Hardware Systems Engineer - Board Design

Apple Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking a Hardware Systems Engineer - Board Design to help design and manufacture next‑generation, high‑performance, power‑efficient processor systems on chip.

You’ll ensure Apple products can seamlessly handle tasks loved by millions, joining the Silicon Validation Hardware team to enable the next generation of devices. You’ll work on wide-ranging activities from high‑speed board design, test and characterization circuits in the lab, to debugging complex system‑level issues,

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical, Computer or related degree with 10 years of experience.
• Strong background in high-speed board design and board bring‑up.

Responsibilities

• Develop specs from cross-functional team requirements.
• Capture schematics, design circuits, define layouts and constraints.
• Develop FPGA and CPLD designs.
• Board bring-up, testing, characterization and debugging.
• Analyze power and signal integrity.
• Design and characterize high-speed interfaces.
• Debug issues on test boards and production systems.

Skills

Schematic board design

Board bringup and debug

Signal integrity & timing

RTL Verilog/VHDL

FPGA design

Education

BS in Electrical/Computer or related degree

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Spectrum analyzers

Signal generators

eLoads

Protocol analyzers

Job description

Hardware Systems Engineer - Board Design

Do you love creating elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Do you intrinsically see the importance in every detail? As part of our Silicon Technologies group, you’ll help design and manufacture our next-generation, high-performance, power-efficient processor, system-on-chip (SoC). You’ll ensure Apple products and services can seamlessly and efficiently handle the tasks that make them beloved by millions. Joining this group means you’ll be responsible for crafting and building the technology that fuels Apple’s devices. Together, you and your team will enable our customers to do all the things they love with their devices. As a member of the Silicon Validation Hardware team you’ll be critical to enabling the next generation of incredible Apple products. This position involves a wide range of activities including high-speed board designs that push the limits of technology, designing and implementing test and characterization circuits in the lab, and debugging complicated system level problems. You’ll work closely with designers from many groups within Apple and be a key contributor to the silicon engineering effort.

Description

• Developing specifications based on requirements from cross‑functional teams
• Schematic capture, circuit design, definition of layout and routing constraints, design review and simulation
• FPGA and CPLD development
• Board bring‑up, testing and characterization, and debug
• Power and signal integrity analysis
• High‑speed interface design and characterization
• Debug a wide range of issues on test boards and production systems

Minimum Qualifications

• BS in Electrical, Computer or related degree program with 10 years of experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with schematic level board design
• Understanding board bringup and debug strategies
• Strong fundamentals in EE concepts; transistor operation, signal integrity and transmission lines, timing analysis, digital logic
• RTL experience using Verilog or VHDL. Preferably FPGA design experience
• Proficiency with standard hardware lab equipment including scopes, logic and spectrum analyzers, signal generators, eLoads and protocol analyzers.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote 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. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant