System Product Design Engineer

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. Refine and execute the design of Apple products while collaborating with industrial designers, product integrity, hardware, software, and technology groups. Develop initial product layouts.

Generate concepts, prototype, demonstrate & test to drive down-selection. Optimize designs for function, cosmetics, and manufacturability through partnership with external vendors & internal manufacturing teams. Perform stress, tolerance, and failure analyses to ensure design meets requirements throughout its lifecycle and support factory builds in Asia.

Domestic and International Travel Required 20%. 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 $184,700 - $277,600/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.
• Learn more about Apple Benefits: https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html.

Note

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

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Mechanical Engineering or related field.

Experience and/or education must include

Working with common manufacturing techniques including CNC, PCB, MIM, Plastic injection molding, thermoforming, and compression molding Working with GD&T for efficient datum and dimension schemes to balance design tolerance and manufacturability. Managing vendors in global supply chain to align DFM, process, and quality requirements.

Designing and building high fidelity prototypes to validate thermal, mechanical, and flow-acoustic response.

Performing statistical analysis using JMP, MATLAB, or Python, and leverage GD&T and statistical methods including RSS and Monte Carlo Working with common consumer-electronic device technologies and balancing product integration and technology requirements for high-volume manufacturing Applying the first principle of heat transfer to thermal architecture designs Working in large assembly 3D CAD environment Selecting designs and materials for a variety of rigid, viscoelastic, and composite materials Providing front line factory support and evaluating root cause failure analysis.

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