Touch Sensor Design Engineer: EM, DSP & System Modeling

Apple Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking an electrical design engineer to own the design and integration of next‑generation touch sensors for world‑class user experiences. You will model tradeoffs, collaborate with cross‑functional teams, and help deliver sensor modules across product lines.

You will work on electro‑magnetic and circuit modeling, support system definition, assess new sensor technologies, and contribute to algorithm development and reliability testing. Some travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field.
• Strong analog/mixed-signal and electromagnetics fundamentals.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Design of sensor modules, including electro-magnetic modeling and circuit modeling.
• Support of End-to-End system definition and development (sensor, signal processing, ASIC performance, algorithm development).
• Scoping of new sensor technologies and support of proof-of-concept investigations.
• Collaboration with several different technology teams to evaluate system design options and trade-offs.
• Review and define algorithms for signal and noise conditioning requirements.
• Optimization of designs across multidisciplinary boundaries (Mechanical, materials, process, algorithms, calibration, testing, reliability, factory operations).
• Performing failure-mode analysis and root-cause analysis using system-level problem solving and statistical data analysis.
• Support of new product definition through engineering analysis, market surveys and competitive analysis.
• Business travel to support product development.

Skills

Analog fundamentals

Electromagnetics

System-level design

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Comsol

ANSYS

Maxwell

MATLAB

Python

SPICE

Job description

Apple Inc. is seeking an electrical design engineer to own the design and integration of next‑generation touch sensors for world‑class user experiences. You will model tradeoffs, collaborate with cross‑functional teams, and help deliver sensor modules across product lines.

You will work on electro‑magnetic and circuit modeling, support system definition, assess new sensor technologies, and contribute to algorithm development and reliability testing. Some travel may be required.