Precision Hardware Product Design Engineer

Apple Inc.; Cupertino, Northern (CA, KY); On-site; USD 129,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Stock programs for employees

Relocation

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, California is seeking a Product Design Engineer to design tight-tolerance components for prototype systems, develop test infrastructure, and characterize components and assembly processes.

The role requires 3+ years in mechanical design and consumer electronics design, with DFMA and tolerance analysis experience, and Siemens NX proficiency in collaboration with cross-disciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of mechanical design experience using a variety of fabrication processes.
• 3+ years of consumer electronics design experience demonstrating the ability to work on complex products with large multidisciplinary teams.
• Solid understanding of engineering fundamentals (heat transfer, mechanics of materials, precision fabrication).
• Understanding of tight-tolerance fabrication and assembly techniques, mechanical drawing and tolerance stack-up analysis.
• Experience in Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA) and statistical tolerance analysis techniques.

Responsibilities

• Design tight-tolerance components for prototype systems.
• Develop test infrastructure for validation and characterization of components and assemblies.

Skills

Mechanical design

Consumer electronics design

Engineering fundamentals

Tight-tolerance fabrication

DFM/ DFA

Statistical tolerance analysis

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in mechanical engineering

Tools

Siemens NX

FAI data interpretation

PCB/FPC layout collaboration

Job description

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, California is seeking a Product Design Engineer to design tight-tolerance components for prototype systems, develop test infrastructure, and characterize components and assembly processes.

The role requires 3+ years in mechanical design and consumer electronics design, with DFMA and tolerance analysis experience, and Siemens NX proficiency in collaboration with cross-disciplinary teams.