Hardware Engineer

About Apple

Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, United States. Apple was founded as Apple Computer Company on 1 April 1976, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne. It was incorporated by Jobs and Wozniak as Apple Computer, Inc. in 1977 and the company's next computer, the Apple II, became a best seller and one of the first mass-produced microcomputers. Apple went public in 1980 with instant financial success. The company developed computers featuring innovative graphical user interfaces, including the 1984 original Macintosh, announced that year in a critically acclaimed advertisement.  It is one of the Big Five American information technology companies, alongside Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft.

Your Role

As Hardware Engineer, you can explore various areas such as RTL Design, Design Verification, Physical Design, Modeling & Performance Engineering, CAD Engineering, Signal Integrity & RF Engineering, Embedded Engineering, Power & Battery Engineering, Analog & Mixed Signal Engineering, IC Packaging Engineering, or Validation & Platform Engineering. Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

• You will help in the verification and lab bring-up of advanced mixed-signal circuits.
• You will be at the center of the design effort collaborating with architecture, CAD, timing, and logic design teams, with a critical impact on delivering best-in-class designs.
• You will be focused on writing code for modeling and performance modeling for GPUs, CPUs, SoCs, and other model infrastructures.
• Developing novel methodologies to solve very complex coupling issues, mitigating multi-radio coexistence problems at IC, package/module, and systems, as well as executing RF design integration topologies. 
• Integrate existing test software between environments, enhance test software to exercise functional blocks, develop Linux device drivers and user-land tests, implement device libraries to aid in the portability of device drivers, bring up low-level code on new SoCs and develop own SMP RTOS. 
• Work closely with multi-functional teams with an understanding of design specs and requirements for analog mixed-signal (AMS) circuits, including SerDes, PLLs & Data Converters. 
• Develop advanced packaging technologies for a multitude of projects including SoC’s Hands on experience with Cadence ADP/SIP.
• Build prototypes on FPGAs, build emulation models, and perform emulation on each yet-to-be-built chip with the primary goal of debugging.

Training, Development & Rotations 

People are at the heart of Apple and want you to thrive. From day one, you’ll have the opportunity to make meaningful contributions to the big picture. You can set yourself up for success with Apple's career development framework, as well as guidance and resources that include course offerings. Apple University creates classes, seminars, and beyond-the-classroom tools that help employees understand Apple’s culture, organization, values, and role in the world. You can sharpen general business and software skills through online classes and pick up some know-how from a variety of personal finance seminars. For more formal education related to advancing your career, Apple will reimburse you for certain educational expenses, including tuition.

Salary & Benefits

Apple offers all kinds of ways to experience well-being, confidence, and satisfaction because when you feel good, you feel like you can do your best work and live your best life. Medical coverage plans include family-friendly features such as well-child exams, childhood immunizations, and fertility treatments. Apple designed employee resources to complement your work locations around the world. The estimated annual salary for this role ranges from approximately $126,000 to $301,000.

Career Progression

At Apple, collaboration is more than simply working together, it means passionate, collaborative debate. People on retail, hardware or marketing teams may focus on different issues, but the principles of respectful, honest discussion remain the same, advocate ideas, contest points of view and ultimately build on each other’s thinking to come up with the best solution. Each team works with a shared purpose and creates an extraordinary user experience.

Work-Life Balance

Apple unlocks the potential of people to do their best work, no matter where they are. From an office overseas to a wind farm out west to your kitchen table, you and your team will have the power to be productive, creative, and collaborative. Apple's hybrid work policy is meant to be “both collaborative and flexible.” The plan requires employees to come to its global offices three days a week.

Culture & Vibe

At Apple, collaboration is more than simply working together, it means passionate, collaborative debate. People on retail, hardware, or marketing teams may focus on different issues, but the principles of respectful, honest discussion remain the same: we advocate ideas, contest points of view and ultimately build on each other’s thinking to come up with the best solution. Each team works with a shared purpose and creates an extraordinary user experience. 

About You

• 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.
• Experience with C/C++, Verilog, VHDL, Python, Perl, and/or Spice is beneficial.
• Previous Internship, Co-op, or project work in Computer Architecture, VLSI, Design, Logic Design, or Circuit Design.
• 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. 
• Strong teamwork skills with the ability to collaborate with multiple functional teams across a variety of fields.

How to Apply

• To start your application, click the “APPLY” button on this page.
• You might need to provide answers to some motivational questions and It is advisable to have an appropriate and correct answer to these questions.
• After your online application has been reviewed by the recruiting personnel, You will be invited for the first round of interviews at the company’s assessment center.
• You will be then invited for an in-person final interview and followed by an offer and negotiation if you are successful.

Source

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• glassdoor.com/apple – salaries 
• wikipedia.com/apple – about the company
• apple.com