Hardware Design Engineer

The Instrumentation Design Team in the Hardware Test Engineering Group at Apple has an immediate opening for a Hardware Design Engineer. This role involves designing and enabling performant test solutions to ensure the best quality of Apple products through innovation. As a key technical contributor, you will lead the design of mission-critical test instruments for next-generation products.

Key responsibilities include:

• Designing, prototyping, building, and validating instrumentation for high volume manufacturing test throughout all NPI phases until mass production
• Collaborating with cross-functional partners including system EE, SI, software diags, and mechanical teams
• Proposing, negotiating, and designing EE solutions to achieve functional and performance objectives
• Designing and schematic capture of digital and analog electrical circuits and systems
• Leading and reviewing PCB layouts
• Bringing up and validating instrumentation designs
• Collaborating with deployment teams to analyze and debug issues during factory integration

The ideal candidate should thrive in a fast-paced environment, have a strong understanding of hardware design fundamentals, solid background working with systems, excellent interpersonal skills, and a desire to work with cross-functional teams to develop ground-breaking instrumentation solutions. The team values curiosity, engineering excellence, data-informed decision making, and creativity.

This role offers an opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology and contribute to the quality assurance of Apple's innovative products. It's ideal for a passionate engineer who strives to understand why things work and uses that understanding to deliver high-quality technical solutions.