Motion Sensing System Architect

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: San Francisco, CA
Salary: $129,334–$225,300 / yr
Posted: 15 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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TL;DR · Motion Sensing System Architect

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As a Motion Sensing System Architect, you will join the Motion Sensing Hardware Team to own the end-to-end sensing system architecture for magnetic, inertial, and pressure sensors across various products. You will be responsible for driving the feature roadmap, defining requirements, and building quantitative models that capture the full signal chain from transducer physics through electrical and algorithmic components. Your daily work involves using modeling and simulation tools like ANSYS Maxwell, COMSOL, MATLAB, Python, and JMP to optimize sensor placement while balancing mechanical, thermal, and electromagnetic constraints. You will also develop validation plans, perform architectural trade-off analyses, and collaborate cross-functionally with industrial design and manufacturing teams. This role solves the technical challenge of bridging physical and digital realms by ensuring high-performance motion sensing capabilities are successfully integrated into consumer electronics from concept through production.

Skills

MEMS Signal Processing MATLAB Python JMP ANSYS Maxwell COMSOL FEA Monte Carlo Simulation Sensor Fusion Machine Learning System Engineering

What you'll do

Drive the motion sensing feature roadmap by evaluating emerging technologies and user needs.
Translate high-level feature requirements into detailed system specifications and sensor module requirements.
Build and validate quantitative end-to-end models of the physical, electrical, and algorithmic signal chains.
Optimize sensor placement using modeling and simulation to meet mechanical, thermal, and electromagnetic constraints.
Define and execute comprehensive validation plans from initial characterization through high-volume production.
Perform architectural trade-off analyses regarding performance, manufacturability, size, schedule, and cost.
Develop automated measurement methods to ensure thorough validation on tight development schedules.
Resolve sensor performance matching issues by collaborating with suppliers and manufacturing sites.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree is the minimum requirement.
Practical understanding of motion sensors (magnetic, inertial, pressure) and relevant physics.
Experience in architecture and system-level design of sensing systems.
Ph.D. and a proven track record shipping motion sensor or sensing system products (preferred).
Experience in architecture, design, characterization, and validation of MEMS sensing systems (preferred).
Deep understanding of EE, ME, transducer physics, and system engineering principles (preferred).
Proficiency in modeling, simulation, and analysis tools such as ANSYS Maxwell, COMSOL, MATLAB, Python, and JMP (preferred).
Strong fundamentals in signal processing, probability, statistics, sensor fusion, machine learning, and mathematical modeling (preferred).

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