Touch Sensing Design Engineer — Prototype & Validate

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

Job summary

Apple Inc. in the San Francisco Bay Area invites a skilled mechanical engineer to own the end-to-end design, development and validation of sensing technology for Apple’s product portfolio.

You will generate concepts and, as the mechanical expert, conduct analysis and documentation for your project, balancing design tradeoffs and cosmetic standards. Experience with high-volume consumer electronics and cross-functional teamwork is valued.

Qualifications

• 3D CAD experience is required.
• Solid understanding of mechanical engineering fundamentals.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to collaborate with diverse team members and external vendors.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.

Responsibilities

• Create specifications, detailed design and 2D documentation of parts and assemblies
• Electrical component and module integration
• Building proof of concept and prototypes, testing and analysis
• Collaborating with cross-functional partners to understand and execute on critical integration, performance and reliability requirements
• Partnering with external vendors & internal manufacturing teams to optimize designs for function, manufacturability and cosmetics
• Ensuring designs meet requirements throughout their lifecycles by performing stress, tolerance, and failure analyses
• Analyze data generated from builds and design of experiments.
• Perform tolerance analyses to predict performance of mechanisms, sensors, and cosmetic.

Skills

3D CAD

Mechanical engineering fundamentals

Tolerance analysis

Communication skills

Vendor collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

FEA modeling software

Job description

Apple Inc. in the San Francisco Bay Area invites a skilled mechanical engineer to own the end-to-end design, development and validation of sensing technology for Apple’s product portfolio.

You will generate concepts and, as the mechanical expert, conduct analysis and documentation for your project, balancing design tradeoffs and cosmetic standards. Experience with high-volume consumer electronics and cross-functional teamwork is valued.