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Advanced Manufacturing Engineer, Portable

Apple· Operations and Supply Chain
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About the role

Manufacturing R&D role focused on solving complex manufacturing problems affecting final product cost, quality, and delivery for Desktop products. Provides technical leadership across vendors and sites, drives pre-production readiness, and develops/validates production processes and technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Technical lead for manufacturing operations at multiple vendors and sites.
  • Driving contract manufacturer preparation for pre-production builds.
  • Production process development, documentation, optimization and validation.
  • Development and implementation of new technologies to improve production quality, capacity and efficiency.
  • Sets standard practices and independently settles impact to design approaches and parameters to the final product.
  • Provides direction, mentorship and resources to other engineering groups and project leaders as well as factory technicians.
  • Act as lead engineer on a variety of projects and participates in the project planning of major sub-projects.
  • Performs assignments in several manufacturing engineering functions:
  • - Design for Manufacturability: Provide early and ongoing manufacturing involvement to ensure manufacturability of new products.
  • - Product Engineering: Works all phases of a product from concept to repeat manufacturing to end of life; provides production support engineering for complex testing methods, procedures and failure analysis.
  • - Process Engineering: Designs and develops technically complex processes to improve quality and efficiency.
  • - Failure/Data Analysis: Plans, develops and implements technically complex testing procedures; utilizes DOE and Six Sigma for data analysis; recommends product design changes and final assembly standards.
  • - Provide regular VP level communication of technical health of program.

Qualifications

  • BSME equivalent (MSME, MSIE desired), mechanical/electrical engineering focus.
  • Direct experience leading functional engineering teams (ME, EE, TE, DFX, etc.).
  • Understanding and tolerance stack-ups for assemblies and part level.
  • Experience introducing products into manufacturing or high-volume production preferred.
  • Excellent project management skills and matrix organization experience.
  • Proven bottom-line project management experience (Planning, Cost, Delivery).
  • Experience working with International OEM partners.
  • New product introduction and Manufacturing Operations experience desired.
  • Track record of cost reduction, project management, and engineering design.
  • Strong knowledge of GD&T a plus.
  • Working knowledge of pneumatics, servomotors, PLC and PC-based control systems a plus.
  • JMP, Minitab & Six Sigma experience a plus.
  • Coding skills and website front-end development a plus.
  • Effective communication in a worldwide environment; learning agility and attention to detail.
  • Ability to travel internationally up to 30%.

Skills

Required:Manufacturing process developmentDesign for ManufacturabilityProject management
Nice to have:GD&TDOE & Six Sigma
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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