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About Apple Inc
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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The Hardware Systems Engineering role involves designing, prototyping, building, and validating electrical designs throughout the product development cycle specifically for the Apple Watch. The engineer will perform system electrical design, schematic capture, and PCB layout while managing prototype bring up and debugging. Day-to-day responsibilities include functional and performance verification of hardware using common EE test equipment such as oscilloscopes, DMMs, spectrum analyzers, and logic analyzers. The role requires performing hands-on failure analysis for manufacturing and reliability issues while providing factory build support from early NPI through product ramp. Key technical skills include utilizing Cadence tools or equivalents for constraint-driven PCB layout, integrating subsystems like audio, sensors, radio, and power electronics, and working with communication protocols including GPIO, I2C, and SPI. The position requires collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve complex hardware integration challenges.
Design, prototype, and validate electrical designs throughout the product development cycle.
Perform schematic capture and constraint-driven PCB layout design using Cadence or equivalent tools.
Execute hardware bring-up and debug new electrical designs.
Verify hardware performance using oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, logic analyzers, and DMMs.
Conduct failure analysis on manufacturing, design, and reliability issues to implement corrective actions.
Integrate subsystems such as audio, sensors, radio, and power electronics into hardware systems.
Provide factory build support from early NPI through product ramp.
Report and present the status of hardware issues to management and cross-functional forums.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Engineering Physics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
3 years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
2 years of experience using Cadence tools or industry equivalents for schematic capture and constraint-driven PCB layout design.
2 years of experience utilizing common EE test equipment including oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, logic analyzers, DMMs, and power analyzers.
2 years of experience bringing up and debugging new hardware designs.
2 years of experience integrating electrical designs or subsystems like audio, sensors, radio, or power electronics into systems.
2 years of experience designing, performing schematic capture, and guiding PCB layout of hardware systems.
2 years of experience performing hardware failure analysis, implementing corrective actions, and collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams.
Electrical Design
Circuit Design
Schematic Capture
Flex Layout
Signal Integrity
SPICE Simulation
PCIe
USB
I2C
CAN
SPI
high speed serial
Oscilloscope
Multi-meter
hardware bringup
Prototyping