Accessory Product Design Engineer
About the role
Apple is seeking a highly motivated Accessory Product Design Engineer to join a multi-functional design team. The role involves conceiving, designing, and bringing to life accessory products, collaborating with cross-functional teams, building prototypes, validating performance, and scaling designs through vendor and contract manufacturers. The position requires strong mechanical design fundamentals, effective communication, and the ability to manage multiple priorities on demanding schedules.
Responsibilities
- Mechanical design with 3D CAD and 2D drawings
- Building proof of concept prototypes
- Conducting technical analysis of design performance
- Creating and presenting slides overviewing technical work and design status
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to define requirements, evaluate tradeoffs, and achieve project goals
- Partnering with external vendors and internal teams to optimize designs for function, manufacturability, and cosmetics
- Reviewing test results, conducting failure analysis, and driving corrective actions
- Support module and system-level builds
- International travel up to 20%
Qualifications
- B.S. in mechanical engineering, Product Design, or comparable fields
- 1+ years experience in Product Design or equivalent
- Familiarity with 3D CAD and creating 2D drawings
- Fluency with mechanical engineering fundamentals
- Varied knowledge of materials and manufacturing methods
- Experience with building prototypes or fabricating parts
- Knowledge of descriptive and inferential statistics
- M.S. in mechanical engineering, product design, or comparable fields
- 3+ years of professional mechanical engineering or Product Design experience
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Proficiency in 3D CAD and creating 2D drawings
- Experience with design of consumer electronics, PCBs, and/or flexes
- Familiarity with high volume mass production processes and challenges
- Experience working and coordinating with different cross functional engineering disciplines
- Direct experience with injection molding, CNC, stamping, forming, and/or welding
- Capability with tolerance analysis and/or geometric tolerancing (GD&T)
- Experience working with overseas manufacturers
- Familiarity with finite element analysis (FEA)
Skills
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 as well as relocation option
- stock programs through discretionary employee stock units and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
About Apple
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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