iPad Hardware Systems Design Engineer Signal Integrity

The iPad hardware team in Austin TX is looking for experienced Hardware and Signal Integrity Engineers who are motivated by the opportunity to take on big challenges. Use your knowledge of high-speed interfaces signal and power integrity hardware design and system integration to implement designs that will benefit millions of iPad users worldwide!nnWe are a team of system electrical engineers that own entire products from concept to ship. We sit at the center of Apples wider engineering team working cross-functionally with mechanical engineering software silicon engineering and other module teams such as wireless battery camera sensing display and factory team is collaborative creative and passionate about what we do and the products we join us!

This is a unique hardware design position that starts at product concept and continues all the way through to mass will be at the center of iPad product development with a critical impact on overall to day tasks involve electrical design simulation bringup debug and validation for iPads. Routine responsibilities also include factory build support and working with multi-functional technology teams in a fast-paced will be opportunities for international travel.

Bachelors or Masters degree in Electrical / Computer Engineering or equivalentn3 years of relevant industry experience designing consumer electronics and/or embedded systems; working with dynamic multi-functional teamsnStrong EE fundamentals (analog and digital design signal/power integrity etc)nComfortable in a lab environment using oscilloscopes spectrum analyzers etc.

Deep knowledge of system-level high-speed Serdes design and analysis including understanding of transmitter and receiver equalization methods (including FFE CTLE DFE) CDR behaviors and modeling link-training algorithms and eye-margining toolsnExperience performing physical layer compliance testing of PCIe USB DisplayPort and Thunderbolt interfacesnStrong fundamentals in 3D/2D EM simulation tools and transmission line theorynHands-on experience in prototyping bring-up debug and validationnSchematic capture and rigid/flexible PCB layoutnAbility to analyze solutions and make system design trade-offsnDemonstrated ability to understand technology and debug problems at varying levels of abstraction from the system-level down to the silicon/transistor levelnUnderstanding of design and validation requirements for common interfaces (e.g. I2C SPI JTAG I2S) and high-speed interfaces (e.g. USB MIPI PCIe HDMI DisplayPort Thunderbolt DDR Memory Ethernet)nUse of scripting languages to assist with hardware development and data analysisnBeyond technical capability we prize curiosity creativity integrity leadership collaboration and a passion for written and verbal communication/presentation skills