Product Design Engineer - Technical Lead
- Cupertino, CA
Summary
Posted: Dec 10, 2020
Weekly Hours: 40
Role Number: 200198245
Why Apple? At Apple our products begin with our people. By hiring a diverse team we drive creative thought. By giving that team everything they need we drive innovation. By hiring incredible engineers we drive precision. And through our collaborative process we create memorable experiences for our customers. These elements come together to make Apple an amazing environment for motivated people to do the greatest work of their lives. Why Softgoods? The Softgoods Engineering team works with textiles, leather, silicone and soft polymers. Our mission is to use these incredible materials to enhance Apple's existing product lines and to enable new technologies. Delivering extraordinary Apple products made of soft materials is an exciting challenge and requires a creative and open-minded approach. We are a hardworking team of people from a variety of backgrounds. We work together in two custom-made studios where we design, engineer and develop the best products in the world.
Key Qualifications
- Proven experience designing products
- Proficient in CAD
- Solid engineering fundamentals (beam bending, free body diagrams, GD&T, etc...)
- Ability to present technical concepts to multi-disciplinary teams
- Proven track record of creative product design
- BS in Mechanical Engineering or similar field
- Preferred skills and training:
- Experience leading and mentoring an engineering team
- Consumer product design
- Wide knowledge of basic engineering materials and manufacturing processes
- Creative problem solving, with experience in statistical analysis, failure analysis, root cause investigation, and design of experiments
- Experience with NX 3D CAD and surface modeling
- Experience designing products that use less typical engineering materials (i.e. wood, leather, ceramics, silicone, textiles, composites, environmentally friendly materials, etc)
- MS in Mechanical Engineering or other similar field
Description
We are looking for a motivated and experienced lead product design engineer. In this highly visible role, you will utilize your experience to define and develop a new category of Apple products. As a member of our collaborative, cross-functional design team, you will be working to seamlessly integrate electrical and mechanical components into softgoods to create products that are both innovative and functional. You will work closely with many groups, including a dedicated prototyping team, Industrial Design, Hardware Engineering, Operations, Packaging, Reliability, and Thermal In this role you will have the opportunity to define product architecture, work through the entire product design process, and ultimately ship products that will amaze and delight our customers.
Education & Experience
BS Mechanical Engineering or equivalent required
Additional Requirements
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