Hardware System Design Lead

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Seattle, WA
Salary: $175,000–$308,500 / yr
Posted: 110 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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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As a Hardware System Design Lead - Apple Vision Pro, you will join a cross-functional team to bring products from concept to mass production. You will solve challenging engineering problems by selecting components, designing schematics, directing layout, and performing circuit bring-up and debugging in a lab environment. Your daily work involves realizing prototypes for product definition and user testing, as well as performing circuit characterization using state-of-the-art test equipment. You must possess strong electrical engineering fundamentals and experience with schematic capture, layout review, and validation. Key technical skills include knowledge of embedded systems, CPU/SOC, power management, analog circuits, and wireless systems. You will utilize electrical CAD tools like Cadence Concept and Allegro to optimize designs for power and performance within the spatial computing domain.

Skills

Electrical Engineering Schematic Capture Layout Review Embedded Systems Cadence Concept Allegro DC-DC Converters Power Management Analog Circuits Wireless Systems Sensor Design SOC Prototyping Validation

What you'll do

Select components and design schematics for new product features.
Direct hardware layout and perform circuit bring-up and debugging in the lab.
Develop and execute test plans to characterize circuits and demonstrate design robustness.
Build functional prototypes to support product definition and user testing.
Optimize designs to meet strict power, performance, and size constraints.
Manage hardware development from initial concept through to mass production.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to team members across multiple sites.

What we're looking for

Bachelors or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
7+ years of hardware development engineering experience in a team environment.
Strong Electrical Engineering fundamentals.
Experience with schematic capture and layout review.
Experience in prototyping, bring-up, debug, and validation.
Experience designing high volume products from beginning to end with contract manufacturers (preferred).
Experience as a technical lead and/or mentoring team members (preferred).
Knowledge in CPU/SOC, power management, analog circuits, wireless systems, or sensor design (preferred).