Product Design Engineer - Battery Pack

Apple Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 141,800 - 258,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical and dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Employee stock purchase plan

Educational reimbursement

Job summary

A leading technology company located in Cupertino, California, is seeking a Mechanical Engineer for the Battery Pack Product Design team. This role involves designing and optimizing battery packs in collaboration with various teams, applying mechanical design engineering skills and ensuring effective communication throughout the development process. Candidates should possess a BS in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering and experience with 3D CAD. The position offers a competitive salary range of $141,800 to $258,600, alongside various employee benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering is required.
• Experience with 3D CAD is necessary.
• 3 years relevant industry experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Optimize battery pack designs through cross-team collaborations.
• Drive analysis and design experiments to implement solutions.
• Release design drawings and manage revision controls.
• Communicate design changes effectively across functions.

Skills

Creative problem solving

3D CAD

Attention to detail

Tolerance analysis

Design for Manufacturability

Education

BS degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering

Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent

Job description

Cupertino, California, United States Hardware

Are you looking to push the limits of what’s considered feasible? As part of our Battery Engineering group, you’ll aid us in crafting creative battery solutions that deliver more energy in smaller spaces than ever before. We work across subject areas to transform hardware elements into a single, integrated design. Join us, and you’ll help innovate new battery technologies that continually outperform the previous iterations. By collaborating with other product development groups across Apple, you’ll push the industry boundaries of what batteries can do and improve the product experience for our customers around the world! As the NPI Mechanical/Product Design resource for our systems; we own module development from initial system architecture through ramp. In this role you will apply your mechanical design engineering skills and ability to lead the end‑to‑end mechanical development and integration of innovative modules into next generation Apple products.

Description

The Battery Pack Product Design team is responsible for the mechanical design and integration of battery packs into Apple products. In this role, you will design a battery pack, optimizing across teams including outside vendors and internal experts to realize creative solutions and validate designs.

Responsibilities

• Creative problem solving including spatial reasoning, optimization to find best solution to design challenges, attention to detail
• Engineering fundamentals are applied in design analysis
• Designs realized through tolerance analysis, design for assembly/manufacturing, design reviews and cross functional optimization
• Communicate designs through detailed, cross functional design reviews
• Drive failure analyses and design of experiments (DOEs) to develop design solutions and implement corrective actions
• Release of drawings and revision controls
• Travel up to 20% throughout the year

Minimum Qualifications

• BS degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or related
• Experience with 3D CAD

Preferred Qualifications

• 3 years relevant industry experience
• Master’s degree or equivalent job‑related experience in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
• Ability to generate innovative designs with multi-functional teams, including detailed written specifications, drawings, and tolerance analyses.
• Experience in Design for Manufacturability, Design for Assembly, or statistical tolerance analysis techniques
• Clear and concise communication skills for technical status of projects cross functionally and throughout management structure. High degree of motivation, curiosity, and attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to deliver to product timelines
• Experience in design cycle from concept through MP with high-volume manufacturing processes and/or automation, including design validation and characterization

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 $141,800 and $258,600, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

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.

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

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.

Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.