Product Calibration and Test System Engineer
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Apple designs consumer electronics that have touched millions and changed the way people interact with electronic devices around the world. Be part of the team with a state-of-the-art calibration and test ecosystem to manufacture Apple hardware products.
The team is looking for a system design engineer who is responsible for the design and deployment of systems that carry out calibration and performance validation of sensors on a well-known iPhone product line. You will be responsible for the full lifecycle of the test system, from prototyping to mass production deployment. You will work closely with the Sensing design group to define calibration and test procedures, and design high-precision instrumentation and systems to be able to perform this efficiently in a factory environment.
As a Calibration and Instrumentation Engineer, you will:
- Develop state of the art measurement systems
- Introduce cutting-edge technology to people around the world to make their lives better
- Touch every aspect of a system, including HW design, SW development, vendor engagement, algorithm optimization, data mining and factory deployment
- Work collaboratively with a creative and diverse team of expert engineers from all disciplines, including Systems Hardware, Product Design, Reliability, Software and Operations
Design, specification, development and deployment of sensor calibration and test systems. This equipment calibrates and verifies performance for use during new product introduction (NPI). This role includes:
- Specify and acquire instruments, components and tools for use in an NPI environment
- Collaborate with multi-functional teams to specify and implement test coverage
- Run simulations/ DOEs to make data-driven decisions and present to management
- Analyze large amounts of NPI data & generate a system design improvement plan.
- Own the qualification and improvement of the developed systems. Conduct station hardware/software issues FA from the system level down to the component level.
- Redefine existing algorithms to optimise them for performance or execution time
- Balance decisions between engineering asks & manufacturing efficiency while ensuring product quality
- Requires intermediate software programming skills to design, develop, optimize, review and debug software in C/C++/Objective-C used in interacting with embedded systems
- Strong leadership and problem-solving ability.
- Bachelor's in Engineering, Electrical / Computer Science / Mechanical or Physics majors preferred.
- 3+ years of professional experience with at least 2 years in the relevant industry
- Experience in product design of electronic systems and/or knowledge of sensing systems
- Experience with digital serial communication protocols (USB, UART, I2C, SPI)
- Experience with data processing tools - plotting, processing and mining data
- Knowledge in one or many of embedded systems, HW automation and motion control
- Experience in working with contract manufacturers & consumer electronics manufacturing
- Working with equipment vendors to design for calibrating and verifying the performance
- Analyzing calibration data to pinpoint problems and improve test systems
- Up to 25% domestic and international travel
- Master's or PhD in Electrical / Computer Science / Mechanical or Physics
- Excellent interpersonal skills, clear technical communications with teammates, self-motivated, and very responsible in the work you're doing.
- Multitasking on multiple challenging projects that have tight schedules
- Excellent analytical problem-solving skills with written & verbal communication skills