Product Design Engineer - Apple Vision Pro

Apple • San Jose, CA

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About The Position

Apple Vision Pro is a spatial computer that blends digital content with the physical environment. The Product Design Engineer has direct responsibility 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. It involves frequent multidisciplinary collaboration with teams including Industrial Design, Project Management, Manufacturing, EE, Display, Camera, Antenna, Battery, Softgoods, Human Engineering, Human Factors, and Safety.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.
• At least 2 years of hands-on consumer electronics product 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 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, understanding of property tradeoffs, and ability to interpret FEA results.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including email writing, 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; statistical software (JMP); and macOS.
• Experience working through the entire product cycle, including shipping product experience.
• Experience leading teams through the product development cycle 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

• Own mechanical design of parts, assemblies, and modules within Apple Vision products.
• Own analysis, assembly, and reliability of designed parts.
• Contribute throughout the product design cycle, from concept development and prototyping through testing.
• Collaborate with vendors to bring designs to life.
• Work frequently with multidisciplinary teams, including Industrial Design, Project Management, Manufacturing, EE, Display, Camera, Antenna, Battery, Softgoods, Human Engineering, Human Factors, and Safety.

What This Job Offers

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