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Manufacturing Optimization Engineer

Apple· Operations and Supply Chain
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Hybrid (Shenzhen / Suzhou)Full-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Role focused on developing manufacturing methods and measurement control plans for enclosure production at massive scale, leading continuous improvement across supplier factories with emphasis on quality, efficiency, and timely delivery.

Responsibilities

  • Target Setting: Collaborates multi-functionally to assess the current state of the plant’s operation, establish continuous improvement target, develops future state vision and implementation plan.
  • CI Project Implementation: Implements and monitors CI projects, and facilitates multi-functional team to drive breakthrough or best-in-class performance in equipment, people, quality, material flow and cost. Coach vendor teams to use tools such as 8D, 5S, Kaizen, Six-Sigma (DMAIC), VSM and SPC for process improvement.
  • CI Project Tracking and Reporting: Uses standard tracking and reporting systems, drives project performance, and assures accurate completion and achievement of process, quality and cost saving goals.
  • Efficiency Improvement: Performs analysis on equipment and work force utilization, space requirements, workflow and layout of equipment and workspace for maximum efficiency.
  • Lean Strategy: Support to form and implement a Lean strategy for selected major vendors, leads programs of benchmarking and VSM to drive improvement systemically cross projects and vendors, study critical areas impacting on productivity and yield such as man-machine coordination, robot efficiency and container design.
  • Supplier Coordination: Acts as liaison between supplier and internal departments, identifies barriers to project success and solicits help from champions when needed.
  • Best Practice Sharing: Coordinates multiple engineering projects and summary reporting, identifies and aims to implement model Lean lines/cells, and then extends to whole and other suppliers and projects.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or above in IE, or ME
  • Lean Six-Sigma certified and familiar with CI Tools
  • 3+ years experience in Lean production
  • Strong communication skills, proficient in Mandarin and English
  • Ability to travel domestic and internationally
  • Strong interpersonal, organizational, analytic and problem solving skills
  • Ability to interface effectively with all levels of employees, management and diverse audience, including suppliers and internal customers
  • Six-Sigma project experience as a plus
  • Knowledge of AI or ML adapt to manufacturing is a plus

Skills

Required:Continuous Improvement (CI)Lean Six-SigmaProject ManagementCommunication (Mandarin and English)Data Analysis
Last updated Aug 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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