Power Delivery Engineer - iPhone

Apple Inc.; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Austin seeks a Hardware Engineer - System Technologies to lead multi-disciplinary power delivery design for next‑generation devices.

You will drive architecture, design and testing of power solutions, including DC‑DC converters, PMICs, and EMI control, influencing product performance and reliability. The role involves collaboration with cross‑functional teams, hands‑on lab work, and system bring‑up from concept to production, with up to 10% travel and frequent interaction across

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in electrical engineering fundamentals and problem solving.
• Experience in power electronics design including DC-DC converters and LDOs, PMIC/PMU.
• Experience with power, analog and IC design fundamentals and PDN concepts.
• Strong laboratory testing, debugging, and validation skills with lab equipment.
• Ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Design, analyze and validate power delivery solutions including DC-DC converters and PDNs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on Power Architecture, IP specs and performance.
• Work with vendors to define and develop future generations of power ICs.
• Provide design guidance for system architecture, board layout, bring-up and test.
• Perform design feasibility studies, testing and verification, and system bring-up.
• Develop methodologies to optimize performance, size, cost, and EMI.
• Travel up to 10% as needed.

Job description

The people here at Apple don't just create products - they create the kind of wonder that's revolutionized entire industries. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Every single day, people do amazing things at Apple. Do you want to impact billions of users by developing an extraordinary product with a prime focus on accuracy, understandability, and performance of the product? Dynamic, Inspiring people and Innovative technologies are the norm here.The iPhone Hardware Engineering team has an extraordinary opportunity for a passionate electrical engineer for the position of Hardware Engineer - System Technologies. This position is a multi-disciplinary and cross-functional lead engineering role encompassing different aspects of power conversion system designs.If this sounds interesting to you, then we would like to hear from You.

Description

In this visible role, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with, and provide architectural guidance to cross-functional engineering teams in defining and establishing system power architecture requirements for new products.

Responsibilities

• Designing, analyzing and validating power delivery solutions, including modeling of DC-DC converters, passives, power distribution networks and their potential for EMI.
• Working with cross-functional stakeholders on Power Architecture, IP specs and performance, passives.
• Working with multi-functional teams and external vendors to define, develop and productize the future generations of power ICs.
• Providing design guideline and support to system architecture design, board layout, product bring up, debug, validation, and factory builds.
• Performing design feasibility study, design testing and verification, and system bring up.
• Developing and refining design methodologies to optimize system performance, minimize size, reduce costs, and minimize EMI.
• The role may occasionally involve up to 10% travel.

Minimum Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience, BS/MS in relevant field.
• Must have strong EE fundamentals and problems solving skills.
• Must have experience in power electronics related design and development, including DC-DC converters and LDOs, PMIC or PMU's.
• Knowledge of power, analog and integrated circuit design fundamentals, process development, and analytical methodology for high-quality designs.
• Experience in architecture design of complex power conversion systems or power management ICs.
• Strong laboratory board-level testing, debugging and validation experience with lab equipment, such as oscilloscopes, electronic loads, and signal generators.
• Ability to employ scientific and systematic methods to troubleshoot and drive resolutions of multi-disciplinary system issues.
• Experience in layout planning and routing strategies.
• Ability to relate electrical performance to physical layout and system level solutions, including passive components and controls.
• Experience in cross-functional collaboration.

Preferred Qualifications

• 7+years of experience. PhD a +, in relevant field.
• Experience in taking projects from the conceptual phase through product ramp-up and mass production.
• Knowledge and work experience of various integrated circuit process technologies, design flows, reliability, and other related topics.
• Experience performing or guiding complex power distribution networks (PDN) design for sophisticated power conversion systems. Experience with PMIC or PMU's.
• Knowledge and Hands-on experience in circuit and EM simulation tools, such as Cadence/Sigrity, ADS/Spice/Spectre, Ansys HFSS/Maxwell/SIWave, and CST.

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