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Core Technologies Supplier Quality Engineer

Yesterday Cupertino, CA

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At Apple, Quality is one of the cornerstones of what makes our products and technologies

great. Leading the team responsible for ensuring our customers receive the high quality and

reliability they expect in addition to enabling a design where quality is built in to scale large

volumes at capable suppliers is an incredibly challenging job requiring a broad array of

technical and management skills. You will engage early in development to enable new

technologies that goes across Apple Products.

Description

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Core Technology Quality Engineers are responsible for driving quality improvement actions

on future products. They enable a mass production capable manufacturing processes and

develop plans to validate / verify new product quality at each development landmark. They

approach problems in an engineering method and make data driven decision. Quality

Engineers also bring up capable suppliers which can execute at a high level in an ongoing

basis.","responsibilities":"Identify and drive quality improvement opportunities in future products

Lead Process FMEAs on new technologies and manufacturing processes

Lead technical Failure Analysis to support root cause analysis and issue resolution

Generate Product Quality Plan (PQP)

Establish quality monitoring mechanism which generate meaningful metrics providing indication of outgoing quality at all nodes in supply chain

Develop/Drive test correlation, metrology systems, sampling methods, cosmetics

requirements

Manage quality escalation and issues

Develop capable supplier that can be both technology and scaling partners

International Travel is required (up to 25%)

Preferred Qualifications

MS/MBA in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering or equivalent

Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Mandarin language

skills are a plus but not required

Finance/business acumen (understand cost drivers and derive costs associated with

managing quality)

Reliability methods and quality sampling methodologies

Third party production quality & process management experience

Experience working with customers

Project management experience

Minimum Qualifications

3+ years of industry experience in one or more of the following areas:

product development, enclosures, castings, plastic parts, glass parts,

injection molding, tooling, jigs, fixtures, or high-volume quality

manufacturing engineering (e.g. Automotive, Consumer Electronics,

Medical Devices, etc)

BS in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering or equivalent

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Client-provided location(s): Cupertino, CA
Job ID: apple-200615549-0836_rxr-658
Employment Type: OTHER
Posted: 2025-11-10T19:05:25

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Parental Benefits

      • Work Flexibility

        • Office Life and Perks

          • Vacation and Time Off

            • Financial and Retirement

              • Professional Development

                • Diversity and Inclusion

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