Senior Analog & Power Validation Engineer - Camera & Laser Sensor Systems

Summary
Apple's Hardware group is home to some of the world's most advanced technologies - powering the experiences that define Apple products.

Description
We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Analog & Power Validation Engineer — Camera & Laser Sensor Systems to join our team in Herzliya.

Responsibilities

• Lead the validation and characterization of analog and power domains for camera and laser sensor subsystems
• Perform detailed power consumption analysis across all system operating modes — active, standby, sleep, and transition states
• Characterize laser drive circuits — including drive current profiles, modulation behavior, thermal effects, and compliance voltage margins
• Validate protection circuits — over-current, over-voltage, under-voltage lockout (UVLO), thermal shutdown, and eye-safety interlock mechanisms
• Verify power sequencing, ramp rates, and domain interdependencies across complex multi-rail systems
• Define and implement DFV strategies for table-top development boards, ensuring comprehensive observability and controllability of critical analog and power nodes
• Specify test point placement, measurement access, load emulation provisions, and fault injection capabilities at the board design stage
• Collaborate with hardware design teams to influence board architecture for optimal validation coverage
• Document DFV requirements and guidelines as part of the development platform specification
• Validate system behavior across all defined operating modes and transitions
• Characterize power efficiency, conversion losses, and thermal performance of power delivery networks
• Perform parametric characterization — voltage accuracy, ripple, transient response, load regulation, and line regulation
• Execute corner-case and stress testing to identify margins and failure boundaries
• Support research and physics evaluation activities with custom measurement setups and data acquisition
• Provide analog/power expertise for experimental configurations and prototype evaluation
• Design and execute targeted characterization campaigns in support of new technology investigations
  
  

• BSc in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related field
• 7+ years of experience in analog/power validation, characterization, or hardware design verification
• Strong Python proficiency — automation, instrumentation control, data analysis, and visualization
• Proven experience designing validation strategies and DFV methodologies for development platforms
• Hands-on experience with power domain characterization in multi-sensor systems
• Demonstrated ability to work across the full validation cycle — from test plan definition through execution, analysis, and reporting
• Solid understanding of laser safety standards and protection circuit requirements
• Strong system-level vision — ability to understand the full power architecture and how analog domains interact within the broader camera and laser sensor system
• System-to-component depth — proven capability to conduct system-level power validation while diving to component-level characterization for root-cause analysis and margin assessment
• Deep knowledge of power management architectures — LDOs, DC-DC converters (buck, boost, buck-boost), charge pumps, and power switches
• Hands-on experience with laser driver circuits — current sources, pulsed drive, modulation schemes, and safety mechanisms
• Proficiency with analog test instrumentation — oscilloscopes, power analyzers, source-measure units (SMUs), electronic loads, spectrum analyzers, and thermal imaging
• Experience with DFV/DFT methodologies for analog and mixed-signal systems
• Strong proficiency in Python for test automation, data acquisition, instrumentation control, and analysis
• Understanding of PCB design considerations for power integrity — layout, decoupling, grounding, and thermal management
  
  

• MSc in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, or a related discipline — considered a significant advantage
• Experience with camera sensor power domains (AVDD, DVDD, IOVDD) and associated sequencing requirements
• Familiarity with VCSEL or edge-emitting laser driver characterization
• Experience with thermal characterization and power derating analysis
• Background in EMC/EMI considerations for analog and power circuits