Product Design Engineer - Softgoods

Apple • Boulder, CO

11h • Onsite

About The Position

Softgoods Engineering specializes in textiles and soft polymers. Our mission is to use these incredible materials to enhance Apple’s existing product lines and to enable new technologies. Apple’s Vision Pro Solo Knit Band showcases how we seamlessly integrate traditional mechanical components into Softgoods to create soft products that are both breathtaking and extremely functional. In this highly visible lead role, you will utilize your design experience and intuition to define Softgoods architectures and to design, develop, and ship Softgoods products that will amaze and delight our customers. Delivering extraordinary Apple products made of soft materials is an exciting challenge that requires a cohesive team of creative, open-minded thinkers with a wide variety of backgrounds. We work together in several alluring, customized labs where we design, engineer and develop the best products in the world. Softgoods materials and assembly processes are very different than traditional engineering materials and manufacturing methods. If these are new to you, you will quickly learn by working closely with our team. You will learn how to seamlessly integrate electrical and mechanical components into Softgoods to create soft products that are both breathtaking and highly functional.

Requirements

• BS Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
• 7+ years of product design
• Extensive CAD experience

Nice To Haves

• MS Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
• 12+ years of product design
• NX experience
• Previous Softgoods and / or wearables product design
• Excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills
• Ability to present technical concepts to a multi-disciplinary team

Responsibilities

• Define Softgoods architectures
• Design, develop, and ship Softgoods products
• Seamlessly integrate electrical and mechanical components into Softgoods

What This Job Offers

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