Product Design Engineer -  Acoustics

Apple

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About The Position

At Apple, extraordinary ideas have a way of quickly becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences. Sound is an essential and compelling facet of the customer experience. Apple has assembled an elite Acoustics team that enables our customers to experience music with delight, communicate with clarity, and enjoy elegant sound throughout our product line. In Apple Acoustics we work with the utmost attention to detail, directly impacting the design of products that millions of people around the world love! Apple’s Transducer Design team in the Acoustics org delivers the sound you hear in Apple products by creating speaker designs and developing groundbreaking technologies to improve audio performance and quality. We partner with acoustic engineers, multi-functional teams, and direct contract manufacturers to design and build Apple’s next generation of speaker modules. We are looking for a Product Design Engineer with stellar mechanical engineering skills and detailed manufacturing knowledge to help take our products to the next level.

As a Product Design Engineer on the Acoustics Transducer Design team you will design and validate custom speaker modules for Apple’s highly space-constrained products. You will lead the mechanical design of speaker module assembly and their components. You will partner with Transducer Design Engineers (who optimize the acoustic and magnetic performance of the module) and system Product Design Engineers (who integrate the module into a system). Working together you will balance the trade-offs between acoustic performance, mechanical design, manufacturing, and reliability. This role requires creative design work to generate 3D CAD and 2D drawings for speaker modules from scratch for all components, including: plastic enclosures, metal stampings, insert molded electrical connections, over-molded seals, magnet system subassemblies, and more. The designs will be reviewed by suppliers and multi-functional teams, requiring timely modifications to address design issues without impacting project schedule. You are expected to handle multiple projects at the same time while working with multiple suppliers. Additionally, you will contribute to improvements in the acoustic performance and reliability of the speaker modules by pursuing innovative ideas that bring the module to the limit of what’s possible. This means developing new design approaches, exploring different assembly methods, introducing new materials, and implementing new manufacturing processes. After parts are released for manufacturing, you will ensure speaker components and modules can be manufactured in high volumes without issues, while meeting performance specifications. This involves iterating on the design, developing test plans, generating reliability specifications, performing failure analysis, and conducting experiments (DOEs) to find design solutions and implement corrective actions.

Requirements

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or an equivalent field.
• 3+ years of work experience required.
• Mechanical design experience generating 3D CAD and 2D drawings is required.
• NX experience is preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Experience shipping products in the consumer electronics industry, or closely related industry.
• Experience designing small or micro electromechanical assemblies.
• Ability to achieve sophisticated geometry by understanding and influencing tooling design.
• Experience designing and selecting materials for mass produced injection molded plastic parts, progressively stamped metal parts, and the assembly processes that bring these parts together.
• Proactive problem solving, including the development of reliability test plans and conducting root cause analysis.
• Capable of working with global suppliers and guiding actions in assembly and part production facilities.
• Ability to use dimensional data to inform part design decisions including: conducting tolerance stack analysis, applying GD&T to 2D drawings, establishing datums, understanding measurement techniques, analyzing data, identifying issues from dimensional data, and guiding part quality improvements.

Responsibilities

• Design and validate custom speaker modules for Apple’s highly space-constrained products.
• Lead the mechanical design of speaker module assembly and their components.
• Partner with Transducer Design Engineers and system Product Design Engineers.
• Balance trade-offs between acoustic performance, mechanical design, manufacturing, and reliability.
• Generate 3D CAD and 2D drawings for speaker modules from scratch for all components.
• Handle multiple projects at the same time while working with multiple suppliers.
• Contribute to improvements in the acoustic performance and reliability of the speaker modules by pursuing innovative ideas.
• Ensure speaker components and modules can be manufactured in high volumes without issues, while meeting performance specifications.
• Iterate on the design, develop test plans, generate reliability specifications, perform failure analysis, and conduct experiments (DOEs) to find design solutions and implement corrective actions.

What This Job Offers

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