As a member of a multi-functional design team at Apple, you will help to create the next generation of the world's finest devices. You will conceive, design, and bring into production products that will redefine the user experience. You will work closely with many different cross functional teams including Industrial Design, Hardware Engineering, Antenna, Reliability, Packaging, Safety, and Marketing. The team working here has defined interconnect interfaces to reinvent entire industries on the Mac, i Phone, i Pad, Apple Watch, AppleTV, and Vision Pro. 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.

Description:

On the Interconnect team, you will contribute to all forms of interconnect technologies, including: designing highly custom hi-speed and hi-power interconnects, novel wireless interfaces, and developing complete charging accessories that our customers will use day in and day out. You should be extremely well organized and able to balance numerous program needs simultaneously, have excellent communication and social skills to help you quickly grasp issues, understand the details, and drive the appropriate resolution. We work in a highly dynamic and cross functional environment which will require you to respond quickly to changes, manage multiple design tradeoffs, and find creative, dynamic solutions.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in detailed part and product design in consumer electronics

Experience with connector design, liquid and dust ingress protection, corrosion, and/or signal integrity

Experience with inductive power transfer, coils, and/or magnetic materials

Experience with permanent magnets, and magnet array designs

Experience working with overseas manufacturers

Experience with design for high-volume manufacturing

Mandarin language skills

Minimum Qualifications:

Mechanical engineering degree or equivalent; BSME or higher

Analytical and problem solving skills as applied to mechanical engineering

Fluency in 3D CAD software

Ability to design cosmetic and structural plastic and metal components

Experience in design for manufacturability and design for assembly

Experience with statistical tolerance analysis techniques, functional dimensioning, and geometric tolerancing

Experience presenting and communicating technical concepts, ideas, and solutions graphically

The ability to travel internationally (20%+)

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