Product Design Engineer

About the Role

Apple is a place where extraordinary people gather to do their best work. Passion works here, our community is made up of every kind of individual: artists and designers, engineers and scientists, problem solvers and doers. Together we build things and experiences people once couldn't have imagined - and now can't imagine living without. So if you're excited by the idea of making a real impact, a career with Apple might be your dream job. Just be ready to dream big!

We are looking for someone who is passionate about engineering and thrives on innovation to help build the next generation of the world's most innovative mobile devices. This role is for someone with strong mechanical design skills, an ability to lead projects in a multi-functional setting, and excellent communication skills with both vendors within Asia and internal teams at Apple. The role will require the ability to deliver outstanding design solutions while balancing multiple priorities on demanding schedules. You will be responsible for building prototypes for design validation and driving failure analysis. As designs mature, you will also primarily work on-site at contract manufacturers within India to implement and integrate i Phones to enable product at scale.

Responsibilities

We are looking to add a product design engineer to the team. Day to day job responsibilities include:

• Design of tight tolerance components for prototype systems
• Development of test infrastructure
• Characterization of components and assembly processes

Minimum Qualifications

• 3+ years of mechanical design experience using a variety of fabrication processes
• 3+ years of consumer electronics design experience demonstrating the ability to work on complex products with large multidisciplinary teams
• A solid understanding of engineering fundamentals heat transfer, mechanics of materials, precision fabrication
• Understanding of tight-tolerance fabrication and assembly techniques, mechanical drawing composition (functional dimensioning and tolerance stack-up analysis)
• Experience in Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA) and statistical tolerance analysis techniques

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Siemens NX components, assemblies and drawings
• Experienced with metrology and interpreting and deriving meaningful insights from FAI data
• Experience working with electrical engineers to layout and build custom PCBs/FPCs
• Experience owning parts at various production stages and a history of engaging with vendors to yield successful parts/assemblies
• Bachelor's or Masters degree in mechanical engineering or related discipline

Equal Opportunity

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.