
PMU Hardware Electrical Design Engineer
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.
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
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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