About the position
Apple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build, service we create, or Apple Store experience we deliver is the result of us making each other's ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world, changing lives for the better. It's the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in, we can do the best work of our lives. Here, you'll do more than join something - you'll add something. Do you have a passion for invention and self-challenge? Do you thrive on pushing the limits of what's considered feasible? As part of our Display Technologies group, you'll help ensure our products' displays work beautifully through the successful design, fabrication, and implementation of components in Apple devices. From initial concept to mass production, you'll develop highly innovative displays for the full line of Apple products, including Apple Watch, iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Through touch and sight, these displays are how millions of Apple customers connect with our products every single day. Together, you'll collaborate with multifunctional teams across Apple to make each interaction a magical experience to see and touch.
Responsibilities
- Identifying areas where optical coating and components can improve display, camera, sensor performance, and customer experience
- Identifying and defining equipment for high-volume manufacturing and process (including deposition, patterning, and etch) solutions for technically complex nano-fabricated optical components to enable new designs and functional requirements
- Leading the multi-functional interaction with Product Design, Engineering/Operations, and driving international suppliers to deliver optics components/modules
- Leading root cause analysis and troubleshooting for failures and component performance improvement
- Defining Engineering Requirement Specification (ERS) for the optical components IQC, OQC, and IPQC
- Providing meticulous presentations and reports to a broad range of collaborators, including management, peers, and suppliers.
Requirements
- BS and a minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience in Optics, Engineering Physics, Material Science, Chemistry, or equivalent areas.
- Experience with optical coating integration, nano-optics manufacturing processes, including deposition, lithography, etching, etc.
- Experience in interference optical coating design and modeling, process, and characterization.
- Experience with thin film characterization metrologies (XPS, SEM, TEM, AFM, XRD, SIMS, FT-IR, etc.) and/or optical devices-related characterization methods (interferometer, spectrometer, ellipsometry, etc.).
Nice-to-haves
- Excellent cross-functional coordination and team management.
- Hands-on experience and a proven track record in areas relating to optics, optical coating, or advanced semiconductor process technology development.
- Hands-on experience in interference optical coating design and simulation software, such as Optilayer, Macleod, or similar software packages.
- Experience with diffraction optics, metasurface optics, or nanophotonics.
- Experience with simulation software for FEA or Multiphysics, such as COMSOL.
- Experiences with people management or related aspects.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
- Retirement benefits
- A range of discounted products and free services
- Reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition
- Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
- Relocation assistance
- Opportunity to participate in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs
- Eligibility for discretionary restricted stock unit awards
- Ability to purchase Apple stock at a discount through Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
