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Thermal Manufacturing Quality Engineer

Apple· Operations and Supply Chain
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Shenzhen, SuzhouPosted 4mo ago

About the role

Thermal Module Quality Engineers lead multi-functional teams to identify and mitigate risks in thermal module manufacturing, driving qualification, failure analysis, and supplier-focused quality improvements to meet aggressive production schedules and high-performance specifications.

Responsibilities

  • Plan DOEs to resolve impacts on process capability and cell performance, summarize data findings, and implement changes to meet specification standards.
  • Drive qualification efforts in areas such as metrology, function inspection, and cosmetic quality during module assembly.
  • Perform failure analysis to understand thermal failure modes and implement preventive measures.
  • Lead quality-related functions for a program and serve as a project manager to push efforts at supplier locations.
  • Write, assess, and audit validation tests both internally and at the vendors.
  • Drive vendor process performance improvements through objective measurements using yield gap analysis.

Qualifications

  • MS degree in Mechanical/Materials/Data Engineering is required, MBA / PhD degree is a plus.
  • Experience with mechanical part development, design, and qualification
  • Knowledgeable about current state-of-art production processes of module assembly and inspection
  • Hands-on experience with performance characterization techniques and reliability testing
  • Experience developing processes quality plans, supplier quality deliverables, inspection solutions, and driving corrective actions/failure analysis efforts
  • Familiarity with GD&T practices, Metrology, PFMEA and tolerance analysis
  • Project management experience and a deep understanding of problem solving tools including design of experiments, FA, and statistical tools
  • Strong communication skills and passion to learn and adapt to a dynamic environment
  • Strong big data analysis skill with multiple tools like JMP/Python/Tableau
  • Knowledgeable about heat transfer theory, acoustics analysis, module assembly, stamping, CNC, testing, SMT, AL/ML will be a plus

Skills

Required:DOEs (design of experiments)MetrologyFailure analysisSupplier qualityGD&TProject managementData analysis
Nice to have:Thermal/module knowledge
Last updated Sep 18, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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