Mixed Signal Hardware Design Engineer

Apple Inc

Sunnyvale, CA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Apple, Bluetooth, Chipset, Circuit Design, Communications Protocols, Computer Architecture, Computer Engineering, Computer Systems, Cross-Functional, Debugging Skills, Digital Circuit Design, Electrical Engineering, Embedded Processors, Emerging Technology, Hardware Design, I2C, Laboratory Equipment, Logic Analyzer, Low Power, Manufacturing, Memory Hardware, Mixed Signal IC Design, Mobile Devices, Near Field Communication (NFC), PCI Express (PCI-E), Performance Management, Power Management, Protocol Analysis, Radio Frequency, Schematics, Silicon Bringup, Software Design, Software Development, Software Testing, System Architecture, System-on-a-Chip (SoC), Technical/Engineering Design, Test Scripts, Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter (UART), Verification Plans, Wi-Fi, Willing to Travel, Wireless Communications, Wireless Hardware
LOCATION
Sunnyvale, CA
POSTED
30+ days ago

Apple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing to the values that lead to great work. Do you have a passion for taking on big challenges? Do you love pushing the limits of what's considered feasible? As part of our Wireless Hardware group, you'll be responsible for bringing groundbreaking wireless connectivity to the world. On this team, you'll help improve the performance of our products through innovative system-on-chip designs. You and your team will build platform architecture that paves the way for all-new experiences, including the ones that allow people to take advantage of our innovations in sensor technology. Together, our goal is to ensure nothing stands in the way of our customers' connections with their devices. Join us and help build world-renowned wireless systems that connect customers to their world like never before.

We have built the best RF hardware design team on the planet! We're looking for a dedicated individual to join our team. We support WiFi, Bluetooth, UWB, NFC, and emerging technologies. As a Mixed Signal Hardware Design Engineer, you will be responsible for the design, implementation and verification of digital and power portions of wireless designs across all Apple products. The applicant should be familiar with computer system architecture, digital design and power distribution networks. The candidate will work proactively with various cross-functional engineering groups responsible for other blocks in the system. May require traveling internationally.

In this role you will drive end-to-end hardware design for cutting-edge wireless systems, from schematic and layout implementation to bring-up and validation of digital interfaces and power supplies. Collaborate cross-functionally with hardware, software, and silicon teams as well as external chipset vendors to deliver robust, high-performance mixed signal solutions.

Closely work with internal hardware, software and silicon teams to define system interconnects and power supplies

Implement in-product schematics and layout

Work with internal hardware and silicon teams to bring-up, characterize (performance/power) and validate new digital interfaces + protocols

Work with power supply application circuit design and validation, including load step response, ripple and accuracy, stability

Work with external chipset vendors to develop successful integration and verification plans

Be required to travel internationally as needed (~15%)

BSEE required

Good understanding of protocol specifications for communication interfaces like PCIe, MIPI, I2C, SPI, UART, etc.

Experience with power supply/power management and power distribution networks

Hands on debug experience with usage of modern lab equipment (DSOs, Logic Analyzers, Protocol Analyzers)

MSEE is preferred

Experience in writing basic software routines and test scripts

Strong desire to investigate system level issues and drive problems to closure in a team-based environment with a proactive demeanor

Experience with mobile and/or embedded processors and memory systems

Experience with circuit schematic capture/layout

Experience interacting with offshore manufacturing partners

Successful track record of delivering highly innovative communication products

Experience with high volume, low power, mobile products

About the Company

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Apple Inc

We bring amazing people together to make amazing things happen.

We’re a diverse collection of thinkers and doers, continually reimagining what’s possible to help us all do what we love in new ways. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, as well as with services, including iTunes, the App Store, Apple Music, and Apple Pay. And the same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices — strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it.

About Apple

There’s a place here for every kind of brilliant. Everyone here is an innovator, or an innovator-to-be, no matter what your team or your role. So bring your passion, courage, and original thinking and get ready to share it, because every new product, service, or feature we invent is the result of people working together to make each others’ ideas stronger. Innovation at this level depends on people who represent the variety of the human experience and inspire us with their own fresh perspectives. Together, we’ll do amazing work that can make a difference in people’s lives. Including your own. Learn more about working at Apple.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Computer/IT Services
FOUNDED
1976
WEBSITE
https://www.apple.com/jobs