Touch ID Hardware Design Engineer — Sensing & Validation

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Employee stock programs

Tuition reimbursement

Relocation assistance

Discounted products

Job summary

Apple in Cupertino, CA is seeking a Touch ID Product Design Mechanical Engineer to own end-to-end design, integration and validation of sensing modules across our product lineup. You will bridge mechanical design, materials, packaging and high-volume manufacturing to turn complex challenges into reliable hardware.

You will lead cross-functional collaboration, drive rigorous experiments, and guide the module from concept through mass production, impacting millions of devices with precise, robust

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in mechanical design, failure analysis, or product validation.
• Proficiency in 3D CAD modeling and drafting 2D technical drawings (GD&T).
• Strong track record of applying structured root-cause methodologies and experimental design (DOE) to resolve complex electromechanical issues.
• Ability and willingness to travel internationally (5%–10%) to support vendor bring-up and factory builds.
• Minimum requirement of a bachelor's degree.

Responsibilities

• Identifying/brainstorming design solutions, grading risk, and informing final design.
• Leading a cross-functional team through failure analysis to identify root-cause and inform corrective actions.
• Coordinating and managing the path-to-closure on complex, multi-faceted issues.
• Applying rigorous and thoughtful experimental design to reduce design risk/uncertainty as quickly as possible.
• Running tolerance studies to ensure designs are feasible over manufacturing tolerances.
• Communicating to Apple’s engineering leadership in concise, comprehensive technical depth. In the prototyping and validation phases, you will support external manufacturing vendors with process development and root cause analysis for issues found during testing.

Skills

Mechanical design

Failure analysis

Product validation

Root-cause analysis

DOE methodologies

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

3D CAD modeling

GD&T drafting

Job description

Apple in Cupertino, CA is seeking a Touch ID Product Design Mechanical Engineer to own end-to-end design, integration and validation of sensing modules across our product lineup. You will bridge mechanical design, materials, packaging and high-volume manufacturing to turn complex challenges into reliable hardware.

You will lead cross-functional collaboration, drive rigorous experiments, and guide the module from concept through mass production, impacting millions of devices with precise, robust