Accessories Product Design Engineer

Role Number: 200693633-3749

Summary

Apple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build, service we create, or Apple Store experience we deliver is the result of us making each other's ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world, changing lives for the better. It's the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in, we can do the best work of our lives. Here, you'll do more than join something — you'll add something.

Join our Accessories Product Design team and drive the future of wired data and power transmission across multiple systems and stand-alone products. We are a dynamic group that leads new product introduction from the architectural phase through production ramping. We work collaboratively with many groups from Industrial Design to Reliability to Technical Program Management and Hardware engineering. Leave your mark on future Apple products.

Description

In Accessories Product Design, you will directly interface with many system teams from Mac to Audio to Vision and everything in between. You will design cable solutions in the most efficient and elegant ways possible. Use your creative intellect to drive the next generation of technologies into our cable designs, all while balancing functionality with size, reliability, cost, cosmetics, and environmental goals.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

• 3 years of mechanical design experience

• Proficiency in 3D CAD and creating 2D drawings

• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) including presenting technical data to multi-disciplinary teams

• Experience with designing injection and/or compression molded parts and/or stamped parts and/or deep draw metal parts

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of product design experience

• Experience in Design for Manufacturability (DFM), and Design for Assembly (DFA), statistical tolerance analysis techniques, functional dimensioning, and geometric tolerancing

• Experience with component modules (Connectors, batteries, electronics packaging, PCBAs) or AC Power

• Understanding of how to size wires, select connectors and shielding to meet signal integrity and/or power requirements

• Experience with designing stamped sheet metal parts and/or deep drawn metal parts

• Experience working with overseas manufacturers

• Strong analytical/problem solving skills and ability to use statistical tools and techniques

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.