Hardware Product Design Engineer - Mac Engineering

Role Overview

Do you love utilizing your creativity, spatial reasoning & attention to detail to collaboratively solve design challenges? The Mac Product Design team works with other engineers and designers to seamlessly integrate technology into the next generation of portable and desktop computers. We apply a genuine sense of curiosity and dedication to delivering truly innovative and relevant products that enrich our customers’ lives. We want you to join our cohesive and diverse family of Product Design Engineers to do the most impactful work of your life. In this role, you will ideate concepts, design down to the details, prototype & test, and travel to assembly sites to optimize the design.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with industrial designers, product integrity, hardware, software, and technology groups to refine & execute on the design of the product.

Develop initial product layouts. Generate concepts, prototype, demonstrate & test to drive down-selection.

Partner with external vendors & internal manufacturing teams to optimize designs for function, cosmetics and manufacturability.

Ensure design meets requirements throughout its lifecycle by performing stress, tolerance, and failure analysis. Travel up to 20% in Asia to support factory builds.

Skills you will strengthen on the job: tolerance analysis, geometric dimensioning & tolerancing, design for assembly/manufacturability, designing for high volume manufacturing of injection molded, die cast, sheetmetal, and machined parts, metrology, simple fixture design, computer aided design, statistical process control, failure analysis.

Requirements & Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

BS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent Engineering fundamentals: solid mechanics, material science, heat transfer, mechanism design, manufacturing

Excellent communication skills: both written and verbal, ability to clearly communicate design ideas and contribute to brainstorms Genuine curiosity Collaborative & receptive to feedback

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in consumer electronic design Experience in designing for mass production A sense of ownership

Compensation & Benefits

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $129,300 and $194,700, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Application Instructions

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