex power distribution networks (PDN) design for sophisticated power conversion systems. Knowledge and Hands-on experience in circuit and EM simulation tools, such as Cadence/Sigrity, ADS/Spice/Spectre, Ansys HFSS/Maxwell/SIWave, and CST.
Sample Apple interview questions
- 1
Design a typeahead box for a search engine
system designmedium - 2
Design a rate limiter
system designmedium - 3
Architect a key-value store for distributed systems.
system designmedium - 4
Design a system to schedule jobs in a distributed environment
system designmedium - 5
What is an API and how does it work?
technicalmedium
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