Manufacturing Design Engineer (mde) - Packaging

Apple Apple · Big Tech · Cupertino, CA +1 · Operations and Supply Chain

This role focuses on the R&D, selection, and implementation of manufacturing processes for consumer packaging parts and assemblies. It involves developing innovative solutions for manufacturability, environmental goals, and world-class manufacturing, leading partners in NPI development, establishing industry relationships, and using data analytics to drive decisions. The role also manages technology and material roadmaps, collaborates with design and materials engineering, demonstrates scalability of new materials and processes, and collaborates with industrial design to propose product specifications for mass production.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop innovative solutions that enable Apple’s Product and Environmental goals, including but not limited to manufacturability of fiber-based designs, lowering Apple’s environmental footprint, and developing world class manufacturing solutions.
  2. Lead external and internal partners in development and execution of process and quality development for NPI, including but not limited to process selection, factory layout, tooling and fixture design, etc.
  3. Establish industry relationships - (raw material, processing and equipment suppliers, and more) - and engage experts to push the boundaries of whats possible to enable innovative packaging.
  4. Use high quality data and analytics to drive decisions and influence cross functional teams within Apple.
  5. Manage and coordinate new technology and material roadmaps to ensure on-time execution for product delivery.

Skills

Required

  • manufacturing process development
  • manufacturing or product quality
  • tooling and fixture design
  • automation development
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Packaging Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Design For Manufacturing concepts
  • GD&T
  • Tolerance Analysis
  • SPC
  • analytical tools
  • Failure Analysis
  • Root Cause analysis
  • first principles engineering
  • data and analysis
  • statistical tools
  • data driven decisions
  • attention to details
  • prioritize and manage multiple projects
  • meet milestones and deliverables
  • work independently
  • travel frequently
  • team player
  • self-motivated
  • engineering tasks
  • project objective
  • detailed oriented
  • learn quickly
  • excellent written and oral communication skills

Nice to have

  • lowering Apple’s environmental footprint
  • new material development

What the JD emphasized

  • 5+ years work experience in manufacturing process development, manufacturing or product quality, tooling and fixture design, or automation development, etc.
  • Bachelors degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Packaging, or Chemical Engineering and relevant manufacturing work experience.
  • In-depth knowledge of Design For Manufacturing concepts such as GD&T, Tolerance Analysis, SPC, etc.
  • Demonstrated experience of employing analytical tools to solve tough problems.
  • Ability to lead complex Failure Analysis and Root Cause analysis by applying first principles engineering to problems and leveraging data and analysis to close issues under time pressure.