Systems Validation Engineer
Job Summary
Job Description
As a Systems Validation Engineer at Apple, you will be responsible for developing and executing comprehensive validation plans for head-mounted devices. This involves understanding multi-sensor computer vision systems, their software, and the mechanical aspects crucial for calibration. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product Design, Electrical Engineering, System Architecture, Calibration, Algorithms, and Reliability, to ensure the product delivers an excellent user experience. Your role will focus on validating user inputs and display outputs, analyzing large datasets, and reporting conclusions to leadership.
Must have:
- BS in relevant field (ME, mechatronics, EE, physics, systems engineering)
- 6+ years of experience in a product-based company, multi-disciplinary role
- Strong hands-on skills with hardware and data analysis
- Scripting proficiency (Python, Matlab)
- Ability to distill complex information into conclusions
- Comfort with ambiguity in driving validation
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Proficiency in mechanical CAD, Python/Matlab, shell scripting, test automation
Good to have:
- 10+ years of experience validating consumer products with complex opto-mechanical systems
- Deep understanding of sub-system interplay (optics, displays, sensors, algorithms)
- Experience with full product development lifecycle
- Expertise in validation of advanced display technologies, optical systems, or sensor integration
- Familiarity with mechanical fundamentals (thermal expansion, creep, resonant modes)
- Experience developing motion trajectories for robotic systems
Perks:
- Stock options
- Discounted Apple stock purchase
- Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
- Retirement benefits
- Discounted products and free services
- Reimbursement for educational expenses
- Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
- Relocation assistance
15 skills required
Job Details
Apple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build, service we create, or Apple Store experience we deliver is the result of us making each other’s ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world, changing lives for the better. It’s the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in, we can do the best work of our lives. Here, you’ll do more than join something — you’ll add something. Apple Vision Pro is a revolutionary spatial computer that seamlessly blends digital content with your physical space. It will allow us to do the things we love in ways never before possible — all while staying connected to the people around us!
In the Systems Validation Engineer role, you will be directly responsible for developing, implementing, and executing full end-to-end validation plans for user inputs and display outputs of complex head-mounted devices. This requires someone with a strong capacity to understand the workings of multi-sensor computer vision systems, the software that utilizes the sensors, and the mechanical fundamentals that these systems rely upon for forming and maintaining their calibration. Your responsibilities will include working with various cross-functional partners to understand the mechanical design of the system, sensor architecture, software algorithms, and factory support engineers who deploy your work. This is a very cross-functional role where you will collaborate closely with experts from diverse domains including Product Design, Electrical Engineering (EE), System Architecture, Calibration, Algorithms, and Reliability to validate that our products deliver an excellent user experience.
- BS in a relevant field (ME, mechatronics, EE, physics, systems engineering)
- 6+ years of work experience in a product-based company, in a multi-disciplinary role with a focus on validation of user-facing product performance metrics
- Strong hands-on skills in physical lab work with hardware, analysis of large result datasets, and scripting (Python, Matlab)
- Ability to distill complex multi-variable information into concrete conclusions and tie them to high level product performance requirements
- Comfort with ambiguity when driving validation of new or existing metrics, and using this to push for practical additions or revisions to product specifications
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to present highly technical topics and deep dives to leadership teams
- Proficiency in mechanical CAD (NX, etc.), data analysis in Python or Matlab, shell scripting, test automation
- 10+ years of relevant work experience, with a significant portion in validation of consumer products involving complex opto-mechanical and/or electro-optical systems
- Deep understanding of the interplay between various sub-systems (e.g., optics, displays, sensors, computer vision algorithms) and their collective impact on overall user experience and system performance
- Experience with the full product development lifecycle, from initial concept and architecture through to mass production
- Demonstrated expertise in validation of one or more relevant sub-system domains: advanced display technologies, optical systems, sensor integration, computer vision pipelines for interaction
- Familiarity with mechanical fundamentals like thermal expansion, creep, resonant modes
- Experience developing motion trajectories for robotic arm systems, setting up machine vision systems for measurement and calibration
Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.
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