Manufacturing Design Engineer

Apple • Cupertino, CA

6h

About The Position

Imagine what you can do here. Apple is a place where extraordinary people gather
to do their lives best work. Together we create products and experiences people
once couldn’t have imagined, and now, can’t imagine living without. It’s the
diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs
through everything we do.

DESCRIPTION

APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino, California and various
unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Develop new manufacturing process
and capability (includes incorporating all aspects of equipment, consumables,
key parameters, process setup, and qualification), selection and/or design of
manufacturing equipment, automation, and strategic R&D. Utilize data to drive
process decisions, basic data analysis, DOES, SPC, etc. Design for manufacturing
review. This includes providing feedback on vendors DFMs for each stage of the
NPI building. Identify, research, develop, and qualify premier equipment
manufacturers and Suppliers. Optimize existing manufacturing processes to reduce
cost (fixture complexity, parameters, cycle time, and part flow). Own yield
improvement actions across multiple assembly operations. Work with cross
function peers (GSM, MQE, SME) during development stages of a new process to
share critical learnings. Review Equipment Design Documentation and work with
Cross Functional Teams and Vendors with timely feedback and optimizations for
performance, cost, and efficiency. Review Line Qualification documentation
provided from the Vendors to evaluate capability to meet manufacturing
requirements. Conduct regular meetings with in-region Apple teams to discuss
strategy, trials, cost evaluations and project related activities based on NPI
projects. Conduct meetings with Cross Functional teams such as Quality, Product
Design, GSM, SME to evaluate project status and strategy between engineering
builds. Research new technologies with international companies to evaluate
feasibility for implementation into Apple related projects. Provide project &
innovation related status updates to senior/executive team regularly.
International travel required 30%. 40 hours/week. At Apple, base pay is one part
of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This
provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The
base pay range for this role is between $128,400 - $193,800/yr and your base pay
will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. PAY &
BENEFITS: Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple
shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock
programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit
awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating
in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including:
Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of
discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to
advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses —
including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary
bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple
Benefits: https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html. Note: Apple benefit,
compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements
and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Industrial Engineering, Industrial Engineering Technologies, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
• Utilizing Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) to review design drawings and identify manufacturing processes based on these tolerances.
• Utilizing quality control metrics (Cp/Cpk) to make informed process decision based on data
• Processing qualification skillsets to develop and scale new or existing manufacturing process steps.
• Utilizing equipment fundamentals to audit machine designs and make recommendations for optimization or identify potential risks.
• Identifying manufacturing process risks, troubleshooting process/product issues and identifying corrective actions.
• Applying Failure analysis and root cause evaluation to work through issues systematically
• Presenting to various leadership levels on technical topics using Keynote, JMP for data analysis, and NX (CAD or CAM Software).
• Auditing manufacturing lines for nonconformances and making recommendations on process optimizations

Nice To Haves

• N/A

Responsibilities

• Develop new manufacturing process and capability (includes incorporating all aspects of equipment, consumables, key parameters, process setup, and qualification), selection and/or design of manufacturing equipment, automation, and strategic R&D.
• Utilize data to drive process decisions, basic data analysis, DOES, SPC, etc.
• Design for manufacturing review. This includes providing feedback on vendors DFMs for each stage of the NPI building.
• Identify, research, develop, and qualify premier equipment manufacturers and Suppliers.
• Optimize existing manufacturing processes to reduce cost (fixture complexity, parameters, cycle time, and part flow).
• Own yield improvement actions across multiple assembly operations.
• Work with cross function peers (GSM, MQE, SME) during development stages of a new process to share critical learnings.
• Review Equipment Design Documentation and work with Cross Functional Teams and Vendors with timely feedback and optimizations for performance, cost, and efficiency.
• Review Line Qualification documentation provided from the Vendors to evaluate capability to meet manufacturing requirements.
• Conduct regular meetings with in-region Apple teams to discuss strategy, trials, cost evaluations and project related activities based on NPI projects.
• Conduct meetings with Cross Functional teams such as Quality, Product Design, GSM, SME to evaluate project status and strategy between engineering builds.
• Research new technologies with international companies to evaluate feasibility for implementation into Apple related projects.
• Provide project & innovation related status updates to senior/executive team regularly.

Benefits

• Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs.
• Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition.
• Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.

What This Job Offers

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