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Health Sensing PD - Mechanical Engineer (Optics)

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

The Health Sensing Product Design team seeks an experienced mechanical engineer to develop the next generation of health sensors. The engineer will lead end-to-end design, development, and validation of health sensing technology, generate and validate design concepts, and provide engineering analysis and documentation. The role works closely with cross-functional teams to bring products to life and seeks familiarity with sensor-related manufacturing technologies.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

3D CAD2D DrawingsGD&TMechanical Engineering FundamentalsMechanics of MaterialsHeat TransferDFMDFAMoldingMachiningOptomechanical PackagingStatistical TechniquesData AnalysisTolerance AnalysisWritten CommunicationVerbal CommunicationHealth SensingOptical SensingSiemens NXFEAMultiphysics ModelingStructural ModelingThermal ModelingOptical ModelingMass Production

Qualifications

10 Years Relevant Industry ExperienceBachelor's Degree

Full job description

Role Number: 200693313-3401

Summary

The Health Sensing Product Design team is seeking an experienced mechanical engineer to build the next generation of health sensors. Our sensors change how people interact with their technology and help them understand and improve their health.

As a member of the team, you will play a key role in specifying, developing, characterizing, and validating the mechanical design of our world-class health sensing systems. You will be working closely with cross functional teams to bring Apple products to life.

We are looking for a self-driven individual who approaches challenging problems with creativity, communicates complex topics with clarity, and has an genuine passion for health and wellness. You should be familiar with product manufacturing technologies related to sensors.

Your work will be in the hands of millions of people making a meaningful difference in their daily lives.

Description

You will lead the end-to-end design, development, and validation of health sensing technology in Apple’s portfolio of products. You will work with our talented multidisciplinary team to generate and validate design concepts, and as the mechanical expert you will be responsible for engineering analysis and documentation for your piece of the project.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Proficiency in 3D CAD, 2D drawings (GD&T)

  • Strong grasp of mechanical engineering fundamentals, such as mechanics of materials and heat transfer

  • Experience applying Design for Manufacturability (DFM) & Design for Assembly (DFA) in high volume production

  • Practical experience with a range of manufacturing technologies (molding, machining, optomechanical packaging)

  • Experience applying statistical techniques in data analysis and tolerance analysis

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

  • BS and a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience

Preferred Qualifications

  • Direct experience in health and optical sensing

  • Proficiency in Siemens NX

  • Proficiency in FEA and/or multi-physics modeling (e.g., structural, thermal, optical)

  • End-to-end experience taking new technology from concept through mass production

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 7,598 open Mechanical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • California median$129–180K/yr1,045 salary ranges
  • California median$45–55/hr40 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,325 open Mechanical Engineer jobs in California and 7,598 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Mechanical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 6,316 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 5,245 of the 7,598 open Mechanical Engineer jobs (69%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 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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