Advanced Manufacturing Engineer, Core Tech

Apple

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About The Position

As an Advanced Manufacturing Engineer in the Core Tech team, you will be at the forefront of bringing Apple's next-generation products to life. You will lead the end-to-end development of highly automated, complex manufacturing processes—from early concept and Design for Manufacturability (DFM) through to mass production. By leveraging your expertise in advanced robotics, machine vision, and precision process engineering, you will bridge the gap between innovative product design and scalable, world-class manufacturing, ensuring our products are built with unprecedented precision and quality.

Requirements

• BSME or equivalent (MSME, MSIE desired), with 5 plus years in an automation engineering role with experience in automation equipment design (product design add on) as well as design for manufacturability and advanced manufacturing engineering.
• Proven working knowledge of DFM (automation equipment design review).
• Confirmed ability in automation engineering & manufacturing process field with relevant design technical expertise.
• Fluent in written and spoken Mandarin and English.
• Knowledge of optics principles as they relate to CCD cameras, 3D, 2D and 1D lasers, and their use for positioning and critical alignment fixtures.
• Basic understanding of glue adhesive dispense, PSAs and VHBs, or coils winding processes, sensing camera processes, glass or lens lamination processes.
• Understand and create tolerance analysis stack ups for assemblies and part level datums reference.
• Knowledge of AI technology or machine learning, adapt to automation development working principle
• Understanding of AVI, automation visual inspection technology, include HW/SW/Vision development
• Communicate effectively in a worldwide environment.
• A passion and dedication in cost reduction, project management and automation engineering design.
• Strong work ethic with a high degree of flexibility.

Nice To Haves

• Understanding of pneumatics, servo motors, 4axis and 6axis robots, PLC and PC-based control systems a plus.
• Knowledge of GD&T principles a plus.
• X2, NX4, or Validated Work CAD experiences a plus.
• JMP, Minitab, and Six Sigma experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide early and ongoing automation & manufacturing involvement to ensure new products are mechanically manufacturable and repeatable. Include machine DFM review, set up SOP document creation and FAT/SAT automation line qualification standard.
• Works all phases of a product from concept, to repeat automation manufacturing, to end of life. Provides production support engineering with respect to technically sophisticated testing methods, procedures and failure analysis. Include Geometry Dimensional & Tolerance Analysis knowledge. Enable the product design assembly via fully automation development.
• Designs and develops technically complex processes to improve product quality and automation equipment efficiency. Include machine/process parameter set up skills. Understood several automation manufacturing process such as glue dispense, laser welding, etching, active alignment, etc.
• Plans, develops, and implements technically complex procedures for the testing and evaluation of soon to be released products. Specifies tests to be performed, compiles data, and makes recommendations for product design changes and final assembly standards. This will include the use of Failure Analysis & Corrective Action & Validation Result (FACAVR), Design Experiments (DOE) and statistical analysis using Six Sigma & Monte Carlo tool principles.

What This Job Offers

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