Product Design Engineer - Apple Vision Pro

Apple • San Diego, CA

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About The Position

The Product Design Engineer will be directly responsible for the mechanical design of parts, assemblies, and modules within Apple Vision products, including analysis, assembly, and reliability. The role spans the product design cycle from concept development, prototyping, and testing through collaboration with vendors to bring designs to life. The position 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 or mechatronics engineering.
• 2–5+ years of hands-on consumer electronics product design experience.
• Strong mechanical engineering analytical skills.
• 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 in practical application of 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, including property tradeoffs and interpreting FEA results.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including email, slide preparation, and presentation of technical concepts to multidisciplinary teams.
• Creative problem-solving skills, including experience in 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 working through the entire product cycle, including shipping product experience.
• Experience taking products from concept through production bring-up in a cross-functional environment.
• 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 Asian 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 designed parts.
• Contribute across the product design cycle, including concept development, prototyping, and testing.
• Collaborate with vendors to bring designs to life.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams across product development.

What This Job Offers

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