Apple

Health Sensing - Electrical Technology HW Architect

Apple$130K — $180K *
Consumer Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Hands-on experience in design, debugging, and testing mixed-signal or sensing systems.
  • Strong background in sensor interface circuit/system architecture and analog/mixed signal circuit design.
  • Proficient in data analysis coding languages like Python, Matlab, and SPICE.
  • Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 10 years relevant experience.

Responsibilities

  • Define and architect innovative sensing hardware using advanced modeling and prototyping techniques.
  • Design and validate board-level circuits and systems from inception through mass production.
  • Utilize modeling and analysis tools to forecast performance and optimize designs based on physiological data.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to convert feature requests into actionable hardware specifications.
  • Lead efforts in failure analysis and implement solutions to enhance performance and quality.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage.
  • Retirement benefits with contributions to future savings.
  • Discounted products and free services for employees.
  • Financial support for education related to career advancement.
  • Eligibility for employee stock purchase programs and potential bonuses.
Full Job Description
You will work in highly cross functional environment and mainly contribute on hardware architecture design for development for electrical sensing health features, such as ECG in the Apple Watch. The role's responsibilities will encompass health sensing circuit and system design, simulation and modeling, data processing/analysis along with crafting well-documented specifications and rationale.

Description

We are responsible for designing and delivering high quality electrical health sensing features for Apple's product. We are highly collaborative and partner with a variety of teams across Apple. You will mainly work on develop sensing hardware and responsible for following: Conduct architecture design, simulation, modeling, board level circuit and system design for health sensing products in the entire lifecycle of a new product, from initial design and functional specification of new hardware features and overall architecture design all the way to support and validation of these features. Review schematics, layout and other design collateral for fabrication. Develop analysis and modeling tools for hardware performance, perform complex system level tests, enhance and resolve issues in existing products, and perform unit testing and end-to-end testing. Collect and process environmental and physiological data from users to draw conclusions, predict performance of new designs and components based on simulation and modeling tools. Translate feature requirements into electrical hardware specifications and validate performance against specifications. Drive the development of component and modules to meet pre-defined specifications. Analyze and leverage manufacturing data to improve quality and minimize defects. Drive failure analysis to understand root-cause and implement corrective actions. Author evaluation plans, technical documentation such as Engineering Requirements Specification (ERS), and aid in bring-up to deliver scalable solution to support Apple mass production in a high quality way. Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners (FW, Algorithm), including problem solving and requirement drafting across various functions and disciplines.

Minimum Qualifications

Hands-on experience and proven track record in design, debug and test of mixed-signal or sensing systems.

Strong background in one or more of these areas: sensor interface circuit/system architecture, analog/mixed signal circuit design, simulation/modeling of electrical circuits, board/flex design for sensitive system, data processing and analysis.

Writing, debugging and maintaining code to analyze data from electrical systems or user studies, proficiency in Python, Matlab, SPICE or similar simulation tools.

BS and a minimum of 10 years relevant proven experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in prototyping for physiological sensor signal acquisition and design & execute user study is plus.

Experience in COMSOL, Ansys Q3D or similar multi-physics simulation tools is a plus.

Experience in embedded system design and firmware development is a plus.

Experience in machine learning or deep learning is a plus.

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

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$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
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