Product Design Engineer

The Home Product Design team at Apple is growing and we are looking for a passionate and technically capable engineer to join us designing world class products and bringing them to life. The Product Design team leads development and integration of a wide range of parts, modules and technologies to bring new products and experiences to life.

Bring your experience, insights, and innovations to share with, and learn from our team, to problem solve and help realize the next generation of Apple products.

Description
In this role you will own components, modules, system architectures and execution for a range of products within the Home. Development will include collaboration with subject matter experts across a wide range of Apple’s internal teams, including Electronics, Power Supply, RF, Manufacturing Design, Industrial Design and many more.
Skills you will strengthen on the job: Design ideation, design for assembly/manufacturability, designing for high volume manufacturing through injection molding, die casting, sheetmetal, machining and other process, metrology, fixture design, tolerance analysis, geometric dimensioning & tolerancing, statistical process control and more.

Responsibilities
Mechanical design development in 3D & 2D
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 and performance 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
International travel up to 20% to support development

Minimum qualifications
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

Preferred qualifications
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