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Display Metrology System Engineer

Apple· Hardware
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Cupertino, CA$129.3k - $225.3kFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Apple’s Display Metrology System Engineer develops objective solutions for calibrating, characterizing, and testing display modules and optical components. The role involves metrology system design, development, validation, and production deployment during the New Product Introduction (NPI) stage, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver best-in-class display technologies and user experiences.

Responsibilities

  • Define calibration & test Engineering Requirement Specification (ERS)
  • Develop industry-leading calibration and test methodology and solutions
  • Design metrology system architecture and derive requirements for optical instruments and mechanical fixtures, through analytics and numerical models
  • Lead the system and key components' development based on the ERS, with the supports from cross-functional teams including mechanical, software, algorithm, electrical, and optical engineers
  • Integrate the key SW/HW components and build prototypes to conduct critical validations and experiments to prove the system design
  • Creatively and strategically optimize test coverage, sequence and methodology
  • Lead vendors to develop and qualify the systems to meet production requirements
  • Conduct HW/SW issues FA from module level down to the component level
  • Deploy and bringup the developed systems in factories in NPI stage
  • Analyze large amounts of NPI data and create build reports
  • Create system design improvement plan based on findings from NPI builds
  • Develop station bringup, qualification, audit methods and create documents for Operation teams and operators to follow

Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree in Optics, Physics, Computer Science, EE or Mechanical Engineering
  • Experience working in metrology of display (OLED, LCD, LED) or other optical products
  • Experience in building metrology systems, including SW scripting and optical instruments setup
  • Experience in one or more of following areas: Display design, characterization, calibration or test; Optical instruments, such as CCD/CMOS camera, spectrophotometers, colorimeters; Image processing and machine vision; Opto-mechanical system design
  • MS or PhD in Optics, Physics, Computer Science, EE or Mechanical Engineering or related field
  • Direct experience on display or optical metrology systems development
  • Familiar with industrial optical instruments, especially imaging instruments
  • Strong problem solving skills; positive outlook and eagerness to step into uncharted technology spaces while being able to engineer solutions to meet project timelines
  • Ability to own areas of responsibility, being able to self-motivate and work independently with critical thinkings
  • Programming skills in Matlab and Python
  • Excellent interpersonal and technical communication skills
  • The position requires some international travel (up to 10%)

Skills

Required:Calibration and test engineeringMetrology system designCross-functional leadershipPrototyping and hardware/software integrationData analysis and reporting

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • retirement benefits
  • discounted products and free services
  • reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
  • discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation (role may be eligible)
  • employee stock programs including RSUs and stock purchase plan
Last updated Aug 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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