Product Design Engineer - Apple Vision Pro

Apple • San Diego, CA

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About The Position

The Product Design Engineer will have direct responsibility for the mechanical design of parts, assemblies, and modules within Apple Vision products, and will own the analysis, assembly, and reliability of these parts. The role spans the product design cycle, from concept development, prototyping, and testing through collaboration with vendors to bring designs to life. It involves frequent multidisciplinary collaboration with Industrial Design, Project Management, Manufacturing, EE, Display, Camera, Antenna, Battery, Softgoods, Human Engineering, Human Factors, Safety, and other teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.
• Hands-on consumer electronics or similar design experience.
• Strong mechanical engineering analytical skills, including beam bending and stress-strain curves.
• Experience selecting materials and manufacturing processes based on engineering requirements.
• Experience working in technical project groups in a professional environment.
• Proficiency in 3D CAD; any modeling package is acceptable, with NX preferred.
• Proficiency applying GD&T techniques and creating 2D drawings.
• Proficiency in tolerance analyses using statistical techniques.
• Practical experience working with external manufacturing vendors, including DFM/DFA and FAI/CPK dimensional reports.
• Thorough knowledge of engineering materials, property tradeoffs, and interpretation of FEA results.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including email, slide preparation, and presenting technical concepts to multidisciplinary teams.
• Creative problem-solving experience, including failure analysis, root-cause investigation, and DOE creation.
• Detail-oriented and able to handle multiple assignments at once.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in mechanical engineering or a similar field.
• Fluency in Unigraphics NX, including surfacing tools, statistical software such as JMP, and macOS.
• Experience working through the entire product cycle, including shipping product experience.
• Experience leading teams through product development from concept development to production bring-up.
• Consumer electronics knowledge in a majority of these disciplines: industrial design, optics and lenses, cameras, sensors, displays, PCBs and flexes, silicon, antennas, batteries, thermals, and mechanisms.
• Experience collaborating with overseas manufacturing facilities, specifically in high-volume mass production.
• Experience designing wearable consumer electronics for fit, comfort, and ergonomics.

Responsibilities

• Design mechanical parts, assemblies, and modules for Apple Vision products.
• Own analysis, assembly, and reliability of assigned parts.
• Contribute across the product design cycle, including concept development, prototyping, and testing.
• Collaborate with vendors to bring designs to life.
• Work frequently with multidisciplinary teams across product design, engineering, manufacturing, and related functions.

What This Job Offers

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