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Description
Mechanical/ Enclosure components (such as the housing) define the look, feel and expression of Apple's globally recognized industrial and product design. Manufacturing Design Engineer (MDE) work in concert with operations, supply quality, and tooling as well as Apple's Product Design and Industrial Design teams. Together, these teams execute and scale both new and existing manufacturing processes, materials, technologies, finishes and form factors.

In this highly hands-on role, you will enjoy the key decision-making combined with the on-site problem solving and process set up for the best products in the world today. You will look after the process development, qualify the equipment and automation, set up the systems for state of art compose in a cosmetically fast paced environment.","responsibilities":"Own the secondary process development work of multi-type plastic / rubber / metal components of Apple products (CNC, Polishing, Welding, surface treatment, etc).
Design the secondary process based on cosmetic and drawing requirement, to be pioneer bringing up the new material, new process or surface finish mechanism, mapping out process flow, selecting processing equipments, crafting corresponding fixtures/automation, initiating DOEs to find out the best machine setups, cutters and coating process, mechanical polishing path and parameters, and finalizing the process solution from prototype to mass production, and finalizing the process solution.
Deeply involve in working on multiple customized processes in the scope of CNC, Polishing, PVD, Chemical Treatment, Sand Blasting, Anodizing, Cleaning, Laser etching, Welding, Automation, etc.
Work multi-functionally with Product Design to assess product features for manufacturability, and recommend capable production processes and equipments.
Work with Global Supply Managers to develop new equipment from RFQ through factory implementation, and manufacture and deliver material to downstream supply chain nodes on time and on cost.
Work with Manufacturing Quality Engineers to drive yield improvement through analysis of part quality, defect Pareto, and SPC.
Work heavily with suppliers to define and refine mechanical tooling and fixtures, and establishing process capability and readiness.
Coordination of activities and direction through clear communication between the Asia and US-based teams, and vendors is a necessity.
Critical business travel 50% (mainly in Asia area).

Preferred Qualifications
Experiences of process technical development including (or very familiar with some of) CNC, Polishing, Consumable Material Wheels/Sandpapers, Blasting Media, Chemical Treatment, Cleaning, Laser Application, Automation, etc.
Experiences in developing customized machine (non-standard machine) in consumer electronics industry, including the following areas (but not limited to): CNC machines, Polish equipment, Robot application, Cosmetic / Dimension Inspection equipments, Roughness and Texture Control, etc.
Understand clearly how to apply problem solving within experiments design, root cause analysis and statistical process control.
Working experience for Al/ML.
Good analytical skills, and capacity to reason on articulated issues.
A team player who is self-motivated, results oriented and detailed oriented. Ability to influence across multiple functional teams.
Flexibility to adapt dynamic and constantly evolving environments

Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor degree or above in Mechanical Engineering and / or relevant manufacturing work experiences.
5+ years of related manufacturing design experience, especially for consumer electronics products.
Skilled in GD&T, DOE, SPC.
Proficient English and Mandarin.

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