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Product Design Engineer - Battery Cell

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Location
Cupertino, CA
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree, required

Job overview

The Product Design Engineer will join Apple’s Battery Cell Product Design Group, which develops the mechanical design of battery cells integrated into modules and products. The role contributes to embedded battery systems from system architecture through production ramp, collaborating with product development, operations, industrial design, reliability testing, and other teams to advance battery technologies and product experiences.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

3D CAD, requiredInnovative Design, nice to haveWritten Specifications, nice to haveTechnical Drawings, nice to haveTolerance Analysis, nice to haveManufacturing Process Development, nice to haveVendor Liaison, nice to haveProject Status Communication, nice to haveHigh-Volume Manufacturing, nice to haveAutomation, nice to haveWritten Communication, nice to haveVerbal Communication, nice to haveCross-Functional Collaboration, nice to have

Qualifications

BS in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or Related Field, requiredMS Degree, nice to have3+ Years Relevant Industry Experience, nice to have

Full job description

Role Number: 200692936-0836

Summary

Do you have a passion for invention and self-challenge? Do you thrive on pushing the limits of what’s considered feasible? As part of our Battery Engineering group, you’ll help craft creative battery solutions that deliver more energy in smaller spaces than ever before! You’ll work across subject areas to transform improved hardware elements into a single, integrated design. Join us, and you’ll help us innovate new battery technologies that continually outperform the previous iterations. By collaborating with other product development groups across Apple, you’ll push the industry boundaries of what batteries can do and improve the product experience for our customers across the world.

Description

The Battery Product Development team at Apple produces high-energy and highly reliable embedded battery systems for all product teams. Tightly integrated with Product Development, Operations, Industrial Design and Reliability Testing groups, we own battery module development from initial system architecture through ramp. The Battery Cell Product Design Group works within the Battery Product Development organization. We are responsible for the mechanical engineering design of our battery cells, which are integrated into battery modules and then into products.

Minimum Qualifications

  • BS degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or related field.

  • Experience with 3D CAD.

Preferred Qualifications

  • MS degree and 3+ years relevant industry experience.

  • Experience generating innovative designs with multi-functional teams, including detailed written specifications, drawings, and tolerance analyses.

  • Experience in the development of manufacturing processes with multi-functional teams and external vendors, acting as product development technical liaison among vendors.

  • Experience communicating the technical status of projects cross-functionally, including throughout the management structure.

  • Experience in of high-volume manufacturing processes and/or automation.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to interact with management, team members and external vendors.

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 7,319 open Mechanical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • California median$126–180K/yr960 salary ranges
  • California median$54–56/hr32 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,209 open Mechanical Engineer jobs in California and 7,319 across the US. 3% 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 (6,170 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 5,016 of the 7,319 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 12, 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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