Accessories Product Design Engineer

Apple • San Jose, CA

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About The Position

Join Apple’s Accessories Product Design team to develop wired data and power transmission solutions for multiple systems and stand-alone products. The team leads new product introduction from architecture through production ramping and works across groups including Industrial Design, Reliability, Technical Program Management, and Hardware Engineering. The role interfaces directly with system teams across Mac, Audio, Vision, and other areas, designing cable solutions that balance functionality, size, reliability, cost, appearance, and environmental goals.

The engineer creates engineering requirement documents; designs cables and assemblies to meet product and cross-functional requirements; reviews and supports Design for Manufacturing documentation; supports module- and system-level builds; and reviews test results while driving failure analysis and corrective-action support. Travel to Asia is approximately 5–10%.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• At least 7 years of mechanical design experience.
• Proficiency in 3D CAD and creating 2D drawings.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including presenting technical data to multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience designing injection-molded and/or compression-molded parts, stamped parts, and/or deep-drawn metal parts.
• At least 10 years of product design experience.
• Experience with Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), statistical tolerance analysis techniques, functional dimensioning, and geometric tolerancing.
• Experience with component modules such as connectors, batteries, electronics packaging, or PCBAs, or with AC power.
• Understanding of how to size wires and select connectors and shielding to meet signal-integrity and/or power requirements.
• Experience designing stamped sheet-metal parts and/or deep-drawn metal parts.
• Experience working with overseas manufacturers.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to use statistical tools and techniques.

Responsibilities

• Create engineering requirement documents.
• Design cables and assemblies to meet product and cross-functional requirements, including Industrial Design, Signal Integrity, Reliability, Safety, Cosmetic, and Functional requirements.
• Review and support Design for Manufacturing (DFM) documentation.
• Support module- and system-level builds.
• Review test results and drive failure analysis and corrective-action support.
• Travel to Asia approximately 5–10%.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior