Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, innovative ideas quickly become extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences.This is where individual imaginations and experiences gather, leading to great work. Bring passion and dedication to your job, and there’s no telling what you could accomplish. The people here at Apple don’t just create products - they make the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. The diversity of those people and their ideas inspire the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it. The Apple Manufacturing Design Engineer (MDE) is accountable for leading the development and implementation of innovative manufacturing processes across Apple’s worldwide supply base. In this highly collaborative role, you will work closely with Apple Industrial Design, Product Design, and Manufacturing Design partners and our worldwide suppliers. The MDE role is empowered to bring creativity to Apple’s manufacturing approach, enabling us to deliver our best work to as many customers as possible.
Description
The role is responsible for collaborating with process engineers to develop and fabricate prototype equipment for the development and validation of new process architectures and addressing complex product design challenges. The candidate will work internally with our process teams and external equipment manufacturers to construct fully automated novel equipment from the conceptualization and architecture stages through mass production. We seek an individual in this role who will serve as a focal point for equipment design innovation, enabling scalable processes and achieving novel product designs while maintaining exceptional Apple product quality. - Develop new equipment architectures to enable novel process solutions across various Apple products - Interpret drawings and 3D models for manufacturability with assembly processes - Design fixtures and tooling to support production processes (such as assembly / machining) and implement measurement systems - Apply expert-level knowledge of GD&T to ensure proper fits, tolerances, and tooling locators in all designs - Standardize all standard hardware such as dowels, pins, washers, screws, washers etc.. across equipment vendors - Selection of appropriate material for automation and equipment components (conveyors, guide pins, slides, positioning tracks, fixtures etc) - Perform EQ DFMEA standard methodologies and lead DFM reviews with vendors to develop reliable, high-performance and lost-cost manufacturing process equipment - Lead root cause & failure analysis and improvement path identification for issues related to new EQ technologies - Provide early and ongoing manufacturing leadership to ensure new process is scalable for mass production - Drive EQ, component or integration vendors on technology development and implementation, failure or issue resolution, and cost-effective scale up for mass production - Keep tabs on relevant industrial equipment and process manufacturing technology trends; evaluate and assess new EQ suppliers
Minimum Qualifications
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5+ years of experience in high-volume mechanical product development, manufacturing engineering, tooling engineering, automation equipment, high-precision fabrication, or similar roles
- Bachelors or higher in mechanical, manufacturing, or related fields
- Deep familiarity with mechanical design softwares such as SolidWorks, NX or AutoCAD
- Understanding core principles of fixture and automation design, including the use of design software and FEA for stress/structural analysis
Preferred Qualifications
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Understanding core principles of Data Analysis and Design of Experiments
Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 30%
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