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Product Design Engineer - iPad

Apple· Hardware
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Hybrid (San Francisco Bay Area, CA), Hybrid (Austin Metro Area, TX)$129.3k - $225.3kFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

In this highly visible role, you will utilize your mechanical design engineering skills to bring products to market, collaborating cross-functionally to refine and execute product vision, and ensuring fit, form, and function throughout the product life cycle.

Responsibilities

  • Negotiating and collaborating cross functionally with various departments, such as Industrial Design, Product Integrity, EE, Manufacturing, SW, and technology groups to refine and execute the vision for the product
  • Developing deep technical knowledge in areas outside your realm of expertise to understand other teams’ design constraints and craft creative solutions to technical problems
  • Collaborating with outside vendors and internal manufacturing experts to optimize designs for function, aesthetic, and manufacturability
  • Utilizing 2D and 3D CAD to communicate design intent and inspection requirements
  • Ensuring fit, form, and function throughout the life of the product through stress and tolerance analysis, DFMEA, prototyping, testing, and failure analysis.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
  • Ability to travel up to 15-20% max throughout the year.
  • Engineering Fundamentals: statics, strength of materials, material science, statistics.
  • Flexible design skills: tolerance analysis, design for assembly/manufacturability, electro-mechanical integration, simple fixture design, design for high volume manufacturing, developing initial product layouts, understanding of Statistical Process Controls (SPC), understanding of metrology (basic knowledge of measurement systems), mechanism design.
  • Experience designing mechanical components for high volume manufacturing - specifically injection molded parts, sheet metal components, die-cast and machined parts.
  • Excellent communication skills: both written and verbal, ability to clearly communicate design ideas, contribute to brainstorms.
  • High degree of motivation, curiosity, passion and creativity.
  • Design intelligence: mechanical intuition, creative problem solving, spatial reasoning, diligence in finding the best solution for each design challenge, attention to detail.
  • Computer aided design (CAD) Skills: 3D CAD experience required - NX preferred, 2D drafting and GD&T preferred.
  • Experience in the design cycle from concept through manufacturing a plus.

Skills

Required:2D and 3D CADDFMEATolerance analysisDesign for high volume manufacturingMechanism designCommunicationInjection molded parts design

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • retirement benefits
  • discounted products and free services
  • reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
  • discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation (role may be eligible)
  • employee stock programs (discretionary restricted stock unit awards; employee stock purchase plan)
Last updated Oct 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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