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Product Design Engineer - iPhone

Apple· Hardware
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Hybrid (San Diego, California), India$142.3k - $263.3kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Apple is seeking a Product Design Engineer with strong mechanical design skills to lead projects, build prototypes for design validation, and drive failure analysis. The role involves on-site work at contract manufacturers in India to enable product scale, collaboration with Asia vendors and internal Apple teams, and delivering design solutions under tight schedules.

Responsibilities

  • Design of tight tolerance components for prototype systems
  • Development of test infrastructure
  • Characterization of components and assembly processes
  • Build prototypes for design validation
  • Drive failure analysis
  • On-site work at contract manufacturers within India to implement and integrate iPhones to enable product at scale

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of mechanical design experience using a variety of fabrication processes
  • 3+ years of consumer electronics design experience demonstrating ability to work on complex products with large multidisciplinary teams
  • Solid understanding of engineering fundamentals (heat transfer, mechanics of materials, precision fabrication)
  • Understanding of tight-tolerance fabrication and assembly techniques, mechanical drawing composition (functional dimensioning and tolerance stack-up analysis)
  • Experience in Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA) and statistical tolerance analysis techniques
  • Strong proficiency in Siemens NX (components, assemblies and drawings)
  • Experience with metrology and interpreting/deriving insights from FAI data
  • Experience working with electrical engineers to layout and build custom PCBs/FPCs
  • Experience owning parts at various production stages and engaging with vendors to yield successful parts/assemblies
  • Bachelor’s or Masters degree in mechanical engineering or related discipline
  • Bachelors or Masters/PhD degree with a specialization in Mechanical/Aerospace/Mechatronics Engineering and 3+ years of related proven experience

Skills

Required:Mechanical designFabrication processesDFM/ DFATolerance analysisSiemens NX

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • retirement benefits
  • discounted products and free services
  • reimbursement for certain educational expenses (tuition)
  • discretionary bonuses or commission payments may be available
  • relocation assistance may be available
  • participation in Apple stock programs and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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Discover the innovative world of Apple and shop everything iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac, and Apple TV, plus explore accessories, entertainment, and expert device support.

Discover the innovative world of Apple and shop everything iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac, and Apple TV, plus explore accessories, entertainment, and expert device support.

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