Hardware Reworks/Soldering Specialist, Platform Architecture

Santa Clara,California,United States

Hardware

Are you highly detailed and skilled at developing creative solutions? Do you enjoy building elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? In this role, you will work with a team that provides power and performance data on shipping SoC solutions. This work is a vital component of the quality and efficiency of Apple’s future products. Join this group, and you’ll have a direct impact on the technology that shapes Apple’s customer experiences. Together, our work will be the reason millions of customers feel they can trust their devices every single day. Apple’s Platform Architecture group is looking for a motivated technician with a strong background in reworks and instrumentation. Ideally, you are ambitious with initiative and passion for accurate data gathering and analysis. Additionally, you have experience in instrumenting platforms and SoCs for power and performance measurements and running experiments.

Description

You will perform power instrumentations, gathering performance and power data on shipping products and work with a team to communicate findings and inform further actions. This will require precise reworks on commercial samples and expert-level soldering experience, with familiarity in lab equipment i.e. microscope, soldering stations, etc., and understanding expected workload behavior as well as impacts of other system level effects (like thermals).

Minimum Qualifications

Key Qualifications

• Ability to perform precision reworks to enable testing for fine-grained power data on commercial samples with excellent attention to detail

• Expert background in soldering/de-soldering under a microscope, fine-pitch components, instrumenting resistors and inductors for power measurements

• Experience gathering power data with a focus on accuracy

• Experience with Metcal and JBC soldering stations

• Experience with digital multimeter and bench power supplies

Preferred Qualifications

Education & Experience

4+ years minimum related experience required.

Additional Requirements

• Familiarity with modern consumer electronic devices and SoCs

• Familiarity with best practices for device instrumentation and micro-reworks

• Good understanding of basic computer system architecture

• Excellent attention to detail

Pay & Benefits

• At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $36.95 and $64.70/hr, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.Learn more (https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html) about Apple Benefits.Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

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