System Product Design Engineer

Apple•Cupertino, CA

5d•Hybrid

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 collaboratively with various disciplines including Industrial Design, operations, and cross-functional engineering teams. Brainstorm concepts and solutions to a wide variety of complex engineering problems. Develop, prototype, evaluate, and troubleshoot new designs. Lead design reviews and contributing to peer design reviews. Present work for cross-functional teams and executives. Generate detailed specifications and drawings. Communicate with internal manufacturing teams and external vendors to optimize designs for function, cosmetics, and manufacturability. Conduct failure analysis and design of experiments (DOEs) to determine root cause and implementing corrective actions. Validate and characterize designs through multiple iterations. Develop deep technical knowledge by taking design from concept to production. Ensure that designs meet cosmetic and functional requirements to provide best-in-class hardware for our customers. International travel required 15%. 40 hours/week.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Mechanical Engineering or related field and 2 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.
Designing parts using various manufacturing methods including injection molding, machining, stamping, or casting.
Producing 2D design drawings and documentation for testing and inspection.
Creating processes and fixtures for assembling products in factory for development and ramp of future products
Experience with various technologies such as acoustics, sensing and their system integration and development
Analysis of mechanical parts for reliability performance to improve product quality and cost
Performing failure analysis of issues especially for system parts for design iteration and development of future products
Experience with CAD design tools to design parts in collaborative engineering environment

Responsibilities

Work collaboratively with various disciplines including Industrial Design, operations, and cross-functional engineering teams.
Brainstorm concepts and solutions to a wide variety of complex engineering problems.
Develop, prototype, evaluate, and troubleshoot new designs.
Lead design reviews and contributing to peer design reviews.
Present work for cross-functional teams and executives.
Generate detailed specifications and drawings.
Communicate with internal manufacturing teams and external vendors to optimize designs for function, cosmetics, and manufacturability.
Conduct failure analysis and design of experiments (DOEs) to determine root cause and implementing corrective actions.
Validate and characterize designs through multiple iterations.
Develop deep technical knowledge by taking design from concept to production.
Ensure that designs meet cosmetic and functional requirements to provide best-in-class hardware for our customers.