Apple

Motion Sensing System Architect

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

Qualifications

  • BS with 10+ years or PhD with 5+ years in relevant industry experience
  • Practical knowledge of motion sensors including magnetic, inertial, and pressure sensors
  • Proven experience in architecture and system-level design of sensing systems
  • Deep understanding of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and transducer physics
  • Proficiency in modeling and simulation tools like ANSYS Maxwell, COMSOL, MATLAB, Python, JMP
  • Experience with sensor placement optimization within product-level constraints
  • Strong fundamentals in signal processing, probability, and statistics

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end sensing system architecture from concept to high-volume manufacturing
  • Drive the feature roadmap and define comprehensive feature and system requirements
  • Build and validate quantitative end-to-end models capturing the full signal chain
  • Optimize sensor module specifications to ensure feature-level performance
  • Lead sensor integration by leveraging cross-functional collaboration
  • Define and execute rigorous validation plans with high-quality reporting
  • Communicate results, risks, and recommendations to leadership and teams

Benefits

  • Opportunities for career growth and professional development
  • Engagement in cutting-edge technology and product innovation
  • Collaborative work environment with talented cross-functional teams
  • Participation in challenging projects that impact a wide range of Apple products
  • Flexibility in work arrangements to support work-life balance
Full Job Description
As a member of this team, you will own the end-to-end sensing system architecture - from transducer physics through signal chain and algorithm - shaping how motion sensing capabilities are defined, developed, and delivered from concept through high-volume manufacturing.

You will own the motion sensing system architecture for state-of-the-art sensors (magnetic, inertial, and pressure) across Apple products. Your primary responsibility is to drive the feature roadmap, define feature requirements, and systematically decompose them into system requirements and sensor module specifications. You will build and validate quantitative end-to-end models capturing the full signal chain - physical, electrical, and algorithmic - to ensure that sensor specifications and intermediate figures of merit guarantee feature-level performance. Beyond requirements definition, you will own sensor integration into the product system, leveraging modeling and simulation to optimize sensor placement and working cross-functionally to ensure placement meets performance, mechanical, and manufacturing constraints. You will define comprehensive validation plans, execute them rigorously, and generate high-quality reports to communicate results, risks, and recommendations to leadership and cross-functional teams.

BS and a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience. Practical understanding of motion sensors (magnetic, inertial, pressure) and relevant physics. Experience in architecture and system-level design of sensing systems.

PhD with 5+ years of hands-on experience and a proven track record shipping motion sensor or sensing system products. Experience in architecture, design, characterization, and validation of MEMS sensing systems (accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, barometer), including theory of operation, signal processing, fabrication, packaging, and design trade-offs. Deep, multi-disciplinary understanding of EE, ME, transducer physics, and system engineering principles. Proficiency in modeling, simulation, and analysis tools (ANSYS Maxwell, COMSOL, MATLAB, Python, JMP); experience designing and running FEA or Monte Carlo simulations. Experience in sensor placement optimization through modeling (FEA, magnetic/inertial simulation) within product-level constraints. Strong fundamentals in signal processing, probability, and statistics; competency in sensor fusion, machine learning, and mathematical modeling is an asset. Experience defining and executing validation plans from characterization through production readiness. Experience building and testing complex multi-physics systems and delivering related prototypes. Excellent written and verbal communication skills with solid collaboration and leadership abilities.

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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