Job Details

System Product Design Engineer

Cupertino, California, United States

Hardware

Summary

Posted: May 22, 2025

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200604299

Imagine what you can do here. Apple is a place where extraordinary people gather to do their lives best work. Together we create products and experiences people once couldn’t have imagined, and now, can’t imagine living without. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do.

Description

APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Design enclosure components, antenna components, and flexible printed circuits (FPC) from concept to high-volume mass production with high reliability, functionality, and cosmetic requirements. Create novel part designs utilizing knowledge and experience of engineering, materials, and manufacturing fundamentals, incorporating both DFM and DFA principles. Implement designs in 3D CAD software (Siemens NX) to communicate design intent in 3D parts/assemblies and 2D drawings. Collaborate with Industrial Design to architect new products and develop mechanically robust designs and processes. Establish mass-production requirements to enable high yields within challenging ID constraints. Determine appropriate material selection for metal, plastic, and brittle components. Optimize design and material for reliability, manufacturing, cost, and compatibility with surrounding components. Collaborate with material experts and industry experts to identify, test, and validate new materials. Determine appropriate part manufacturing methods using DFM/DFA principles to create mass-producible components. Utilize knowledge of material and manufacturing best practices (injection molding, stamping, CNC, MIM, etc.). Collaborate with FEA (Finite Element Analysis) specialists to define and execute simulations to help create structurally and functionally robust components. Create test and validation plans to characterize design performance based on engineering judgment and identification of potential failure modes. Conduct failure analysis on components and assemblies. Identify and correct such failure points using metrology (OMM/CMM, CT scan, etc.), analysis, design knowledge, material selection, mechanical engineering principles, test/validation data, and/or FEA. Generate 2D drawings with appropriate specifications as determined by tolerance analyses, reliability testing, and metrology methodology. Utilize statistical analysis tools (i.e., JMP) to analyze datasets from mass production. International Travel Required: 20%. 40 hours/week. 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 $175,800 - $264,200/yr and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

PAY & BENEFITS: 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: https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html.
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Mechanical Engineering or related field and 1 year of experience in the job offered or related occupation.

• 1 year of experience with each of the following skills is required:

• Experience with complex 3D mechanical parts and assembly design for high-volume mass production of consumer electronic mobile phones or similar devices.

• Experience in Design for Manufacturing and Design for Assembly, including high-volume part manufacturing of plastic, metal, and brittle parts (including injection molding, stamping, MIM, CNC, and FPC manufacturing).

• Collaborating with Industrial Design to develop mechanically robust and mass-producible designs within challenging ID constraints.

• Drafting detailed 2D drawings with appropriate specifications as determined by statistical tolerance analysis, reliability testing, and metrology methodology.

• Experience in mechanical engineering principles and Finite Element Analysis to design structurally robust plastic and metal components, and experience validating designs through both FEA simulation and empirical testing.

• Defining material requirements and identifying materials for plastic, metal, and brittle parts.

• Performing failure analysis and utilizing appropriate tools (metrology, material analysis, etc.) to identify root cause of assembly, reliability, and manufacturing issues and implement corrective actions.

• Collaborating with large, multi-disciplinary teams to define requirements and solve design issues through various phases of the design process (concept through mass production).

• Using Siemens NX or SolidWorks software to design complex 3D mechanical components and assemblies.

Preferred Qualifications

• N/A

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