Motion Sensing Hardware Magnetics Engineer

Motion Sensing Hardware Magnetics Engineer

Motion sensors serve as a bridge between the physical and digital realms, facilitating seamless user interaction and motion features. The Motion Sensing Hardware Team at Apple is entrusted with the responsibility of integrating MEMS and magnetic sensing technologies across its product portfolio. This team comprises a collaborative environment that fosters creativity, intelligence, and state-of-the-art technologies. Engineering excellence and meticulous attention to detail are highly valued and encouraged. Invention and patent creation are supported, aiming to revolutionize product design and manufacturing by introducing innovative technologies and exceptional user experiences.

As a member of the Motion Sensing Hardware Team, you will play a pivotal role in defining, developing, characterizing, and validating motion sensing systems. Your expertise should encompass sensor technologies with an emphasis on magnetic system integration, sensing technology, and performance metrics.

Description

You will be responsible for integration of state-of-the-art motion sensors into various Apple products. Core responsibilities include:

1. Evaluate and drive sensor design, technology investigation, manufacturing process development, and system integration.
2. Diagnose engineering issues with true scientific method driving to definitive root cause.
3. Identify, create, and document new sensing system metrics that deliver performance and improvement to customer perception.
4. Work cross-functionally to identify and specify critical performance parameters and error sensitivities.
5. Develop measurement methods and equipment that are repeatable, reproducible, and automated as appropriate to enable thorough validation coverage of sensors on tight development schedules.
6. Support engineering build activities with performance validation measurements, yield optimization, and failure analysis coordination.
7. Work with suppliers to proactively identify and resolve issues of matching to our specs. Analyze trade-offs among performance, manufacturability, size, schedule and cost.
8. Travel to supplier facilities and manufacturing sites for production validation and issues resolution.
9. Author high quality and thorough engineering requirements specifications for sensors.
10. Prepare and deliver presentations to clearly communicate technical status, risks and mitigation strategies for ongoing sensing system programs.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS and a minimum of 3 years relevant industry experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Practical understanding of magnetic sensors is required. Understanding of MEMS based motion sensors (inertial and pressure sensors) is desired.
• Proficient in simulation, data collection, data analysis, and statistical analysis tools (ANSYS Maxwell, Comsol, Matlab, Python, JMP).
• Experience interfacing microcontrollers with our sensors for characterization and feature investigations. Experience with or motivation to learn sensor fusion algorithms.
• Programming skills (C/C++, Python, or Matlab), proficient in data collection, data analysis, and statistical analysis tools (JMP or similar tools).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and solid collaboration and leadership skills.
• The willingness and ability to travel are required.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.