Acoustic Engineer

Summary

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 and 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 obsessive attention to detail, directly contributing to products that ship to millions of people around the world. Our China Acoustics team plays key a role in implementing the extraordinary acoustic designs in Apple products by working closely with US team to review design, design for manufacturing and ramp production. This means continuous multi-functional collaboration with a wide variety of teams ranging from transducer design and audio tunings, to system hardware, software, mechanical engineering, quality and reliability. We are looking for Acoustic engineer who is self motivated and enjoys collaboration to help us advance audio performance in Apple’s next generation products. In this role, you will work together with the team on our acoustic hardware design and implementation.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Acoustics, Mechanical Vibration, Electronics or a related field. Understand the fundamentals of Acoustics (such as sound waves, propagation, sound fields, etc.). Understand the speaker and microphone structures, along with acoustic equivalent circuit simulation. Proficiency in English and Mandarin communication to support global cross-functional collaboration.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with acoustic testing systems (such as SoundCheck, Klippel, or Audio Precision). Experience with finite element modeling simulation (such as COMSOL or ANSYS). Experience developing audio test scripts (such as MATLAB, Python, or similar languages) Knowledge of audio signal processing and digital signal processing.

Description

You will work collaboratively on the acoustic integration design and implementation for our iPhone and Apple Watch projects. This role requires continuous cross-functional partnership with teams spanning transducer design, audio tuning, system hardware, software, mechanical engineering, and quality reliability. You will help bring extraordinary acoustic designs from concept to mass production, applying exceptional attention to detail to products that reach millions of people worldwide.

Responsibilities

Review acoustic hardware designs and assembly processes. Validate acoustic designs and lead corrective actions for failure analysis during development builds. Define test strategies and establish test stations for acoustic hardware. Partner with US counterparts and cross-functional teams to support development builds at contract manufacturing sites.