Test & Instrumentation Development Engineer
Apple • Cupertino, California, United States
Role & seniority: Instrumentation and Test Engineer (mid-level) focused on test/measurement systems for sensor characterization and production ramp.
Stack/tools: C/C++ (embedded/industrial control); hardware interfacing with instruments; electronics debugging tools (DMM, oscilloscopes); schematics/data sheets; I2C, SPI; Mac/Objective-C (preferred); DSP/image processing; DOE; statistical tools (JMP, Minitab, R).
Top 3 responsibilities
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Architect, specify, design, validate, and launch touch technology product characterization instrumentation software and firmware.
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Develop test/measurement systems to enable sensor calibration, testing, and product bring-up in fast-paced product teams.
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Collaborate with cross-functional groups across development, characterization, and production for new, cutting-edge products.
Must-have skills
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BS in a related field with ≥3 years of relevant experience.
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Experience with software/hardware that interfaces with instruments; C/C++ (embedded/industrial control); electronics debugging; circuit fundamentals; reading schematics/data sheets.
Nice-to-haves
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Objective-C and Mac software development workflows; firmware development (I2C, SPI, etc.) for data acquisition; experience in high-volume consumer electronics; touch/sensing background; DSP/image processing; instrument camera/optical capture experience; DOE and statistical data analysis (JMP, Minitab, R).
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Excellent communication and problem-solving skills; ability to
Full Description
The Instrumentation and Test technology team architects and designs best-in-class Test and Measurement Systems. The team is a collaborative group of creative and smart people developing highly complex and sophisticated Test and Measurement Systems to support the testing of sensors in our world-class products. This individual will play a key role in defining, architecting, specifying, designing, validating, and developing Test and Measurement Instruments to support new product bring up, characterization, ramp, and production..
DESCRIPTION
You will play a key role in architecting, specifying, designing, developing, validating and launching our touch technology product characterization & instrumentation software and firmware. Working with a wide cross-functional teams on new cutting-edge products, you will enable critical sensor calibration and testing in a high pace & energy product development team.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
B. S. in related field and minimum of 3 years of relevant experience. Experience
- with Software & Hardware that interfaces & controls instruments. Experience in
one of the following: Software development using C/C++ (embedded & industrial control), and/or Electronics debugging tools (DMM, Oscilloscopes), and/or Circuit & electrical engineering fundamentals (schematics/data sheets).
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience with Objective C and Mac Software development workflows. Experience in firmware development (knowledge of I2C, SPI, and other protocols) in data acquisition & measurement applications. Experience working in high-volume consumer electronics projects. Background with Touch or Sensing Technology. Experience with digital signal processing or image processing. Experience with using instrument camera and optical capture system as bonus. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Excellent problem-solving skills to debug and perform failure analysis across a variety of engineering domains. Experience in design of experiment (DOE) and other problem-solving processes. Able to understand and perform statistical data analysis (eg. JMP, Minitab, R). Able to make international travel to Asia up to 25% of the time.
