Systems Architect

Socket.dev; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple’s Ecosystem Products & Technologies team is seeking a highly skilled Systems Architect to drive the design and integration of accessories and features across Home, iPad, iPhone, Watch, Mac and Vision Pro.

You will decompose user-facing features into enabling technologies, evaluate architecture options, and collaborate across disciplines to deliver end-to-end product solutions with strong hardware/software interaction and manufacturability considerations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical or computer engineering or similar field.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to build relationships with cross-functional teams and exert effective influence.
• 10 years interdisciplinary engineering expertise related to consumer electronics or embedded systems.
• 5 years developing consumer products from concept to production as a system integrator.

Responsibilities

• Work with multi-discipline teams to design and launch new accessories and features into the market.
• Decompose user facing features and functions into enabling technologies.
• Lay out architectural options and analyze engineering trade-offs to meet product goals.
• Construct an end-to-end product solution by understanding portfolio of technologies.
• Define and author system level feature descriptions and detailed functional requirements.
• shepherd product features from idea to execution and review tradeoffs with data and new ideas.

Skills

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Systems thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering

Master's degree in electrical or computer engineering

Job description

Apple’s Ecosystem Products & Technologies team is looking for a highly skilled and motivated product-focused Systems Architect with a passion for creating great user experiences and high quality products. Join a collaborative development team that plays a pivotal role in the development of products that seamlessly integrate with Apple’s portfolio, encompassing Home, iPad, iPhone, Watch, Mac and Vision Pro. This ecosystem of products is unique for its tight integration between accessories and Apple devices that extends the Apple user experience.

Description

In this position, you will:

• Work with multi-discipline teams to design and launch new accessories and features into the market
• Decompose user facing features, experiences, and functions into associated enabling technologies
• Lay out available architectural options, analyze engineering trade-offs, and articulate recommendations to meet product goals
• Work cross-functionally to understand existing portfolio of technologies, derive capabilities & cost functions, and construct an overall end-to-end product solution
• Define and author system level feature descriptions and detailed functional requirements
• Shepherd product features through idea/concept to execution
• Review, influence, and challenge architectural tradeoffs with data and innovative new ideas

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in electrical or computer engineering or similar field
• 10 years interdisciplinary engineering expertise related to consumer electronics or embedded systems (firmware, hardware/electrical, and/or mechanical)
• 5 years developing consumer products from concept to production as a system integrator
• Solid understanding of hardware/software interaction and mechanical constraints
• Ability to develop and maintain product-specific system-level requirements/specifications for hardware, software/firmware, and mechanical subsystems
• Excellent written and oral communication skills including producing concise and clear engineering specifications as well as presenting to engineering leadership
• Ability to build relationships with cross-functional teams and exert effective influence

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in electrical or computer engineering or similar field
• 10 years product development experience in a matrix organization, preferably high volume consumer
• 3 years experience as a technical lead or engineering manager
• History of shipping interoperability and ecosystem features
• Proven expertise in SoC architecture, low-power design, HW/SW interfaces, bus protocols (USB, I2C, etc.), and wireless interfaces (Bluetooth/BLE, NFC, Wi-Fi, Thread)
• Working knowledge of HW/SW interaction, operating systems, estimation of compute workload, thermal, and power controls in modern SoCs
• Previous exposure to PCB technologies, signal integrity considerations, coex/desense mitigation
• Ability to think strategically, while driving tactical details
• Systems thinking mindset with attention to interface definitions and edge cases
• Experience working with teams of diverse technical backgrounds and quickly seeking and integrating their knowledge