R&D Hardware Technician (m/f/d)

Descrizione del lavoro:

We're a diverse collection of thinkers and doers, continually reimagining what's possible to help us all do what we love in new ways. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, as well as with services, including iTunes, the App Store, Apple Music, and Apple Pay. And 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! We are seeking an enthusiastic Hardware Technician to join our international team and work on revolutionary products. The position entails working with the system validation for RF cellular team as well as other cross-functional groups for wireless technologies and 5G products. For the Silicon Design Centre a brand new building for research and development serves you with all you need for innovative work environment. With significant lab space, cutting-edge design, and a central location, the space will enable R&D teams to come together in new ways, enhancing collaboration and innovation. In this role, you will be responsible for supporting an engineering team with multiple projects by maintaining different Hardware, with the focus on prototype boards. As the Hardware Technician you will support Apple engineers with rework, disassembly and assembly of various type of devices. We are looking for an enthusiastic, high energy individual who can help us with tomorrow's challenges.
In the role of Hardware Technician you will drive hardware enablement in multiple areas for R&D labs. You will manually solder prototypes with latest engineering samples, replace defect components and enhance system boards with debugging interfaces. You will interact closely with our chip and system level engineering team securing their needs. You will participate in schematic and layout reviews for critical component placements for tomorrow's products.
Superb soldering / rework skills on RFIC chipset and PCB multilayer board. PCB board assembly and rework. Familiar with hot-air stations and heat-plates. Experience with reflow process. Proven experience in soldering SMD component size down to 01005 soldering in an R&D lab. Experienced in manually reworking fine-pitch ICs, uBGAs and RF pigtails rework. Hands-on skills to disassemble and re-assemble electronic devices under constraints of high component density.
Ability to work with microscopes. Basic understanding of electric circuits, schematics and PCB viewer. Basic mechanic skills. Structured work capabilities, accept responsibilities and seek for excellence. As a go-to person you need to have good communication skills, be team oriented and self organised