System Product Design Engineer

Apple • Cupertino, CA

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About The Position

Apple Inc. is hiring a System Product Design Engineer in Cupertino, California, and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. The role designs, engineers, and validates product concepts, parts, and solutions using 3D and 2D CAD tools, and applies manufacturing, materials, mechanical engineering, statistical analysis, and process-control principles to create designs suitable for mass production. The engineer collaborates with overseas manufacturers and assesses the structural and functional robustness of complex electromechanical designs through analysis and simulation.

The position also resolves design issues throughout the product lifecycle through failure analysis and root-cause investigation, including analysis of data from advanced inspection and measurement instruments. It involves creating technical drawings and test specifications, communicating design issues and solutions through visual summaries, and developing analysis tools to assess new technologies for iPhone. International travel is required for 20% of the role. The position is 40 hours per week.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
• Experience and/or education designing, engineering, and validating concepts, parts, and solutions using 3D CAD tools such as Siemens NX and 2D CAD tools.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes for metal, plastic, and brittle components, and of design-for-assembly and design-for-manufacturability assessments.
• Understanding of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) standards and proper drawing structure.
• Experience analyzing structural and functional robustness of complex electromechanical assemblies, including statistical tolerance analysis and finite element analysis.
• Knowledge of simulation competencies including mechanical, electrical, magnetic, thermal/fluid, radio frequency (RF), and modal/vibrational analysis.
• Experience using failure-analysis techniques and data from instruments such as industrial computational topographic X-ray scanners (CT), scanning electron microscopes (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRF), EDS, FTIR, optical measurement equipment (OMM), or contact measurement equipment (CMM).
• Application of materials and mechanics-of-materials engineering principles, including knowledge of brittle materials such as glass, ceramics, and sapphire; composite materials such as carbon fiber and FR4; engineering plastics; metals; and adhesives.
• Experience using 3D CAD software for component outlines and construction, circuit routing/layout, and system integration/assembly.

Responsibilities

• Design, engineer, and validate concepts, parts, and solutions using 3D CAD tools such as Siemens NX and 2D CAD tools.
• Apply design for manufacturability, design for assembly, statistical analysis, process-control theory, functional dimensioning, and geometric tolerancing to design work.
• Collaborate with overseas manufacturers to ensure designed parts can be mass produced.
• Analyze structural and functional 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 to failure analysis and root-cause investigation.
• Use materials and mechanics-of-materials engineering principles to develop material-based solutions suitable for mass production.
• Parse and synthesize large datasets and complex design details into visual summaries communicating issues and proposed solutions.
• Conduct failure analysis using data from advanced instruments, including industrial computational topographic X-ray scanners and scanning electron microscopes, to 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.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage.
• Retirement benefits.
• Discounted products and free services.
• Reimbursement for certain education expenses, including tuition, for formal education related to advancing a career at Apple.
• Opportunity to participate in discretionary employee stock programs, including restricted stock unit awards and discounted Apple stock through the Employee Stock Purchase Plan, subject to eligibility and plan terms.
• The role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments.
• The role might be eligible for relocation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time