Product Design Leader

Apple • Cupertino, CA

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About The Position

We are looking for a Product Design leader to drive the creation of Apple's Home hardware products. You will own the end-to-end product development lifecycle for a portfolio of products spanning audio, visual, and sensing domains, each with distinct identities but designed to work together as a coherent system. You will build and lead a high-performing PD organization, set the technical direction for new product architectures, and partner deeply with Industrial Design, Hardware Engineering, Silicon, Software, and Operations to deliver world-class hardware on aggressive timelines. You will lead Product Design for Apple's home hardware line, taking products from early architecture through mass production. This means owning mechanical architecture, system-level design, driving integration across electrical, thermal, acoustic, optical, and antenna domains, and ensuring products ship at Apple quality and scale.

Requirements

• 10+ years experience in mechanical design
• 8+ years in engineering management, preferably working experience in consumer electronics
• BS in Mechanical Engineering or related field
• Extensive experience in product development engineering, with significant time spent in engineering leadership roles, preferably in consumer electronics
• Track record of shipping high-volume, tightly integrated electromechanical products from concept through mass production
• Deep understanding of mechanical engineering fundamentals: materials, thermal management, structural analysis, tolerance systems, and manufacturing processes (injection molding, die casting, machining, stamping, extrusion, etc.)
• Strong design validation background: FEA, tolerance analysis, failure analysis, DOE, prototype-driven development
• Experience managing teams across multiple simultaneous programs at different lifecycle stages

Nice To Haves

• MS or advanced degree in engineering
• Experience leading product development for products where acoustic, optical, or sensor performance is central to the user experience
• Demonstrated ability to drive system-level architecture decisions that span mechanical, electrical, thermal, and software domains
• Familiarity with cost-driven design tradeoffs at scale, including silicon and module selection, BOM optimization, and platform reuse strategies
• Experience building or restructuring product development organizations
• Track record of effective cross-functional leadership in environments where key partners sit outside your reporting chain

Responsibilities

• Drive the creation of Apple's Home hardware products
• Own the end-to-end product development lifecycle for a portfolio of products spanning audio, visual, and sensing domains
• Build and lead a high-performing PD organization
• Set the technical direction for new product architectures
• Partner deeply with Industrial Design, Hardware Engineering, Silicon, Software, and Operations to deliver world-class hardware on aggressive timelines
• Lead Product Design for Apple's home hardware line, taking products from early architecture through mass production
• Own mechanical architecture, system-level design
• Drive integration across electrical, thermal, acoustic, optical, and antenna domains
• Ensure products ship at Apple quality and scale

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees