Apple · 1 month ago
Data Center Hardware Engineering - Hardware System Integration Engineer
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$127K/yr - $221K/yr
2+ years expApple is seeking a Hardware System Integration Engineer for their Data Center Hardware Engineering team, focusing on electrical integration from design conception to mass production. This role involves cross-functional collaboration with various teams to ensure high-performance compute solutions meet customer requirements.
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Responsibilities
The EE integration team is responsible for the design, specification and realization of high-performance compute solutions supporting customer’s specific requirements
This is a design and validation position that entails owning electrical engineering implementation, documentation, and validation of customized compute designs
Day-to-day tasks involve electrical design, schematic capture, board layout guidance, simulation, bringup, debug, and validation
Routine responsibilities also include factory build support, and multi-disciplinary cross-functional collaboration and negotiation where strong documentation and communications skills are critical
Qualification
Required
BS in electrical or computer engineering required; MS preferred
Minimum 2 years relevant industry work experience
Working knowledge of design and validation requirements for common low-speed and high-speed digital interfaces: I2C/SMBus, SPI, JTAG, USB, PCIe, Ethernet (SGMII, RMII, QSFP), DDR Memory
Excellent skills to debug problems from the system-level down to the transistor level
Outstanding written, verbal, and visual communication skills in order to develop functional specs, procedures, and other documentation needed for complex system integration
Preferred
High-speed board design experience with 10+ layer PCBs, including PCB material selection
Schematic entry and management of design constraints for high-speed PCB layout using Cadence tools or similar
Understanding of computer architecture and design tradeoffs
Experience with PCB bringup and debug using standard EE lab equipment: Soldering, DMM, Oscilloscope, Logic Analyzer, Spectrum Analyzer
Experience in circuit design for a variety of domains including power, digital, analog, high-speed communications, and/or programmable logic
Experience with PCI Express (PCIe), 100-GbE, USB3/USB4 or similar high-speed serial protocols: electrical design, protocol fundamentals, compliance testing, and debug using protocol analyzer
Automation and data manipulation script development
Benefits
Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
Retirement benefits
A range of discounted products and free services
Reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
Relocation
Company
Apple
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