System Design Test Engineer

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System Design & Test Engineer
As a system design & test engineer, you will be responsible for designing hardware to validate board level system functionality and electrical performance of new Apple products.
This position is a great fit for someone who is passionate about designing hardware, and working cross-functionally with teams across Apple (design, firmware, software, operations, etc).
Our organization plays a key role in ensuring the quality standards at Apple are exceeded, and making sure that our customers are happy with the performance and experience of the products they use.
Members of this team will lead the design of custom hardware testing fixtures, software (firmware and/or FPGA IP), and instruments that are critical to Apple's product integrity.

Key Responsibilities
Test fixture hardware design and integration with test instruments, implementation of product testing on new Apple products from prototype to mass production
Work closely with the system design and diagnostics teams early in the product development
lifecycle to learn the system architecture and provide suggested test for functionality and performance
Be the technical expert for designing, understanding, presenting, communicating and
debugging, the system testing and testing processes of Apple product
Act as a key liaison between our organization and the Contract Manufacturers to ensure that
our test station hardware and software is validated and ready for manufacturing testing
Documentation of tests and developing/executing product test plans, specifying test stations
and diagnostics for testing product features, and implementing test process control and parametric data collection.

Key Qualifications
B.S. EE (or similar) with 3+ years of experience
Good understanding analog, digital, and power electronics hardware architectures and design
Experience in schematic & PCB layout design using Allegro or a similar CAD tool
Ability to design and debug complex electrical schematics and PCB layouts and propose clear, relevant experiments
Working knowledge of USB 3.2, USB-PD, Display Port, PCIe, I2C, SPI technologies and protocols, and design
Good oral & written communication skills - be able to communicate complex engineering concepts clearly and concisely to various cross functional teams and leadership.
Nice to have - Prior experience with bed of nails test fixture and designing custom test instruments
Prior experience of performing parametric data statistical analysis (CPK, GRR etc)
Willingness to travel domestically and/or internationally up-to 20% of the time; estimated 8-10 days per trip
Prior technical leadership and/or project management experience
Prior experience of performing parametric data statistical analysis (CPK, GRR etc)