Apple - Austin, TX
posted 4 months ago
As an iPhone Hardware Validation Automation Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in the system integration team, contributing to the development of the next generation of iPhones. This position requires a passion for delivering exceptional products and a commitment to ensuring the highest design quality for future releases. You will be responsible for creating and managing various software-based solutions that facilitate system hardware validation. This includes scripting, data acquisition, and analysis tools that are essential for the validation process. In this role, you will be tasked with building innovative software solutions that aid in system hardware validation while optimizing internal processes to enhance efficiency. Your responsibilities will include automating data collection from lab equipment and developing infrastructure to manage large data sets for both local and cloud-based servers. You will also be responsible for developing test scripts to control lab test equipment and post-process raw data sets using key electrical performance indicators. Additionally, you will lead innovative solutions aimed at minimizing bulk data transfer and processing time, author reports and communications regarding key results and checkpoints, and maintain user documentation and training content for the code you develop. Collaboration is key in this role, as you will engage with multi-functional development teams in the US and Asia to integrate their work into the project. You will also participate in debugging activities, actively driving the design of experiments (DOEs) to ensure the success of the validation process. Your strong software and electrical engineering fundamentals will be crucial as you work hands-on with debugging efforts and collaborate with various engineering teams to close critical tasks and improve designs.