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System Product Design Engineer

Apple

Cupertino, CAFull-time$174–225K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$174–225K/yr
Location
Cupertino, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Apple seeks a System Product Design Engineer to develop mechanical product designs and prototypes, integrate sensors and actuators, and validate product safety and performance. The role includes analyzing data, programming user interfaces, engineering mechatronic solutions for human fit, and designing bio-representative heads for impact testing. The position is based in Cupertino and requires a master’s degree or foreign equivalent in a specified engineering field or related field, along with experience and/or education covering the listed competencies.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

PythonVideo and Image AnalysisComputer VisionUG NX CADComplex Surface DesignWearable Sensor ArchitectureMechatronicsHypothesis-Driven DesignPhysical TestingStatistical AnalysisDesign for ManufacturePrecision Fixture DesignHuman Response Measurement

Qualifications

Master's in Electrical, Electronics, Mechatronics Engineering or Related

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
401(k) Match
Tuition Assistance
Relocation Assistance

Full job description

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200691250-0836

Summary

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. Product design of mechanical models for prototype development aided by computer. Integrate sensors and actuators for product validation. Analyze statistical data to drive and inform product features, correlations, etc. Use computer programming of user interfaces for intuitive product interaction. Assembly of prototypes for product testing and analysis. Execute guided development of product architectures that maximize product safety. Conduct empirical tests to validate product specifications. Engineer mechatronic solutions to improve user fit. Build specifications with product safety team to ensure the product design meets safety requirements. Build tools and test vehicles to validate designs to safety requirements. Invent new methods to achieve safety, and human fit through mechanical design. Design bio-representative human heads for safety impact testing. 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 $173,540 - $225,300/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

  • Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or a related field.

  • Experience and/or education must include:

  • Using Python, analyze video and images and perform computer vision based processing.

  • Using UG NX CAD software, design complex and organic surfaces that mate to the human face and head.

  • Using UG NX CAD software, create head mounted devices that can withstand head impacts associated with accidental trip & fall events

  • Plan architectures for wearable sensors that measure human physiological response.

  • Using Mechatronics, design a head mounted device with motorized adjustable fit

  • Using hypothesis driven design; perform physical testing & analyze results to guide design through mechanistic and statistical outcomes

  • Using Design for Manufacture, create precision mechanical test fixtures

  • Using precision mechanical fixtures to perform measurements to correlate human and headform physical response

Preferred Qualifications

  • N/A

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

How this job compares

Set against the 7,682 open Mechanical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$174–225K/yr
  • California median$129–180K/yr1,064 salary ranges
  • US median$106–160K/yr4,634 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $199K, is 30% above the California median midpoint ($154K) — in the top quarter of Mechanical Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,346 open Mechanical Engineer jobs in California and 7,682 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
Mechanical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (6,388 postings).
Education
5,259 of the 7,682 open Mechanical Engineer jobs (68%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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