Manufacturing Design

Apple • Cupertino, CA

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About The Position

Apple Inc. is hiring for a Manufacturing Design role in Cupertino, California, and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. The role develops and implements cleaning cycles for a range of substrates and geometries to enable decorative coatings, and develops engineered surfaces that meet Apple’s cosmetic, functional, reliability, yield, and cost targets. It involves working with equipment and consumables vendors, Apple Industrial Design, Product Design, and Manufacturing Design teams, suppliers, and other cross-functional stakeholders.

The role includes designing and executing experiments, conducting failure analysis and surface characterization, developing manufacturing-feasible processes, and validating them through engineering builds and mass production. The employee will analyze and present data to support technical, design, and commercial decisions; drive corrective actions for coating issues; establish process and part specifications and supplier audit procedures; and communicate process yields. The position requires 30% international travel and a 40-hour workweek.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Nanotechnology Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Material Science Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related field.
• Five years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
• Five years of experience using design for manufacturing (DFM) to develop working specifications for wet cleaning or chemical treatment processes, including equipment design, fixture design, ultrasonics, and drying.
• Five years of experience using Design of Experiments (DOE) to develop and optimize key process variables to meet product specifications.
• Five years of experience using FMEA to determine root causes of technical issues and identify mitigation paths.
• Five years of experience using failure-analysis techniques such as SEM/EDS, TEM, XPS, FTIR, and GCMS to characterize surfaces and coating failure mechanisms.
• Five years of experience using JMP or Tableau to analyze large volumes of data.
• Five years of experience creating failure-analysis reports and data-rich presentations to communicate clearly with stakeholders and support technical and commercial decisions.
• Five years of experience with New Product Introduction (NPI) through mass-production engagement with suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders to validate processes and scale for volume production.
• Experience independently managing projects in a fast-paced, matrixed organization to ensure timely issue closure and execution of development activities to meet program targets.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement cleaning cycles for substrates and geometries to enable subsequent decorative coatings at high yield.
• Develop and implement processes to create engineered surfaces that meet Apple specifications for cosmetics, function, reliability, and yield.
• Work with equipment and consumables vendors to develop and implement manufacturing-feasible solutions that meet yield and cost targets.
• Design and execute experiments to optimize processes for yield and product quality.
• Collaborate with Apple Industrial Design, Product Design, and Manufacturing Design to establish working specifications for engineered surfaces.
• Conduct failure analysis and surface characterization to identify root causes of technical issues and define specifications.
• Develop manufacturing-feasible processes and work with cross-functional stakeholders to validate them through engineering builds.
• Collect, analyze, and present data to support design and commercial decisions.
• Drive overseas manufacturers to implement solutions that meet mass-production yield and cost targets.
• Determine root causes of coating issues and drive corrective actions.
• Evaluate data to determine appropriate limits and variables for process and part specifications.
• Establish audit procedures appropriate to the program and supplier to ensure adherence to Apple standards.
• Evaluate and communicate yields of new and existing processes.
• Manage projects independently in a fast-paced, matrixed organization to close issues and execute development activities on schedule and to program targets.

Benefits

• Opportunity to participate in discretionary employee stock programs, including restricted stock unit awards.
• Opportunity to purchase Apple stock at a discount through voluntary participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage.
• Retirement benefits.
• Discounted products and free services.
• Tuition reimbursement for certain formal education expenses related to career advancement at Apple.
• Potential eligibility for discretionary bonuses or commission payments.
• Potential relocation assistance.

What This Job Offers

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