Senior Mac Hardware Systems Architect

at  Apple

SUMMARY

Posted: Feb 1, 2024
Role Number:200536859
We’re a diverse collection of thinkers and doers, continually reimagining what’s possible to help us all do what we love in new ways! We’re seeking talented electrical engineering technical leadership in a System Architecture team. The position is as a highly cross-functional individual contributor, design engineer, and systems architect. The position requires the candidate to define, guide, and own aspects of system electrical architecture product definition; determine and how the electrical design can deliver the product’s features. The ideal candidate has core proficiencies and domain expertise in various aspects of computer systems & product design; has optimally influenced decision-makers, product features, and the customer experience. They will provide HWEE architectural guidance to x-functional engineering teams to establish product definition integration requirements & identify enabling technologies.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years experience in a lead system or module architecture role
• A minimum of 3 years managing a team of electrical or computer science engineers/architects
• Analytical skills to lead the team on crucial systems engineering architectural and implementation trade-offs. Persuaded stakeholders, re-defined constraints, discovered paths to convergence with creative solutions.
• Create and influenced system specification documents for floor-planning, electrical, power delivery, power integrity, thermal, PCB stack-up, interconnect, and physical fit requirements.
• Navigated compliance requirements (e.g. EMC, Safety, Environmental Engineering)
• Hands-on experience in prototype bring-up, debugging, functional verification, and manufacturing support. Demonstrated innovative, critical thinking, and troubleshooting skills.
• Created, defined, and successfully presented material to upper management and influenced decision-makers.
• Excellent written skills for clear reporting of data analysis and conclusions.

DESCRIPTION

Create the Future: Provide System Architecture Guidance - Work with Mechanical, Industrial Design, and Module engineering teams to guide product system integration feasibility, feature & design trade-offs, early system & PCB floor-planning - Build system architecture specifications, block diagrams, and product requirements documentation. Anticipate & prepare for future product system integration & interconnect needs Champion the product: Review, challenge, & influence x-functional roadmaps. - Work with x-functional teams on HW/SW/MFG enabling technologies - Work with Performance architects to define, simulate, model, and improve performance per watt - Analyze, guide, and support thermal management solutions; establish system trade-offs Leave your mark: Review, challenge, & influence people and processes. - Lead EE system architecture phase & early design team members. - Define, develop, or utilize tools, scripts, automation, and methods of system analysis - Mentor junior engineers to best practices and institutionalize your best ideas & processes.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

BS EE w/8 years; MS EE w/5 years overall experience in developing consumer products

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Schematic Capture and Layout (Cadence Concept & Allegro), PCB SiPi
• Productivity (e.g., Keynote, Numbers, Pages; Powerpoint, Excel, Word; Omnigraffle)
• Analysis and Automation: Matlab, Perl, Python, VBA
• This position may require occasional domestic and international travel.

Please refer the Job description for details