Product Design Lab Engineer

Hardware FYI; Sunnyvale, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple is building a new Product Design lab and seeks a Lab Engineer to own it end to end. You will shape the space during construction, bring it online, and run day-to-day operations on-site, partnering with Product Design engineers.

The ideal candidate works both at the CNC mill in the morning and on layout/calibration planning in the afternoon, acting as the sole lab engineer with a support network for deeper builds.

Qualifications

• Experience operating a CNC milling machine and turning concepts into physical parts.
• Ability to plan equipment layout and calibration workflows on a design lab.
• Comfort working as the sole engineer on-site with cross-functional partners.

Responsibilities

• Own the new Product Design lab end to end from construction to operation.
• Shape the space, bring it online, and run day-to-day lab activities.
• Collaborate with Product Design engineers on build requests and problems.
• Balance hands-on machining with planning and documentation on whiteboards.

Skills

CNC milling

Lab setup

Equipment calibration

On-site engineering

Tools

CNC mill

Job description

Apple's Product Design team turns concepts into hardware you can hold — the enclosures, mechanisms, and internal architecture of the products our customers use every day. The lab is where design intent meets physical reality, and how fast a part can be built and measured shapes how good the final product becomes.

We're standing up a new Product Design lab and looking for a Lab Engineer to own it end to end: shape the space during construction, bring it online, run it day to day, and partner with Product Design engineers on the problems behind their requests. The ideal person is equally credible at the machine and at the whiteboard — cutting a part on a CNC mill in the morning, planning equipment layout and calibration in the afternoon. You'll be the sole engineer on-site, backed by a network of peer Product Design labs for deeper builds and specialized work. Rather than advancing a single project, you'll accelerate everything the team builds.