System Integration Lead — Hardware Diagnostics & Tests

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

Benefits offered by this job

Employee stock purchase plan

Stock options

Medical and dental coverage

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, CA is seeking a System Integration Lead to define and execute manufacturing tests for upcoming hardware products.

You will lead cross-functional teams to identify system-level hardware design issues, work with the latest hardware/software, and ensure high quality across Apple products. The role requires strong embedded skills, knowledge of bus protocols (I2C, SPI, PCIe, USB), and experience in embedded software development.

Qualifications

• 10 yrs with BS Electrical/Computer Engineering or relevant work experience.
• Strong understanding of embedded hardware components and hardware/software interactions.
• Strong background in computer architecture, bus technologies (I2C, SPI) and I/O protocols (PCIe, USB).
• Prior experience with embedded software development is highly desired.
• Scripting and programming skills in C/C++, Python

Responsibilities

• Help drive the design and bring up of manufacturing software/drivers/diagnostics software for new hardware products.
• Help define the functional, stability, and performance tests for various aspects of HW/SW interactions
• Scoping the development and dependencies of drivers, applications, protocols, frameworks, and command line utilities for validation of hardware internally and in manufacturing
• Own End to End system validation of various NPI products
• Enable test strategies for new components in upcoming products
• Creating tools/scripts to help with data analysis efforts
• Perform data analysis from hardware builds to enable feedback to test definition, hardware design and identify hardware coverage gaps that can affect manufacturing quality
• Supporting new product development builds locally in US and at vendor locations
• Providing coordination and leadership around debugging issues seen in the test suite
• Driving and enabling process improvements
• Communicate status to the executive management on a regular basis

Skills

Embedded hardware

Computer architecture

I2C/SPI

PCIe/USB

C/C++

Python

Scripting

Education

BS Electrical/Computer Engineering

MS Electrical/Computer Engineering

Job description

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, CA is seeking a System Integration Lead to define and execute manufacturing tests for upcoming hardware products.

You will lead cross-functional teams to identify system-level hardware design issues, work with the latest hardware/software, and ensure high quality across Apple products. The role requires strong embedded skills, knowledge of bus protocols (I2C, SPI, PCIe, USB), and experience in embedded software development.