Data Center Hardware Engineering - Hardware System Integration Engineer at Apple

Sunnyvale, California, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

01 Mar, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

01 Dec, 25

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Electrical Engineering, High-Speed Digital Design, Schematic Capture, Board Layout, Simulation, Debugging, Validation, Factory Build Support, Documentation, Communication, Circuit Design, PCI Express, USB, Ethernet, Automation, Data Manipulation

Industry

Computers and Electronics Manufacturing

Description

The Data Center Hardware Engineering team is looking for an electrical integration engineer to work on projects from design conception to mass production. This is a highly cross-functional role which requires balancing the needs and priorities of many other teams such as mechanical, power, software, firmware, silicon design, hardware validation, and reliability engineering. Come join us! DESCRIPTION The EE integration team is responsible for the design, specification and realization of high-performance compute solutions supporting customer’s specific requirements. This is a design and validation position that entails owning electrical engineering implementation, documentation, and validation of customized compute designs. The ideal candidate has electrical systems integration experience with emphasis in high-speed digital design using high-performance silicon. Day-to-day tasks involve electrical design, schematic capture, board layout guidance, simulation, bringup, debug, and validation. Routine responsibilities also include factory build support, and multi-disciplinary cross-functional collaboration and negotiation where strong documentation and communications skills are critical. We are looking for well-rounded candidates with a broad set of skill and interests, strong work ethic, and the curiosity to dig deep wherever necessary to solve challenging problems. In addition to technical capability, we prize curiosity, creativity, integrity, leadership, collaboration, and a passion for learning. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS BS in electrical or computer engineering required; MS preferred Minimum 2 years relevant industry work experience Working knowledge of design and validation requirements for common low-speed and high-speed digital interfaces: I2C/SMBus, SPI, JTAG, USB, PCIe, Ethernet (SGMII, RMII, QSFP), DDR Memory Excellent skills to debug problems from the system-level down to the transistor level Outstanding written, verbal, and visual communication skills in order to develop functional specs, procedures, and other documentation needed for complex system integration PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS High-speed board design experience with 10+ layer PCBs, including PCB material selection Schematic entry and management of design constraints for high-speed PCB layout using Cadence tools or similar Understanding of computer architecture and design tradeoffs Experience with PCB bringup and debug using standard EE lab equipment: Soldering, DMM, Oscilloscope, Logic Analyzer, Spectrum Analyzer Experience in circuit design for a variety of domains including power, digital, analog, high-speed communications, and/or programmable logic Experience with PCI Express (PCIe), 100-GbE, USB3/USB4 or similar high-speed serial protocols: electrical design, protocol fundamentals, compliance testing, and debug using protocol analyzer Automation and data manipulation script development

Responsibilities

The role involves owning electrical engineering implementation, documentation, and validation of customized compute designs. It requires balancing the needs and priorities of various teams throughout the design and production process.