Hardware PhD Intern

Apple Inc

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Posted: 159 days ago
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Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company known for designing and manufacturing consumer electronics, software, and online services, including the iPhone, Mac, iPad, and App Store. Industry: Consumer Electronics & Software

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Hardware PhD Internships involve supporting electrical and system design and integration for products including Apple Vision Pro, iPhone, iPad, Watch, and Mac computers. Interns assist in engineering processes for the design, integration, implementation, testing, and qualification of various electrical sub-systems. Key responsibilities include camera, touch, and display engineering; wireless technologies like antenna design and RF system validation; ASIC/VLSI tasks such as RTL design and physical design; and embedded systems development. Candidates will work with technologies including C, C++, Python, Perl, SQL, Assembly, VHDL, and Verilog RTL. The role requires skills in digital logic design, circuit analysis, and using measurement equipment like spectrum analyzers and oscilloscopes to solve complex hardware problems across audio, acoustics, optical, and firmware domains.

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ASIC VLSI RTL Design Verilog RTL VHDL FPGA Digital Logic Design Analog IC RF Engineering Antenna Design Firmware Development C C++ Python Perl SQL Assembly Schematic Capture Signal Integrity STA Physical Design DFT Machine Learning Embedded Systems Spectrum Analyzers Network Analyzers Oscilloscopes

What you'll do

Support electrical and system design and integration for Apple products like iPhone and Mac.
Design and implement experiments to validate new optical and mechanical materials.
Perform RTL design, verification, and physical design for ASIC and VLSI components.
Develop and debug low-level firmware, drivers, and communication protocols.
Conduct RF system level validation and optimize automated wireless systems.
Perform schematic capture and provide system-level testing support to resolve bugs.
Develop low-level microcontroller code and prototype concepts using FPGAs.
Execute hardware design and prototyping for audio, acoustics, and optical components.

What we're looking for

Currently pursuing a PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or a related field.
Must return to school after the internship or have the internship as the final requirement for graduation.
Knowledge of computer system architecture, digital logic design and verification, digital and analog circuit analysis, and Analog IC (preferred).
Knowledge of chip design and microarchitecture of on-chip interconnection networks (preferred).
Knowledge of antenna, cellular, wireless, OTA, RF Engineering, high-speed signals, wireless communication theory, and RF circuit design (preferred).
Knowledge of CPU & GPU Architecture (preferred).
Proficiency in C, C++, Python, Perl, SQL, Assembly, Mac OS X, PH, Obj-C, VHDL, Verilog RTL, or Digital Logic Design (preferred).
Experience using measurement equipment, interpreting schematics, or prior relevant internship and project experience (preferred).

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