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Touch HW EE Validation Engineer

Apple· Hardware
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Hybrid (Austin, TX), Hybrid (Cupertino, CA), Hybrid (San Diego, CA)full-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Engineer responsible for validation and characterization of Apple’s touch solutions, from concept to mass production, including developing strategies, analytics, and infrastructure to meet touch performance standards across products.

Responsibilities

  • Defining and architecting solutions to solve complex open ended test and validation problems
  • Developing and proving analytical models to understand test system interaction with Touch sensors
  • Driving strategies with multi-functional teams, including test, Algorithm, firmware, software, mechanical design and reliability Engineering to decode open ended test and validation problems into an executable plan and deliverable
  • Designing metrics and figures-of-merit to guide touch design and performance tracking
  • Leading the development and execution of engineering validation and characterization methodologies for Apple’s touch solutions across different products
  • Architecting and designing HW & SW infrastructure for innovative test solutions
  • Managing vendors to implement validation tools, plans and infrastructure
  • Performing failure mode analysis with advanced detailed analysis tools to drive root cause diagnosis
  • Authoring reports and communications pertaining to key concepts, results and checkpoints
  • Business travel (up to 10% domestic and international travel) to support product development is required

Qualifications

  • Prior industry experience owning validation/test efforts on analog, mixed signal or sensor products
  • Fundamental knowledge of physics, analog circuit and signals analysis, circuit design and statistics
  • BS and a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience
  • Experience with touch technology
  • High proficiency in software and algorithm prototyping/analysis using scripting languages like Matlab/Python
  • Willingness to wear multiple hats, go beyond normal Roles and Responsibilities to dive deep in to an issue including ability to breakdown an existing Algorithm to enhance understanding
  • Experience in HW prototyping, Design of Experiments (DoE), FA/CA (Failure Analysis /Corrective Action)
  • Proficient in data visualization and statistical analysis tools such as Tableau, SpotFire, JMP, Python or Matlab or similar
  • Excellent project management skills, written/verbal communication skills and solid people skills
  • MS / PhD degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical discipline

Skills

Required:Validation and characterization methodologiesAnalytical modelingCross-functional collaborationHardware/Software infrastructure designFailure analysisData visualization and analysis
Last updated Sep 11, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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