NAND Product Engineer

Apple; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple is seeking a NAND Product Engineer to shape mass storage solutions across our product lines. You will influence device, test, and system engineering, and collaborate with external suppliers to drive on-time delivery.

You will apply deep NAND knowledge to define roadmaps, analyze failures, and support multi-functional teams to meet quality and performance goals. Join a collaborative environment where rigorous problem solving and hands-on measurement are valued and where your work helps

Qualifications

• BS degree in a technical field with NAND experience.
• Experience in NAND failure analysis, testing, and debugging.
• Ability to engage with external suppliers and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Define NAND roadmap and drive supplier timelines.
• Support internal teams with failure analysis and corrective actions.
• Manage large data analyses and report risk to leadership.

Skills

NAND development

Product engineering

Process integration

Failure analysis

Testing and debugging

Statistical analysis

Education

BS in a technical field

Tools

Measurement equipment

Job description

Summary

Imagine what you could do here! At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Dynamic, intellectual and inspiring, people innovative technologies are the norm here. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with all Apple Hardware products. The same real passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices strengthening our dedication to leave the world better than we found it. Join us to help deliver the next groundbreaking Apple product.

Description

In your role as a NAND Product Engineer, you will help define Apple's mass storage solutions for our current line of world-class products as well as have direct technical impact on what our future product capabilities will be. This is an extraordinary opportunity to showcase your skills in flash memory process and in device, test, and system engineering. In this role, you will use your career success and technical depth to handle external suppliers and drive items to closure across large, multi-functional teams. At Apple, we hire champions for quality and best-in-class product solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Communicate vendor/supplier NAND roadmap to internal technical and management teamsDrive vendor NAND die roadmap to meet Apple's requirements (quality, performance, reliability, schedule)Drive NAND flash technology roadmap, and manage component vendors to meet spec and schedule requirementsSupport internal engineering teams in failure analysis and defining corrective actionsPerform large volume data statistical analysis, identify anomalies, commonality studiesPresent the risk assessment and status to cross functional teams and leaderships

Minimum Qualifications

BS degreeExperience in NAND development, specifically with product engineering, design, and/or process integration aspects of the technologyExperience with NAND failure analysis, testing and/or debug efforts

Preferred Qualifications

MS or PhD in a technical subject area and 10+ years of relevant experienceAbility to do hands-on measurements of NAND array and connect single-cycle transistor properties, to full product operationExperience across multiple-lithos spanning basic device definition through final qualificationUnderstanding of key NAND system specifications, with respect to embedded NAND and SSD solutionsExperience in competitor analysis of NAND die and solutionsExperience with NAND flash engineering, flash memory technology and processing3-D NAND development experienceOrganizational and problem-solving skills