Motion Sensing Module Engineer – Magnetics

Summary

Posted: Nov 22, 2024

Role Number:200580481

The Motion Sensing team develops ground breaking sensors that are central to enabling MEMS and magnetics sensing technologies across Apple products. This team features a collaborative environment with creative, smart people and state of the art technologies. Engineering excellence and thoroughness are expected and encouraged. Invention and patent creation are expected and supported. Opening up the boundaries to design and ship innovative products with best-in-class technologies and user experiences is the main goal of this sensing technology team at Apple. In this role, you will play a key role in specifying, developing, characterizing, and validating magnetic sensors. You should be familiar with magnetic sensor device physics, technology, process, and fabrications. Experience with ASIC development is desired but not required.

Description

You will be developing and validating motion sensors. You will be expected to identify, create, and document new sensing metrics. Work cross-functionally to identify critical performance parameters. Core responsibilities include: Evaluate and drive new sensor design, new technology investigation, manufacturing process development, and system integration. Identify and translate customer user experience into hardware level performance evaluation metrics Work cross-functionally to identify and specify critical performance parameters and error sensitivities. Develop high quality measurement methods to enable thorough validation coverage of sensors on tight development schedules. Support engineering build activities with performance validation measurements, yield optimization, and failure analysis coordination. Work with suppliers to proactively identify and resolve issues. Analyze trade-offs among performance, manufacturability, size, schedule and cost. Travel to supplier facilities and manufacturing sites for production validation and issues resolution. Author high quality and thorough engineering requirements specifications for sensors. Prepare and deliver presentations to clearly communicate technical status, risks and mitigation strategies for ongoing sensing system programs. Diagnose engineering issues with true scientific method driving to definitive root cause.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS and a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience and proven track record in magnetic sensor and/or sensing system development.
• Experience in architecture, design, characterization, and validation of magnetic sensor or sensing technology that includes theory of operation, signal processing, fabrication, packaging and design trade-offs.
• Familiar with magnetic sensing technologies, such as hall-effect, AMR, GMR, TMR, and inductive sensing.
• Experience in modeling, data collection, data analysis, and statistical analysis tools (ANSYS Maxwell, Comsol, Matlab, Python, JMP).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and solid teamwork and leadership skills.
• The willingness and ability to travel are required.
• PhD degree in engineering, or Bachelor/MS degree in engineering plus a minimum of 5 years of relevant industry experience.

Pay & Benefits

• At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $175,800 and $312,200, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
  
  Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.
  
  Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.