System Engineer Jobs

About The Position

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.