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Apple iPad Hardware System Design Engineer 
United States, Texas, Austin 
947973794

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This is a unique hardware design position that starts at product concept and continues all the way through to mass production. You will be at the center of iPad product development with a critical impact on overall design. Day to day tasks involve electrical design, simulation, bringup, debug, and validation for iPads. Routine responsibilities also include factory build support, and working with multi-functional technology teams in a fast-paced environment. There will be opportunities for international travel.
  • Bachelors or Masters degree in Electrical / Computer Engineering or equivalent
  • 3+ years of relevant industry experience designing consumer electronics and/or embedded systems; working with dynamic multi-functional teams
  • Strong EE fundamentals (analog and digital design, signal/power integrity, etc)
  • Excellent written and verbal communication/presentation skills
  • Comfortable in a lab environment using oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, etc.
  • Hands-on experience in prototyping, bring-up, debug and validation
  • Schematic capture and rigid/flexible PCB layout
  • Ability to analyze solutions and make system design trade-offs
  • Low voltage power regulation and delivery
  • Demonstrated ability to understand technology and debug problems at varying levels of abstraction, from the system-level down to the silicon/transistor level
  • Solid understanding of design and validation requirements for common interfaces (e.g. I2C, SPI, JTAG, I2S) and preferably high-speed interfaces (e.g. USB, MIPI, PCIe, HDMI, DP, Thunderbolt, DDR Memory, Ethernet)
  • Understanding of computer architecture and design tradeoffs
  • Exposure to numerical modeling, simulation, and analysis tools such as Spice, 2d/3d field solvers, power & signal integrity
  • Use of scripting languages to assist with hardware development, and data analysis
  • Beyond technical capability, we prize curiosity, creativity, integrity, leadership, collaboration, and a passion for learning