System Integration Lead

Summary

System Firmware & Diagnostics Group has an immediate opening for a System Integration Lead. Our team is part of the system hardware development organization responsible for bringing new and exciting hardware products with the best quality to the users through innovation.

As a key technical contributor, you will lead and multi-functionally represent the definition and execution of system integration tests in Apple's next generation products in order to help identify system-level design and manufacturing issues.

You must thrive in a fast-paced environment, have strong understanding of software fundamentals, confirmed background working with systems, excellent interpersonal skills, and a desire to work with multi-functional teams to develop ground-breaking products. Your contributions will make a pronounced difference to future Apple products.

Key Qualifications

Validated understanding of embedded hardware components and hardware/software interactions

Strong background in computer architecture, bus technologies (such as I2C, SPI) and IO protocols (such as PCIe, USB)

Strong background with scripting and programming skills in Python, Lua and Objective C.

Experience with validation of functional and stability aspects of system and silicon interaction with software

Experience with triage and debug of issues

Thrive in a collaborative environment, prioritize and clearly communicate while driving multiple projects across many teams

Manufacturing experience and prior exposure to working with contract manufacturers is highly desired

Enthusiastically hard-working and inquisitive, and seek to address problems in innovative ways

Engineering experience: 2-5 years

Technical leadership/program management experience: 1-2 years is highly desired

Description

In this role you will be working with the multi-functional team to architect, coordinate definition and execution of system level integration tests targeted for hardware qualification by way of deep diving into the hardware architecture and analyzing metrics reported by these tests.

The responsibilities span all aspects of product bring-up and test:

Own various aspects of system validation across NPI products with focus on MacOS and iOS SW components along with customized drivers and firmware.

Interact with hardware, software, test, operations, contract manufacturers and various other multi-functional teams within Apple to drive hardware qualification goals and test definition to implement that qualification

Help drives the design and bring up of manufacturing software/drivers/diagnostics software for new hardware products.

Enable functional, stability, and performance tests to qualify various aspects of HW/SW interactions

Scope the development and dependencies of drivers, applications, protocols, frameworks, and command line utilities for validation of hardware design and for manufacturing

Develop tools/scripts to lead data analysis efforts

Perform data analysis from hardware builds to enable feedback to test definition, hardware design and identify test coverage gaps that can affect manufacturing quality

Enable and support system level test execution for new product development builds, locally in US and at contract manufacturers site

First level triage and debug of issues reported by these system integration tests

Drive and enable process improvements

Communicate status to the executive management on a regular basis

Education & Experience

- BS Electrical/Computer Engineering or relevant work experience (MS is a plus)