System Product Design Engineer

Apple; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Austin, Texas is seeking a highly skilled Mechanical/Design Engineer to dimension and optimize thermal modules, cooling fans, and related assemblies for high-volume consumer products. You will analyze CAD drawings, apply GD&T, and collaborate with module vendors to balance performance and reliability.

The role emphasizes hands-on prototyping, test-data review, and applying first-principles engineering to attach thermal modules to SoCs while maintaining manufacturability and quality.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 2 years of experience.
• Experience communicating designs via CAD drawings to external vendors.
• Familiarity with translational methods for high-volume consumer products.
• Knowledge of statics, mechanical structures, GD&T, and Cp/Cpk methodologies.
• Heat transfer and thermal management design experience.
• Design experience with cooling fans, thermal modules, or vapor chambers.

Responsibilities

• Dimension and determine tolerance of engineering drawings for high-volume mass production.
• Review test and measurement data and iterate test definitions for design feasibility.
• Develop and prototype innovative thermal modules and cooling fan concepts.
• Determine methods to attach thermal modules to SoCs to optimize performance and reliability.

Skills

Statics and structures

Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing

Thermal management

2D mechanical drawings

Team collaboration

Education

Master's degree in Mechanical or Computer Engineering

Tools

CAD software

Job description

Summary

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.

Description

APPLE INC has the following available in Austin, Texas. Dimension and determine the tolerance of engineering drawings with high volume mass production. Review test and measurement data from engineering builds and iterate it on test definition as necessary to ensure design feasibility. Maintain awareness of state-of-the-art thermal and air moving technologies and determining which concepts may be worthy to pursue. Develop and prototype innovative thermal module and cooling fan concepts using analysis and first principles engineering. Determine methods to attach thermal modules to SoC’s to optimize performance and reliability. 40 hours/week.

Minimum Qualifications

Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field and 2 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.Experience and/or education must include:Creating 2D mechanical drawings using CAD software to adequately communicate designs to external module vendors.Experience in the design of mechanical parts including experience with any of the following manufacturing methods: injection molding, stamping, forging, die casting, CNCDemonstrating knowledge of statics and mechanical structures with a track record of developing innovative designs.Familiarity with Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing, Statistical Process Control or Cp/Cpk methodologies.Heat transfer as a requirement and experience with parts designed for thermal managementExperience in design for high volume consumer products.Design experience with any of the following: cooling fans, thermal modules, vapor chambers.

Preferred Qualifications

N/A