Touch/Force Hardware - Sensor System Architect

at  Apple

SUMMARY

Posted: Oct 17, 2024
Role Number:200573495
The Sensor Architecture team is a multi-disciplinary team that develops state-of-the-art technologies and sensor modules across Apple’s product portfolio, including iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods, and more.

DESCRIPTION

The key focus areas for the team include: Architecting the entire sensor system for each product-defining key figures of merit, setting specifications, and authoring requirements specifications for the entire sensor-system-tree to guarantee the customer experience Building comprehensive sensor models that capture the entire signal chain-physical, electrical, and algorithmic-to streamline algorithm prototyping and guarantee performance in high-volume production First-principles physical modeling and analysis to better understand design tradeoffs in our sensor designs and efficiently intuit optimal solutions Co-architect and assess design tradeoffs with partner teams like display, wireless charging, and product design, to ensure best-possible performance for the entire product Identifying novel sensing architectures and similar opportunities to significantly impact performance.

• BS and a minimum of 3 years relevant industry experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Deep understanding of EE, Transducer physics, system engineering
• Experience modeling, building, and testing complex multi-physics systems
• Proficiency in MATLAB and COMSOL or equivalent packages
• Ability to add clarity to ambiguous design spaces, independently converge technical issues, and align efforts across teams
• Excellent communication, teamwork, and leadership skills
• Signal processing techniques, both analog and digital
• Linear algebra, probability, and statistics
• Software architecture best practices for complicated tool flows
• Circuit simulation experience

Please refer the Job description for details