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Apple Mac Display System Architect United States, Texas, Austin 769979494
13.06.2024
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Description
Provide architectural guidance and leadership to cross-functional engineering teams to establish new product definitions and requirementsProvide system architecture guidanceNegotiate top level product goals among a broad group of architects and system engineers, technical leads, HW & SW engineering managers, and external vendorsDetermine product system integration feasibility, via collaboration with mechanical, physical, thermal, and electrical engineering stakeholders.Author system architecture specifications, block diagrams, and conduct review with the product teams.Collaborate with performance architects to define, model and drive improvements in performance, power efficiency and costAnalyze, guide and support thermal management solutions and trade-offsAnticipate future SoC requirements and negotiate with internal SoC teams to align with system product goalsBe innovative and curious. Explore and champion new product-level features and workflows.The role may require occasional domestic and international travel.
Key Qualifications
- Has core competence and subject matter expertise in personal computing system and product design
- Possesses strong technical breadth across several computer subsystem technologies, e.g., CPU, GPU, storage, memory, audio, display, input devices, power delivery, power management, networking, wireless, I/O, thermal management, cameras and sensors.
- Able to create, review and approve engineering requirement specification documents
- Understands schematics, PCB layout & designs; has experience in bring-up, system debug and hands-on lab environments.
- Comprehends the roles of HW/FW/SW layers and how they interact in system design
- Has strong analytic, verbal, written and communication skills. Able to summarize and effectively communicate technical issues and actions to key stakeholders and leadership teams
- Familiarity with display technologies in general is important, alongside the ability to discuss them with experts — enables ability to participate in roadmap discussions
- Various panel technologies (LCD, OLED) and their relative pros and cons
- Backlight technologies (edge lit global backlights, local dimming)
- Experience with collaboratively creating & reviewing display power budgets for battery life, thermal & power delivery applications
- Considering various use cases (display contents, refresh rates, display brightness, etc)
- Support creation of thermal power dissipation maps for thermal team simulation
- Knowledge of display timings, pixel rates, bandwidth calculations, etc…
- Active pixels, H & V blanking, pixel clocks, line times, etc
- DisplayPort timings & technologies (link rates, lane counts, DSC, AdaptiveSync) and ability to estimate DP requirements for certain display specs
- Ability to participate in silicon requirements definition and review for critical display system components:
- TCONs, CDICs, pixel pipelines, DP interfaces, etc..
- Having system integration experience with display related topics a huge benefit:
- Signal integrity considerations (channel analysis with SI experts, DisplayPort link speeds vs voltage swing, CDI interface considerations)
- RF Coex / desense considerations
- Ability to support PCB & flex design explorations (connector pin count definition, early component placement studies, basic cable/flex interconnect studies)
Education & Experience
BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent with 10+ years of relevant industry experience
Additional Requirements
Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.
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