System Product Design Engineer

Apple • Cupertino, CA

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About The Position

Apple Inc. is hiring a System Product Design Engineer to lead the end-to-end design and engineering integration of a complex iPhone subsystem involving multiple customer-facing features. The role works across technical and operations disciplines and cross-functional teams to define engineering requirements and resolve design challenges involved in integrating key technologies into the iPhone.

The engineer designs, engineers, and validates concepts, parts, and solutions using 3D CAD tools such as Siemens NX. The work incorporates design for manufacturability and assembly, statistical analysis and process control, tolerance analysis, functional dimensioning, and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing. The role also collaborates with overseas manufacturers to ensure parts can be mass produced, analyzes structural and functional robustness using finite element analysis and statistical techniques, and applies mechanical, materials, and mechanics-of-materials principles to resolve issues and determine root causes throughout a design's lifecycle.

Additional work includes synthesizing complex design details and large datasets into clear visual summaries; conducting failure analysis with instruments such as industrial computational topographic X-ray scanners and scanning electron microscopes; creating mechanical-component drawings and test specifications, including GD&T, FAI/SPC, and ORT callouts; and developing analysis tools to assess the performance of new iPhone technologies. Domestic and international travel is required 10%. The position is based in Cupertino, California, and various unanticipated locations throughout the United States. The schedule is 40 hours per week.

Requirements

• Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
• Three years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
• Experience or education utilizing DFM, DFA, and statistical tolerance analysis techniques.
• Experience or education using CAD software to design 3D models and engineering drawings with GD&T for phone parts.
• Experience or education using FEA tools, including Ansys and Hyperworks, to perform structural and thermal analyses on mechanical components and assemblies.
• Experience or education developing DFMEA and PFMEA to identify and mitigate design and process failure risks across mechanical systems.
• Experience or education performing failure analysis for components undergoing reliability testing.
• Experience or education working with electrical engineers to lay out and build custom PCBs.
• Experience or education designing and integrating batteries to improve mobile-device battery performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end design and engineering integration of a complex iPhone subsystem involving multiple customer-facing features.
• Work with technical and operations disciplines across cross-functional teams to define engineering requirements and resolve design challenges associated with integrating key technologies into the iPhone.
• Design, engineer, and validate concepts, parts, and solutions using 3D CAD tools such as Siemens NX.
• Apply DFM, DFA, statistical analysis and process control, tolerance analysis, functional dimensioning, and geometric tolerancing in design work.
• Collaborate with overseas manufacturers to ensure designed parts are mass producible.
• Analyze structural and functional design robustness using finite element analysis and statistical tools and techniques.
• Resolve issues and ensure designs meet requirements throughout their lifecycle by applying mechanical and materials engineering principles, conducting failure analysis, and determining root causes.
• Use materials and mechanics-of-materials principles to design material-based solutions suitable for mass production.
• Synthesize large datasets and complex design details into visual summaries that communicate issues and proposed solutions.
• Conduct failure analysis using advanced instruments, including industrial computational topographic X-ray scanners and scanning electron microscopes, and determine root causes and corrective design changes.
• Create technical drawings and test specifications for mechanical components, including GD&T, FAI/SPC, and ORT callouts.
• Develop analysis tools to assess the performance of new technologies invented for iPhone.
• Travel domestically and internationally as required (10%).

Benefits

• Opportunity to participate in discretionary employee stock programs, including restricted stock unit awards.
• Ability to purchase Apple stock at a discount through voluntary participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage.
• Retirement benefits.
• Discounted products and free services.
• Tuition reimbursement for certain formal education expenses related to career advancement at Apple.
• Potential eligibility for discretionary bonuses or commission payments.
• Potential relocation assistance.

What This Job Offers

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