Hardware Engineer - Early Career

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Dynamic, smart people and inspiring, innovative technologies are the norm here. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with all Apple Hardware products. The same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it. Join us to help deliver the next groundbreaking Apple product. Do you love working on challenges that no one has solved yet? As a member of our dynamic group, you have the unrivaled and rewarding opportunity to craft upcoming products that will delight and inspire millions of Apple’s customers every single day.

Our Hardware Technologies team is responsible for Apple’s breakthrough custom silicon and hardware technologies including battery, applications processors, storage controllers, sensors silicon, display silicon and other chipsets across Apple’s entire product line. You will work among the best engineers in the world on our research and development team. We have positions within all major areas of hardware design, including, but not limited to CPU, GPU, SoC and AMS.

Key Qualifications:

• Previous internship/co-op or project work in computer architecture, VLSI, design, logic design, or circuit design.
• Strong teamwork skills with the ability to collaborate with multiple functional teams across a variety of fields.
• Experience with C/C++, Verilog, VHDL, Python, Perl, and/or Spice is beneficial.
• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related fields.
• Will be graduating with a minimum of a Bachelor's degree by September 2023.

Description:

As a part of our team, you'll work on real challenges the team faces as well as upcoming products. To be successful, you need to have a strong technical foundation, ability to show initiative, learn new technologies quickly, and possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Ideal candidates are motivated and prepared to work independently.

Below are the various areas you can explore:

1. RTL Design: You will help in the verification and lab bring-up of advanced mixed-signal circuits.
2. Design Verification: In Design Verification, you will enable us to produce fully functional first silicon.
3. Physical Design: In Physical Design, you will be at the center of design effort collaborating with architecture, CAD, timing and logic design teams.
4. Modeling/Performance Engineer: You will be focused on writing code for modeling and performance modeling for GPUs, CPUs, SoCs and other model infrastructure.
5. CAD Engineer: You will develop and support chip level design methodology and flow.
6. Signal Integrity/RF Engineer: In RF Integrity, you will engage with cross-disciplinary teams to develop SoCs that will be used in Apple’s mobile devices.
7. Embedded Engineer: In Embedded Software Engineering, you will make up a significant portion of the Silicon Validation and Productization teams.
8. Power/Battery Engineer: In this role, you will be on the forefront of development bringing innovations in the industry.
9. Analog/Mixed Signal Engineer: You will work closely with multi-functional teams with an understanding of design specs and requirements for analog mixed signal (AMS) circuits.
10. IC Packaging Engineer: You will develop advanced packaging technologies for a multitude of projects including SoC’s.
11. Silicon Validation: You will have the opportunity as either an embedded software engineer, high-speed board design engineer, or debug/triage engineer to work at the cross-section of hardware and software.
12. Platform Engineer: You will work as either an FPGA or Emulation engineer who build prototypes on FPGAs.
13. Digital Circuit Design: In the Digital Circuits Group, you will develop custom digital circuits and implement advanced circuit techniques to improve circuit performance.
14. SoC Low Power Design: In the Low Power Group, you will be involved in making Apple products the most energy efficient in the world.

Education & Experience:

Pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and/or Computer Science or related field of study.

Additional Requirements:

• Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity.
• Apple will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation or that of other applicants.
• Apple will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.
• Apple participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations as required by law.
• Apple is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.