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PMU Hardware Electrical Design Engineer

Cupertino, CAOnsiteFull TimePosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • hardware
  • electrical design
  • silicon development
  • mixed-signal integrated circuits
  • power supplies
  • simulations
  • bringup
  • debug
  • extraction
  • silicon development effort

Nice to have

  • MSEE
  • hardware development
  • specification
  • downstream support
  • component development
  • component selection

Role summary

Apple is seeking a Hardware Electrical Design Engineer to join their silicon development team. This role involves designing custom mixed-signal integrated circuits for Apple's product lines. Responsibilities include lab validation system design, circuit design, schematic, analysis, layout, and review in a PCB environment. The ideal candidate will have experience with hardware bring-up, debug, PCB manufacturing, and assembly. Preferred qualifications include knowledge of signal and power integrity, experience with CAD tools like Cadence Allegro or Altium, familiarity with microcontrollers/FPGAs, and Python coding experience. This is a hybrid role requiring 3 years of relevant industry experience.

Are you interested in designing hardware as part of silicon development at Apple? Join our team at Apple developing custom mixed-signal integrated circuits for Apple’s existing and future product lines. Our small team has already shipped hundreds of millions of chips into several Apple product lines, including new products launched this year. We are looking for a hardworking engineer that is enthusiastic about embedded hardware design. You can work closely with a diverse and creative team to craft complex test systems for state-of-the-art power supplies. This role includes a broad scope of work including simulations, software, bringup, debug, extraction, and analysis. You will work closely with a wide range of people across functions and be a key contributor to the silicon development effort. Join us in building Apple’s next generation products. Do you want to be a part of building the “surprise and delight” in Apple’s future products?

Description


In this exciting role you will be responsible for: - Lab validation system design and development using circuits such as LDO, Buck, ADC, DAC, Op-AMP, FPGA etc., and control interface like I2C, SPI, SPMI, etc - Circuit design, schematic, analysis, layout, and review in a PCB environment - Knowledge of signal and power integrity (PDN analysis) is preferred - Hands-on lab experience with hardware bring-up and debug - Drive debug and resolution of engineering issues working with cross-functional teams. - Experience with PCB manufacturing and assembly

Minimum Qualifications


BS and a minimum of 3 years of relevant industry experience

Preferred Qualifications


MSEE preferred* Experience with hardware development from specification to bring up and downstream support. Skilled at component development and selection for schematics design Ability to design or guide high quality PCB layouts into fabrication and assembly Prior experience using CAD tools such as Cadence Allegro, Altium, etc for multi-layer board layout is desired Familiarity with microcontroller/FPGA/logic design and programming Skillful in an electronics lab environment using real time oscilloscopes, analyzers, function generators, automation hardware, power supplies, and electronic loads Familiarity with challenges relating to power quality, high-speed signal integrity and control interface Coding or automation experience in Python is a plus Excellent written, verbal and communication skills focused on teamwork and collaboration in a dynamic cross-functional environment

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