Product Design Engineer - iPhone

Summary

Apple develops innovative consumer technology products, including mobile devices such as the iPhone. The Product Design Engineer will create mechanical designs, lead cross-functional projects, build prototypes for design validation, drive failure analysis, and support manufacturing implementation and integration at contract manufacturers in India.

Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for building prototypes for design validation and driving failure analysis
• As designs mature, you will also primarily work on-site at contract manufacturers within India to implement and integrate iPhones to enable product at scale
• We are looking to add a product design engineer to the team. Day to day job responsibilities include the design of tight tolerance components for prototype systems, development of test infrastructure, and characterization of components and assembly processes

Skills

• 3+ years of mechanical design experience using of a variety of fabrication processes
• 3+ years of consumer electronics design experience demonstrating the ability to work on complex products with large multidisciplinary teams
• A solid understanding of engineering fundamentals [heat transfer, mechanics of materials, precision fabrication]
• Understanding of tight-tolerance fabrication and assembly techniques, mechanical drawing composition (functional dimensioning and tolerance stack-up analysis)
• Experience in Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA) and statistical tolerance analysis techniques
• Strong proficiency in Siemens NX [components, assemblies and drawings]
• Experienced with metrology and interpreting and deriving meaningful insights from FAI data
• Experience working with electrical engineers to layout and build custom PCBs/FPCs
• Experience owning parts at various production stages and a history of engaging with vendors to yield successful parts/assemblies
• Bachelor's or Masters degree in mechanical engineering or related discipline

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 3+ years of mechanical design experience using of a variety of fabrication processes
• 3+ years of consumer electronics design experience demonstrating the ability to work on complex products with large multidisciplinary teams
• A solid understanding of engineering fundamentals [heat transfer, mechanics of materials, precision fabrication]
• Understanding of tight-tolerance fabrication and assembly techniques, mechanical drawing composition (functional dimensioning and tolerance stack-up analysis)
• Experience in Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA) and statistical tolerance analysis techniques

Nice to Haves

• Strong proficiency in Siemens NX [components, assemblies and drawings]
• Experienced with metrology and interpreting and deriving meaningful insights from FAI data
• Experience working with electrical engineers to layout and build custom PCBs/FPCs
• Experience owning parts at various production stages and a history of engaging with vendors to yield successful parts/assemblies
• Bachelor's or Masters degree in mechanical engineering or related discipline

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.
• Employees can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage.
• Retirement benefits.
• A range of discounted products and free services.
• For formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition.
• This role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments.
• This role might be eligible for relocation.