System Product Design Engineer

Summary

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.

About the role

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. At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range.

This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $173,540 - $225,300/yr and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Pay & Benefits

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Mechanical Engineering or related field and 2 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.

Experience and/or education must include

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

N/A