Product Design Engineer

Apple Apple · Big Tech · Cupertino, CA +1 · Hardware

Product Design Engineer for Home Products at Apple, focusing on mechanical design, electrical integration, prototyping, testing, and manufacturing optimization. Requires strong mechanical engineering and analytical skills, proficiency in CAD, and experience with high-volume production.

What you'd actually do

  1. Mechanical design development in 3D & 2D
  2. Electrical component and module integration
  3. Building proof of concept and prototypes, testing and analysis
  4. Collaborating with cross-functional partners to understand and execute on critical integration and performance requirements
  5. Partnering with external vendors & internal manufacturing teams to optimize designs for function, manufacturability and cosmetics

Skills

Required

  • B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design or comparable fields
  • Two years of Mechanical Product Design, Consumer Electronics development, Engineering or comparable and relevant alternatives
  • Strong mechanical engineering design and analytical skills
  • Proficiency in any current 3D CAD package
  • Excellent communications skills both within and external to technical teams
  • Flexibility in design approach and a strong drive to excellence down to the finest details

Nice to have

  • Masters Degree in a relevant Engineering discipline
  • Three or more years of professional Product Design / Consumer Electronics experience
  • Siemens NX CAD fluency
  • High volume / mass production development experience
  • FEA modeling experience with any major CAD software system
  • Hands on experience with 3D Printers, CNC Mills, Lathes and / or other hand fabrication methods
  • Experience in the areas of: GD&T, Tolerance Analysis, Statistical Analysis and Design of Experiments

What the JD emphasized

  • Mechanical Product Design
  • Consumer Electronics development
  • mechanical engineering design and analytical skills
  • any current 3D CAD package
  • High volume / mass production development experience
  • FEA modeling experience
  • GD&T
  • Tolerance Analysis
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Design of Experiments