Product Design Engineer - Apple Vision Pro

Role Number: 200692107-3543

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.

Apple Vision Pro is a revolutionary spatial computer that seamlessly blends digital content with your physical space. It will allow us to do the things we love in ways never before possible — all while staying connected to the people around us.

Description

The Product Design Engineer role will give you direct responsibility over the mechanical design of parts, assemblies and modules within Apple Vision products and own the analysis, assembly and reliability of these parts. This role spans the product design cycle from concept development, prototyping and testing, to collaborating with vendors to bring the design to life. You will engage in frequent multi-disciplinary collaboration with teams like Industrial Design, Project Management, Manufacturing, EE, Display, Camera, Antenna, Battery, Softgoods, Human Engineering, Human Factors, Safety and more.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in mechanical or mechatronics engineering

• 2-5+ years of hands-on, consumer electronics product design experience

• Strong mechanical engineering analytical skills, experience selecting materials and manufacturing processes based on engineering requirements

• Experience working in technical project groups in a professional environment

• Proficiency in 3D CAD (any modeling package, NX preferred)

• Proficiency in practical application of GD&T techniques and creating 2D drawings

• Proficiency in tolerance analyses with statistical techniques

• Practical experience working with external manufacturing vendors (DFM/DFA, FAI/CPK dimensional reports)

• Thorough knowledge of engineering materials, understanding of property tradeoffs and interpreting FEA results

• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) including emails, preparing slide presentations, and presenting technical concepts to multi-disciplinary teams

• Creative problem solving, with experience in failure analysis, root cause investigation, and DOE creation

• Detail orientated and capable of handling multiple assignments at once

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters degree in mechanical engineering or similar field

• Fluent in Unigraphics NX including surfacing tools, statistical software (JMP)

• Experience working through entire product cycle including shipping product experience

• Experience in cross functional environment taking products through development cycle from concept to production bring up.

• Consumer electronics knowledge in a majority of these disciplines: industrial design, optics and lenses, cameras, sensors, displays, PCBs and flexes, silicon, antennas, batteries, thermals, mechanisms

• Experience collaborating with Asian manufacturing facilities, specifically in high-volume mass production

• Experience designing wearable consumer electronics for fit, comfort & ergonomics

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.