Accessory Product Design Engineer

Apple • Cupertino, CA

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About The Position

Apple’s Accessories Product Design team works across a variety of product categories, guiding projects from early architecture explorations through mass production. The Product Design Engineer will contribute to creating and refining designs, solving technical challenges, and delivering products in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

The role calls for strong mechanical design fundamentals, close collaboration, and excellent communication. The engineer will develop design solutions while balancing multiple priorities and demanding schedules. Responsibilities include designing parts and assemblies in CAD, building prototypes, validating performance, and pursuing continual improvements. As designs mature, the engineer will work with vendors and contract manufacturers to implement and optimize designs at scale.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Product Design, or a comparable field.
• 3–5 years of experience in Product Design or equivalent.
• Proficiency with 3D CAD and creating 2D drawings.
• Fluency with mechanical engineering fundamentals.
• Varied knowledge of materials and manufacturing methods.
• Experience building prototypes or fabricating parts.
• Knowledge of descriptive and inferential statistics.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, Product Design, or a comparable field.
• 5+ years of professional mechanical engineering or Product Design experience.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Extensive experience in 3D CAD and creating 2D drawings.
• Experience designing consumer electronics, PCBs, and/or flexes.
• Familiarity with high-volume mass production processes and challenges.
• Experience working and coordinating with different cross-functional engineering disciplines.
• Direct experience with injection molding, CNC, stamping, forming, and/or welding.
• Capability with tolerance analysis and/or geometric tolerancing (GD&T).
• Experience working with overseas manufacturers.
• Familiarity with finite element analysis (FEA).

Responsibilities

• Design parts and assemblies using CAD.
• Build prototypes and validate their performance.
• Pursue continual improvements to designs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create and refine designs and overcome technical challenges.
• Work with vendors and contract manufacturers to implement and optimize designs at scale.
• Deliver design solutions while balancing multiple priorities and demanding schedules.

What This Job Offers

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