System Product Design Engineer

Apple • Cupertino, CA

3d • $173,540 - $225,300

About The Position

Apple Inc. is hiring a System Product Design Engineer in Cupertino, California, and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. The role involves designing mechanical product models for prototype development using computer-aided design, integrating sensors and actuators for product validation, and analyzing statistical data to inform product features and correlations. The engineer will program user interfaces, assemble prototypes for testing and analysis, and help develop product architectures that maximize safety.

The position includes conducting empirical tests to validate product specifications, engineering mechatronic solutions to improve user fit, and working with the product safety team to ensure designs meet safety requirements. The engineer will build tools and test vehicles, develop new mechanical-design methods for safety and human fit, and design bio-representative human heads for safety impact testing. The schedule is 40 hours per week.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience and/or education using Python to analyze video and images and perform computer-vision-based processing.
• Experience and/or education using UG NX CAD software to design complex, organic surfaces that mate to the human face and head.
• Experience and/or education using UG NX CAD software to create head-mounted devices that can withstand head impacts associated with accidental trip-and-fall events.
• Experience and/or education planning architectures for wearable sensors that measure human physiological response.
• Experience and/or education using mechatronics to design a head-mounted device with motorized adjustable fit.
• Experience and/or education using hypothesis-driven design to perform physical testing and analyze results to guide design through mechanistic and statistical outcomes.
• Experience and/or education using Design for Manufacture to create precision mechanical test fixtures.
• Experience and/or education using precision mechanical fixtures to measure and correlate human and headform physical response.

Responsibilities

• Design mechanical models for prototype development using computer-aided design.
• Integrate sensors and actuators for product validation.
• Analyze statistical data to inform product features and identify correlations.
• Program user interfaces for intuitive product interaction.
• Assemble prototypes for product testing and analysis.
• Develop product architectures that maximize product safety.
• Conduct empirical tests to validate product specifications.
• Engineer mechatronic solutions to improve user fit.
• Work with the product safety team to ensure product designs meet safety requirements.
• Build tools and test vehicles to validate designs against safety requirements.
• Invent methods to achieve safety and human fit through mechanical design.
• Design bio-representative human heads for safety impact testing.

Benefits

• Opportunity to participate in discretionary employee stock programs.
• Eligibility for discretionary restricted stock unit awards.
• Option to purchase Apple stock at a discount through the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage.
• Retirement benefits.
• Discounted products and free services.
• Reimbursement for certain education expenses, including tuition, for formal education related to career advancement at Apple.
• Role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments.
• Role might be eligible for relocation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time