Product Design Engineer - Apple Vision Pro

Apple • San Diego, CA

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About The Position

The Product Design Engineer is directly responsible for the mechanical design of parts, assemblies, and modules within Apple Vision products, and owns the analysis, assembly, and reliability of those 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 design experience in consumer electronics or a similar field.
• 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 interpreting FEA results.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including email, preparing slide presentations, and presenting technical concepts to multidisciplinary teams.
• Creative problem-solving experience, including failure analysis, root-cause investigation, and DOE creation.
• Detail-oriented and capable of handling multiple assignments at once.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in mechanical engineering or a similar field.
• Fluency in Unigraphics NX, including surfacing tools, and statistical software such as JMP; experience with 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 across 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 the analysis, assembly, and reliability of designed parts.
• Contribute throughout 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 development.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time