
Power Control Systems Engineer - Platform Architecture
Required skills
- Power Control Systems
- Platform Architecture
- MATLAB/Simulink
- C/C++
- Bash
- Python
- Control Theory
- System Identification
- Estimation Theory
- Signal Processing
Nice to have
- MS or PhD
- Electrical/Computer Engineering
- embedded microcontroller environments
- machine-learning
- predictive analytics
- constraint prediction
Role summary
Apple is seeking a Power Control Systems Engineer to design and evolve power control architectures across its product line. This role involves analyzing performance and power data, applying control theory and estimation techniques, and developing data-driven approaches to power allocation. The engineer will collaborate with systems and software teams to optimize power and thermal constraints, aiming to extend battery life and enhance user experience. Experience with programming languages like MATLAB/Simulink, C/C++, Bash, or Python, and control system design principles are required. Preferred qualifications include advanced degrees, embedded systems experience, and machine learning applications for power management.
Description
We are seeking a Power Control Systems Engineer to help design and evolve new power control systems across multiple product features. You will be responsible for evolving the power control architecture deployed across Apple products to extend battery life and improve user experience while meeting device power and thermal constraints across multiple timescales. This work involves collecting and analyzing performance/power data from real-world workloads, applying and extending control theory and estimation techniques — including multi-timescale constraint handling — to novel system problems, driving data-driven and predictive approaches to power allocation, cooperating with systems and software teams to characterize and analyze power/performance profiles, and evaluating power control algorithms based on the resulting insights.
Minimum Qualifications
BS degree Experience with one or more of the following programing languages: MATLAB/Simulink, C/C++, Bash, or Python Experience with control system design in one or more of the following areas: Classical Control Theory, Modern Control Theory, System Identification, Estimation Theory, Signal Processing, or multi-timescale constraint handling
Preferred Qualifications
MS or PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent 10+ years of relevant industry experience Experience implementing control systems in embedded microcontroller environments Experience applying data-driven or machine-learning approaches to power allocation, predictive analytics, or constraint prediction Experience with multi-timescale or hierarchical constraint-handling techniques in real-time control systems Innovative and critical system-level thinker with control system design and debug skills Desire to bring data-driven decision-making and analytics to improve our products Professional and collaborative with interpersonal communication skills
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?
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