Senior Sensor FEA Engineer: Structural & Thermal Analysis

Apple Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical and dental

Retirement benefits

Employee stock programs

Tuition reimbursement

relocation assistance

Job summary

Apple Inc. in San Francisco, CA, is seeking a seasoned Finite Element Analyst to conduct structural, thermal, and dynamic analyses for advanced sensing technologies. You will build FEA models, validate them with experiments, and provide design inputs to ensure performance and reliability.

Collaboration with product design partners is essential to drive robust sensor solutions. Key focus areas include nonlinear analysis, model validation, and translating analysis into actionable feedback for

Qualifications

• BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience with Abaqus, ANSYS, COMSOL.
• Strong engineering fundamentals in solid mechanics.

Responsibilities

• Generate finite element models/analytical models of sensor architecture.
• Perform static, dynamic and thermal–mechanical analyses with non‑linearities.
• Link inputs to outputs via parametric and sensitivity analysis.
• Validate models with hand calculations, tests and material data.
• Drive failure analysis and design mitigations.
• Summarize results and communicate findings to cross‑functional teams.

Skills

Solid mechanics

FEA fundamentals

Nonlinear analysis

Python

Finite element analysis

Education

MS in Mechanical Eng

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Abaqus

ANSYS

COMSOL

Python

MATLAB

Job description

Apple Inc. in San Francisco, CA, is seeking a seasoned Finite Element Analyst to conduct structural, thermal, and dynamic analyses for advanced sensing technologies. You will build FEA models, validate them with experiments, and provide design inputs to ensure performance and reliability.

Collaboration with product design partners is essential to drive robust sensor solutions. Key focus areas include nonlinear analysis, model validation, and translating analysis into actionable feedback for