Electrical Engineer - Camera Hardware

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The Camera Hardware Electrical Engineering group is responsible for the electrical design and integration of camera systems for all Apple products.

Description

As an Electrical Engineer on this team, you will solve complex challenges at the intersection of analog circuit design, high-speed signal integrity, and power management within highly constrained physical environments. Our primary objective is to deliver technically excellent camera hardware that is robust and optimized for high-volume mass production, setting the industry standard for performance and quality. We are looking for a proactive engineer with a dedication to high-quality design to join our collaborative, cross-functional team and help drive the development of future camera technologies.","responsibilities":"Determine component level requirements, and develop schematic designs for innovative camera modules components containing image sensors, microcontrollers, low-noise power supplies, AF/OIS drivers, and high-speed serial interfaces

Analyze circuit parasitics and tolerances to ensure correct operation over the specified voltage and temperature ranges

Supervise layout for PCB, Flex, and substrates

Familiarity with challenges relating to power quality, high-speed signal integrity and control interface

Author clear and comprehensive electrical documentation for design and manufacturing partners to complete design, test and validation

Collaborate with X-functional teams to simulate, test, and validate performance of all designs

Develop electronic prototypes for new camera features and product concepts

Occasional travel may be required, but is not a critical component of this position.

Preferred Qualifications

3+ years of relevant work experience

Knowledge of layout strategies for Substrates, Rigid PCB, Flex, or Rigid-Flex including good understanding of material selection, Stack-up planning and noise suppression

Experience with high-speed interfaces: MIPI, DisplayPort, HDMI, PCIE etc

Circuit Design: LDO, Buck, ADC, DAC, Op-AMP, etc and control interface like I2C, SPI, SPMI, UART, etc

Hands-on lab experience with hardware bring-up and debug

Experience with high volume consumer electronics design for manufacturing, testing and reliability (DFM, DFT, DFR)

Knowledge of CMOS image sensor, ISP or image processing

Excellent written, verbal and communication skills focused on teamwork and collaboration in a dynamic cross-functional environment

Statistical data analysis and visualization (ex. JMP)

Minimum Qualifications

BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Analog and digital circuit design including Schematics capture and supervising layout for substrate, rigid PCB or Flex

Knowledge of signal and power integrity (High-speed design, PDN analysis)

System integration knowledge for grounding, shielding, EMI, EMC and ESD

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