Reliability Test Engineer, Apple

$117.8-205.5k

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

macOS
iOS
Junior and Mid level
San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in Cupertino, CA

Apple

Personal technology company

Be an early applicant

Apple

Personal technology company

1001+ employees

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Be an early applicant

$117.8-205.5k

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

macOS
iOS
Junior and Mid level
San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in Cupertino, CA

1001+ employees

B2CB2BHardwareSaaSTelecommunicationseCommerce

Company mission

Apple's mission is to bring the best user experience to its customers through its innovative hardware, software, and services.

Role

Who you are

  • Bachelor of Arts or Science in related fields, or five years equivalent experience
  • 2+ years experience with handheld and benchtop electronic tools, including multimeters, data acquisition systems, and power supplies
  • Exceptional attention to detail, translating into excellent written and verbal communication
  • Manage multiple fast-paced projects with large volumes and challenging deadlines
  • Understand physics and electronics, applying creativity, common sense, and technical skills to solve complex problems

Desirable

  • Familiarity with sensors like accelerometers, strain gauges, load cells, and pressure sensors
  • Proficient in MacOS, iOS, and Apple hardware

What the job involves

  • Weekly Hours: 40
  • We are the Apple Reliability Lab team, and we support Reliability and Product Development Engineers in testing the durability and longevity of Apple’s prototype hardware designs
  • As a Reliability Test Engineer, you’ll bring your collaborative and comprehensive skills and experiences to evaluate Apple hardware designs in various scenarios that simulate real-world use, such as dropping devices onto different surfaces
  • Your responsibilities include setting up test equipment and fixtures, collecting data, and analyzing the results
  • The test lab is a fast-paced, hands-on environment where engineers are encouraged to be self-motivated and able to multitask
  • While some tests may be repetitive, reliable and consistent data reporting is crucial to ensure the integrity of the tests
  • You will work from existing documentation to perform mechanical and environmental Reliability tests to characterize and evaluate new hardware designs
  • Independently conduct experiments using mechanical and electronic equipment in a lab environment
  • Use creative and innovative thinking to resolve technical problems
  • Perform detailed first level failure analysis through cosmetic and functional evaluations
  • Develop detailed test schedules with checkpoints and deadlines, promptly informing stakeholders of any changes
  • Capture and present data in clear, regular updates to engineers

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Company benefits

  • Everyone has different needs and schedules, and that’s why we offer medical plans that cover both physical and mental healthcare
  • In addition, employees have the option to access medical professionals from almost anywhere and get free confidential counselling — virtual or in person
  • You could also be eligible for help with fitness-related expenses
  • Our medical coverage plans include family-friendly features such as fertility treatments
  • Because we know there’s more than one way to bring a new child into your family, we support all kinds of new parents with paid leave and our gradual return-to-work programme
  • You also get paid time away if you need to care for an ill family member and free guidance to help you find support for childcare, elderly care, legal referrals and more
  • At Apple, we make sure women earn the same as men performing similar work. As part of that effort, your salary history is history — we won’t ask
  • Every employee here also has the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder, because all are eligible for stock grants and also a discount when purchasing Apple stock
  • To help you prepare for retirement, our pension can help you meet your savings goals. And to help you prepare for the unexpected, you’ll have the security of multiple forms of income protection
  • Plan on developing both professionally and personally. Apple University creates classes, seminars and beyond-the-classroom tools that help employees understand Apple’s culture, organisation, values, and role in the world. You can sharpen general business and software skills through online classes
  • For more formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, we’ll reimburse you for certain educational expenses, including tuition
  • Whether you’re exploring personal pursuits, welcoming a new child or caring for a family member, rest assured that you’ll have paid time away when you need it most
  • When you give money to an eligible organisation, we’ll match your donations one-for-one, so your contribution is doubled. And if you choose to donate your time, we’ll contribute US$25 for every hour you volunteer. Whether you donate time or money, Apple will match your contributions up to US$10,000 a year
  • Get the world’s best prices on the world’s best products — Apple products. You’ll also get deals on great third-party accessories
  • And there are services to help you manage life’s day-to-day tasks: dinner reservations, pet-sitters, shopping, personal travel, financial guidance and more

Our take

With a market capitalisation that reached $3 trillion in 2022, Apple is the world's most valuable company. A vertically integrated approach and obsessive focus on the user experience have helped to make Apple one of the most successful companies in the world.

Since taking over at Apple, Tim Cook has been carefully curating the company's reputation as a champion of consumer privacy, trying to set the company apart from others that monetise their users' data.

The company even went as far as to introduce sweeping privacy changes which made it difficult to tailor ads to Apple’s 1bn+ iPhone users. This rocked the $400bn digital ads market, seriously harming the revenue of its bigger rivals in the lucrative industry and forcing them to rebuild their ad infrastructure.

Despite this, the company has been shaken by supply chain issues and moved a considerable amount of its manufacturing from China to India, and increased its Vietnam presence. This is because of multi-pronged production disruption in China, the second largest customer market for Apple, and triggered an estimated 10% revenue drop in the first quarter of 2023.

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