Mac Architecture Design Engineer

Apple • Cupertino, CA

3d

About The Position

Come join the Core Integration Architecture (CIA) team and help invent the future of computing. We’re a small team of experienced product design engineers working across many disciplines, responsible to develop foundational core technologies, novel ways to integrate them, and new product architectures to surprise and delight our customers. The group is responsible for future Mac products (portables, desktops, and standalone displays) in addition to new product categories. We work closely with apple’s Industrial Design team to explore the form and function of future products. Through relentless iteration on various concepts, we aim to create the best products we can possibly imagine. Along the way we collaborate with world-class specialists, from materials science and advanced manufacturing to thermal design and custom silicon engineering. As products come to form, we simulate, prototype, and test the reliability of our designs to make sure our systems continue to be the highest quality and longest-lasting on the market. Because we aspire to invent things that haven’t existed before, we place a premium on creativity and the ability to generate imaginative design solutions. Future team members need to be comfortable in the ambiguity of the unknown. Some ideas will work out and some won’t, so we need to hold on loosely to concepts as we test them collectively.

Requirements

• BS Mechanical Engineering or equivalent required.
• 1+ years experience in designing / shipping consumer electronics or similarly complex products.
• 3D CAD modeling – i.e., NX (preferred), SolidWorks, ProE.
• Experience selecting appropriate engineering materials and manufacturing methods (CNC, forming, injection molding, rapid prototyping, etc.).

Nice To Haves

• MS preferred.
• Able to characterize designs, run DOEs, and conduct root cause failure analysis.
• Experience juggling parallel design paths and adapting to ID direction.
• Able to leverage creativity to champion product vision with cross-functional partners.
• Excellent communication and listening skills.
• Committed to high presentation quality.
• Receptive and adaptable to leadership direction.
• Genuine curiosity and appreciation of industrial design.
• Occasional international travel when required.

Responsibilities

• Develop foundational core technologies.
• Develop novel ways to integrate technologies.
• Develop new product architectures.
• Explore the form and function of future products in collaboration with the Industrial Design team.
• Simulate, prototype, and test the reliability of designs.
• Generate imaginative design solutions.

What This Job Offers

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