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Manufacturing Design Engineer- Soft Goods

Apple· Operations and Supply Chain
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Hybrid (Cupertino)$133.5k - $246.2kFull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Role focused on managing selection, implementation, optimization, and scale-up of manufacturing processes for Apple’s soft goods products, collaborating with Product Design and Industrial Design to ensure manufacturability and appropriate process/equipment selection.

Responsibilities

  • Process Development: Planning, proposing, and leading experiments to produce analyses for design, development, and supply chain decisions; Assessing fabrication technologies for part designs; Planning validation exercises to demonstrate feasibility and manufacturing capability; Analyzing results and providing technical recommendations.
  • New Product Introduction: Acts as lead engineer to drive process development and capability assessment; Review part design documentation for process capability; Assign tasks with Apple suppliers and set goals; Establish validation procedures for tooling in development and mass production.
  • Supplier Execution: Review supplier tool design, process flow, equipment selection, DFM, and DOE proposals; Identify shortfalls and corrective actions; Map out process development exercises with supplier teams; Assess supplier readiness for build events and production ramp; Recommend risk mitigation.

Qualifications

  • BS in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field
  • 7+ years of experience supporting new product launches from a mechanical, tooling, or product development perspective
  • Experience with mechanical fabricated parts or adhesives, glues, jigs, fixtures, tooling, injection molding, plastics
  • Deep experience applying DOE, GD&T, and SPC techniques
  • Experience leading suppliers’ technical team in development and qualification of manufacturing process
  • Experience defining & executing mass production qualification requirements
  • Experience solving complex mechanical or manufacturing challenges
  • International experience, particularly in Asia
  • Experience with highly cosmetic parts
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

Skills

Required:Process DevelopmentDesign of Experiments (DOE)Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)Statistical Process Control (SPC)Supplier Management

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • Retirement benefits
  • Discounted products and free services
  • Tuition reimbursement for education related to advancing your career
  • Discretionary bonuses or commission payments (possible)
  • Relocation (possible)
  • Apple shareholder participation through discretionary stocking programs
Last updated Aug 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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