Product Quality

Apple•Cupertino, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Imagine what you can do here. Apple is a place where extraordinary people gather to do their lives best work. Together we create products and experiences people once couldn't have imagined, and now, can't imagine living without. It's the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Work with commodity managers and supplier quality engineers to ensure component quality and reliability; make recommendations to improve design/test; Own product quality strategy and execution across incoming quality, in-line quality, outgoing quality, and ongoing reliability testing; Develop and implement new technologies to enhance quality, capacity, and efficiency; Develop and advocate for new, innovative metrics for measuring performance; Establish new methods for monitoring and reporting factory health and status, including Incoming Quality Control (IQC), Outgoing Quality Control (OQC), and Ongoing Reliability Testing (ORT); Lead data-driven approaches to failure analysis on Watches; Implement best practices and learnings across manufacturing sites; Strategically prioritize top-issue investigations and corrective actions; and communicate technical updates to the executive team. 20% International Travel Required. 40 hours/week.

Requirements

Implementing and utilizing Statistical Process Control (SPC) in a manufacturing environment to provide statistics driven insights into process performance
Utilizing Computer Aided Design (CAD) Software, product design, and product development cycles to improve and iterate with a new product
Using GD&T and engineering tolerances for blueprint and specifications reading
Utilizing Python and its libraries like Pandas for data analysis and manipulation
Utilizing statistics operation software like Minitab or R to quickly generate insights based on data
Utilizing Design of Experiment (DOE) in a product development environment to validate new designs and investigate non-conformances
Using Jira or similar project management tool to track project timeline and issue completion
Utilizing 8Ds, fishbone diagrams, or A/B testing for Root Cause Analysis and Documentation

Responsibilities

Work with commodity managers and supplier quality engineers to ensure component quality and reliability; make recommendations to improve design/test
Own product quality strategy and execution across incoming quality, in-line quality, outgoing quality, and ongoing reliability testing
Develop and implement new technologies to enhance quality, capacity, and efficiency
Develop and advocate for new, innovative metrics for measuring performance
Establish new methods for monitoring and reporting factory health and status, including Incoming Quality Control (IQC), Outgoing Quality Control (OQC), and Ongoing Reliability Testing (ORT)
Lead data-driven approaches to failure analysis on Watches
Implement best practices and learnings across manufacturing sites
Strategically prioritize top-issue investigations and corrective actions
Communicate technical updates to the executive team