Display Electrical Engineer

Apple; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple's Display Hardware team is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to join the development of next generation displays for Mac products. You will work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment to create and integrate cutting-edge display technologies into new products.

Responsibilities include circuit board design, electrical characterization, design reviews, and failure analysis. Minimum BS with 10 years, mixed-signal design, and proficiency in SPICE or MATLAB.

Qualifications

• BS in a relevant engineering field with at least 10 years of experience.
• Experience in mixed-signal EE design at IC or PCB level.
• Proficiency with SPICE or MATLAB for circuit analysis.

Responsibilities

• Design circuit boards and validate electrical performance for prototypes.
• Analyze feasibility considering optics, signal integrity/power integrity, mechanical/thermal constraints, and system coexistence.
• Participate in cross-functional design reviews and present updates to teams.
• Perform failure analysis on electrical, mechanical, and optical issues.
• Support prototype builds and debugging during manufacture.

Skills

Mixed-signal design

Circuit analysis

Python scripting

SPICE/MATLAB

ECAD workflow

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SPICE

MATLAB

Job description

Summary

The Display Hardware team is looking for a talented Electrical Engineer to join the development of next generation displays for Mac products.

Description

You will be working in a dynamic and collaborative environment that fosters creativity and innovation. Join us and be part of fast moving and exciting team that creates and integrates the cutting-edge display technologies into exciting new products.

Key Responsibilities

• Design circuit boards and conduct electrical characterization and validation for technology development and product prototypes
• Analyze and evaluate design feasibility to meet various requirements, including optics, signal integrity/power integrity, mechanical/thermal constraints and system coexistence
• Participate in cross-functional design reviews and contribute to the overall system design
• Communicate and present technology updates and project status to cross-functional teams
• Perform failure analysis on electrical, mechanical, and optical issues
• Support prototype builds and conduct debugging and failure analysis for issues in manufacture

Minimum Qualifications

• BS and a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience
• Experience in mixed-signal EE design at either IC or PCB level
• Experience in circuit/math analysis and modeling, with proficiency in simulation tools like SPICE or MATLAB.
• Experience with design and analysis in one of these areas: power electronics, analog/digital circuits, or high-speed signal integrity
• Hands-on experience in hardware prototype bring-up, debugging, validation and failure analysis
• Experience with full ECAD workflow for schematic capture, PCB layout, BOM generation
• Skills in scripting, factory data processing, or test automation, and programming experience in Python, Shell script, MATLAB or similar

Preferred Qualifications

• Self driven and highly motivated with passion for crafting and innovating, attention to details, strong problem-solving skills
• Hands-on maker demonstrated through hardware projects, passion for bringing ideas to life
• Need to be comfortable working in fast paced and highly collaborative work environment
• Proficiency in EE validation/characterization tasks, and familiar with lab equipment and test automation
• Develop factory test plan and manage manufacturer partner to conduct data collection, and analyze large-scale data
• Ability to communicate and present technology updates and project status to executives and functional teams
• Consumer electronics and high-volume production experience
• Modern display technologies, such as LCD, TFT, OLED, LED etc.