Mixed Signal Hardware Design Engineer

$136,300 - $248,700/Yr

Apple - Sunnyvale, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Sunnyvale, CA

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

As a Mixed Signal Hardware Design Engineer at Apple, you will play a crucial role in the Wireless Hardware group, focusing on the design, implementation, and verification of digital and power portions of wireless designs across all Apple products. This position involves collaborating with various engineering teams to enhance product performance through innovative system-on-chip designs, ensuring seamless connectivity for customers. You will be responsible for defining system interconnects and power supplies, validating new digital interfaces, and working with external chipset vendors to ensure successful integration.

Responsibilities

• Closely work with internal hardware, software, and silicon teams to define system interconnects and power supplies, implementing them in product schematics and layout.
• Collaborate with internal hardware and silicon teams to bring-up, characterize, and validate new digital interfaces and protocols.
• Design and validate power supply application circuits, focusing on load step response, ripple, accuracy, and stability.
• Develop successful integration and verification plans in collaboration with external chipset vendors.
• Travel internationally as needed (15%).

Requirements

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related field and 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Good understanding of protocol specifications for communication interfaces like PCIe, MIPI, I2C, SPI, UART, etc.
• Experience with power supply/power management and power distribution networks.
• Hands-on debug experience using modern lab equipment (DSOs, Logic Analyzers, Protocol Analyzers).

Nice-to-haves

• M.S.E.E. is preferred.
• Experience in writing basic software routines and test scripts.
• Strong desire to investigate system-level issues and drive problems to closure in a team-based environment.
• Experience with mobile and/or embedded processors and memory systems.
• Experience with circuit schematic capture/layout.
• Experience interacting with offshore manufacturing partners.
• Successful track record of delivering highly innovative communication products.
• Experience with high volume, low power, mobile products.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage.
• Retirement benefits.
• Discounted products and free services.
• Reimbursement for certain educational expenses, including tuition.
• Opportunity to participate in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs.