Acoustics Engineer
Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Hardware
At Apple, new ideas have a way of quickly becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences. Sound is an essential and compelling facet of the customer experience so Apple has assembled a world-class Acoustics team that enables our customers to experience music with delight, communicate with clarity, and appreciate our products without disturbance from noise. In Apple Acoustics we work with hard-working attention to detail, directly contributing to products that ship to millions of people around the world.
The Audio Products team is responsible for the acoustic design and overall audio quality of the EarPod and AirPods product lines. We are motivated to share our love of audio so that anyone can be moved by sound the way that we are. We are an international team with diverse expertise including acoustic design, signal processing, critical listening and design for manufacturing. We work closely with multi-functional teams to solve complex engineering and manufacturing challenges during all phases of development. We are searching for an acoustic engineer to join our China engineering team to help bring our products to the next level.
Description
Responsibilities include:
- System design review and system assembly process review
- Close interaction with US counterparts and multi-functional teams during NPI development builds
- New acoustic technology and feature development
- Develop acoustic test equipment and implement test across development builds
- Setup acoustic test equipment and write scripts to improve test efficiency
- Validate acoustic hardware and firmware during product development builds
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor degree or equivalent experience in Acoustics/Electrical/Mechanical Engineering or related field
- Excellent acoustics architecture knowledge of headphone/speaker system
- Excellent trouble shooting and data analysis skills
- Skilled in acoustics test equipment setup and data acquisition test sequence writing
- Good communication skill with both English and Mandarin
Key Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
- Experienced professional with history of working with contract manufacturers
- Experienced in audio test script develop (Matlab, Python etc.)
- Acoustics module/system simulation ability. (Comsol, LTspice, )
- Experienced in Prototyping. (3D printer, mock-up samples)
- Familiar in audio signal processing, digital signal processing
- Good teamwork ability