Noise & Vibration Engineer
Core
Senior Noise & Vibration Engineer authoring SOPs, test plans, and specifications to quantify noises, establish thresholds, and lead validation studies for Apple hardware to minimize distracting audible noises and optimize sound quality.
Role type
Senior IC noise & vibration engineer (hardware validation)
Builds
Hardware products (audio devices, microphones) with optimized sound quality and minimized vibration noise
Domain
Consumer electronics / Acoustics and Vibration
Required skills
Acoustic design validation, Vibration mitigation design, SOP and test plan authoring, Threshold establishment, Root cause analysis, Anechoic chamber measurement, Electrical-acoustic transducer understanding, Magnetics and force generation analysis
Preferred skills
Voltage/current-vibration relationship knowledge, Mechanical system motion-to-noise conversion, Low noise measurement techniques, Coding language learning, Dataset navigation, Creative problem solving
Technologies
Anechoic/hemi-anechoic chambers, Electrical-acoustic transducers, Magnetics systems