Senior Motion Sensor Systems Engineer

Apple Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee stock plan

Relocation assistance

Discretionary bonuses

Job summary

Apple Inc. in the San Francisco Bay Area is seeking a senior engineer to define, develop, characterize, and validate motion sensing systems across its product portfolio. You will lead integration of MEMS and magnetic sensing technologies and drive performance metrics and measurement methods.

You will work cross‑functionally with suppliers and internal teams to ensure system performance meets features and schedules, with strong analytical and communication skills essential.

Qualifications

• BS in related discipline and a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience.
• Experience in motion sensors (magnetic, inertial, pressure) and relevant physics.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and drive sensor design, technology investigation, manufacturing process development, and system integration.
• Diagnose engineering issues with true scientific method driving to definitive root cause.
• Identify, create, and document new sensing system metrics that deliver performance and improvement to customer perception.
• Work cross-functionally to identify and specify critical performance parameters and error sensitivities.
• Develop measurement methods and equipment that are repeatable, reproducible, and automated as appropriate to enable thorough validation coverage of sensors on tight development schedules.
• Support engineering build activities with performance validation measurements, yield optimization, and failure analysis coordination.
• Work with suppliers to proactively identify and resolve issues of matching to our specs. Analyze trade-offs among performance, manufacturability, size, schedule and cost.
• Travel to supplier facilities and manufacturing sites for production validation and issues resolution.
• Author high quality and thorough engineering requirements specifications for sensors.
• Prepare and deliver presentations to clearly communicate technical status, risks and mitigation strategies for ongoing sensing system programs.

Skills

sensor integration

motion sensors

Matlab

Python

statistical analysis

Education

BS in related discipline

PhD in physics or engineering

Tools

FEA simulations

Monte‑Carlo simulations

Job description

Apple Inc. in the San Francisco Bay Area is seeking a senior engineer to define, develop, characterize, and validate motion sensing systems across its product portfolio. You will lead integration of MEMS and magnetic sensing technologies and drive performance metrics and measurement methods.

You will work cross‑functionally with suppliers and internal teams to ensure system performance meets features and schedules, with strong analytical and communication skills essential.