Noise & Vibration Engineer

Apple; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 128,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Noise & Vibration Engineer to join their elite Acoustics team. This role is pivotal in enhancing customer experiences by minimizing distracting noises and optimizing sound quality across a range of products. You will engage in innovative engineering challenges, authoring crucial documentation, and collaborating with multi-functional teams. If you have a passion for acoustics and thrive in a dynamic environment, this opportunity offers a pathway to contribute significantly to groundbreaking projects while enjoying a comprehensive benefits package and potential for career advancement.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical and dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Discounted products and free services

Educational reimbursement

Employee stock purchase plan

Discretionary bonuses

Relocation assistance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degrees preferred in related fields.
• Knowledge of acoustics and vibration principles is essential.

Responsibilities

• Author SOPs, test plans, and specifications for noise and vibration.
• Conduct user studies and analyze validation work to identify root causes.

Skills

Creative problem solving

Acoustic measurement skills

Multi-physics knowledge

Understanding of RF and thermal dynamics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Advanced degrees in related fields

Tools

Anechoic chambers

Measurement equipment for acoustics

Coding languages

Job description

Noise & Vibration Engineer

Boulder, Colorado, United States Hardware

Summary

Posted: Jan 15, 2025

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200571791

At Apple, extraordinary ideas have a way of quickly becoming extraordinary products, services and customer experiences. Sound is an essential and compelling facet of the customer experience. Apple has assembled an elite Acoustics team that enables our customers to experience music with delight, communicate with clarity, and enjoy elegant sound throughout our product line. In Apple Acoustics we work with the utmost attention to detail, directly impacting the design of products that millions of people around the world love! Our Noise & Vibration team contributes to hardware design, validation, and troubleshooting to minimize distracting audible noises and optimize their sound quality due to coexistence activities on device. We are a diverse team of acoustics and vibration experts, accomplished listeners, and creative problem solvers. We work daily with multifunctional teams on innovative solutions to complex engineering challenges. We are looking for a Noise & Vibration Engineer to join our team. Could this be you?

Description

As an Electronic Noise & Vibration engineer you will author SOPs, test plans, and specifications. You will quantify noises, facilitate user studies, establish thresholds in lab and factory environments. These will enable you to educate multi-functional teams to implement known standard methodologies and run studies to learn new best practices. The analysis of the validation work that you will lead will help you to better understand root causes of various problems. You will work closely with partner facilities overseas but will need to travel minimally.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Though most of our engineers have advanced degrees in Mechanical Engineering, a Bachelor's degree is required at a minimum. But if you’ve learned about multi-physics from adjacent fields in Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering, or Acoustics Engineering, we still want to hear from you. Experience as a “generalist” in multiple types of engineering work is valuable.
2. Creative problem solver who thrives in a fast-paced multi-tasking environment.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Knowledge of acoustics and vibration principles and how motion of mechanical systems turns into radiated noise.
2. Fundamental knowledge of how voltage potential and current can lead to vibration.
3. Basic understanding of RF, thermal, acoustic, magnetics, and mechanical statics and dynamics (preferred if these fundamentals have been applied to acoustic transducers such as MEMs microphones, receivers, and micro-speakers).
4. Acoustic and vibration measurement skills with experience making measurements in anechoic/hemi-anechoic chambers.
5. Accomplished listener with excellent hearing over the audible frequency range.
6. Ability to learn new coding languages and navigate large datasets.
7. Useful but not required: history of high-volume consumer electronics, experience with ultra low-noise measurements and a background in electrical engineering. Familiarity with sensing technologies and their electrical interfaces such as PDM, differential analog, I2C.

Pay & Benefits

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $128,300 and $193,200, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

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.