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Accessories Product Design Engineer, Beats

Apple· Hardware
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Los Angeles$122.7k - $214.3kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Beats Accessories Product Design team seeks a product design engineer to conceive, design, test, and bring into production a diverse array of accessory products, collaborating across Industrial Design, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing, Reliability, Software, and Marketing to validate performance through mass production with a focus on customer experience.

Responsibilities

  • Design mechanical parts including plastic, metal, or softgoods parts
  • Collaborate with cross functional teams to understand and execute on critical integration and performance requirements
  • Create 2D technical drawings and review dimensional inspection reports
  • Perform engineering analysis (including basic mechanical finite element analysis) to ensure designs meet all requirements throughout the product lifecycle
  • Support factory builds and on-site development activities, including periodic international travel
  • Conduct failure analysis on failed units and determine corrective actions

Qualifications

  • 2+ years experience in product design, or equivalent
  • BS Mechanical Engineering
  • Demonstrated ability in plastic and metal part design
  • 3-D CAD skills
  • Experience in Design for Manufacturability (DFM), and Design for Assembly (DFA), statistical tolerance analysis techniques, and geometric tolerancing
  • Strong analytical/problem solving skills, experience selecting materials and manufacturing processes based on engineering requirements
  • Some experience with basic finite element analysis and general mechanical engineering analysis
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present technical concepts clearly to multi-disciplinary teams
  • Collaborative, detail-oriented, and driven to deliver with a high standard of quality
  • Flexibility and comfort working in a quickly changing environment
  • Ability to travel internationally (10%+)
  • Experience working with overseas manufacturers
  • Consumer electronics design experience
  • Fluent in Siemens NX
  • Hands-on prototyping experience (3D printing, CNC mills, lathes, or other fabrication methods)
  • Integration of wireless antenna (GSM, GPS, Wifi) into mechanical enclosures
  • Experience with component modules (Audio drivers, batteries, power supplies, camera modules, displays, inductive charging etc.)
  • MS Mechanical Engineering or equivalent

Skills

Required:2+ years product design experienceBS Mechanical Engineering3-D CADDFM and DFAGeometric tolerancing and statistical tolerance analysisFinite element analysisSiemens NXPrototyping methods (3D printing, CNC, etc.)

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 (possible)
  • relocation assistance (possible)
  • participation in Apple stock programs (RSU, Employee Stock Purchase Plan)
Last updated Sep 4, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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