Hardware Technologies PhD Internships

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Dynamic, smart people and inspiring, innovative technologies are the norm here. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with all Apple Hardware products. The same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it. Join us to help deliver the next groundbreaking Apple product.

Do you love working on challenges that no one has solved yet? As a member of our dynamic group, you will have the unrivaled and rewarding opportunity to help craft upcoming products that will delight and inspire millions of Apple's customers every single day. Our Hardware Technology team is responsible for Apple's breakthrough custom silicon and hardware technologies including battery, applications processors, storage controllers, sensors silicon, display silicon and other chipsets across Apple's entire product line.

In this internship, you will have the opportunity to work among the best engineers in the world on our Hardware Technology team. Positions are open in but not limited to:

• Digital Design & Implementation
• Circuit Design
• Design Verification
• Functional Verification
• Formal Verification
• Low Power Design
• Power Management Systems
• Physical Design
• Post Silicon Validation
• Signal Integrity
• Power Integrity
• Packaging & Productization
• Performance & Functional Modeling
• Performance Architecture
• Computer Architecture
• Analog Design
• Mixed Signal Design
• RF Design
• Antenna Design
• Wireless Communications
• Battery, Camera and Display Engineering
• CAD
• Firmware
• Platform Architecture
• Sensing
• Power and Haptics
• Wireless
• Cellular
• GPU
• CPU
• SoC
• AMS

Description

You will receive technical mentorship and guidance that allows you to learn new things every day, gain practical skills, build real world experience, develop a greater understanding of our industry, and form valuable connections. You will join an extraordinary team, including world-class engineers who are all passionate about applying groundbreaking technologies. Interns collaborate with researchers, engineers, and program/project managers to tackle innovative challenges. You will learn new technologies quickly and should possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Together, you and your team will partner to design and implement an innovative solution for a problem that is meaningful. If you have a strong technical foundation and can learn new technologies quickly then this could be the team for you!

Minimum Qualifications

• Pursuing a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, or related field of study.
• At the end of the internship, you must return to school to continue your education or the internship must be the last requirement for you to graduate.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous demonstrated internship or project work in computer architecture, VLSI, design, logic design, or circuit design
• Understanding of formal methods or verification
• Camera/touch/display engineering: optics, flat panel/HW, touch mechanical design; design and implement experiments validating new materials (optical, mechanical); optimization for performance and reliability
• Strong teamwork skills with the ability to collaborate with multiple functional teams across a variety of disciplines
• Experience with C/C++, Verilog, VHDL, Python, Perl, Spice is beneficial
• Experience with Timing, Synthesis, Ansys, COMSOL

Pay & Benefits

This posting is not for a specific job opening and by submitting your resume you are expressing interest in being contacted about this type of role at Apple in the future. 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. At Apple, we believe accessibility is a fundamental human right. You'll find that idea reflected in everything here in our culture, our benefits and our digital tools. By welcoming as many perspectives as possible, we help you build a career where you feel like you belong. Learn about accessibility in Apple's workplace. Learn about reasonable accommodations for job applicants. Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.