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Manufacturing Quality Engineer

Apple· Operations and Supply Chain
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ShenzhenPosted 3d ago

About the role

Hands-on quality engineering role focused on development, quality tools, and systems for state-of-the-art cosmetic consumer electronics designs in a fast-paced environment. Responsible for quality planning, supplier quality management, and cross-functional collaboration to uphold Apple’s quality standards.

Responsibilities

  • QUALITY PLANNING
  • Apply a deep understanding of quality control and manufacturing concepts to handle the development of specific Product Quality Plans (PQP) significant for program and commodity;
  • Evaluate and communicate the yield of new and existing processes;
  • Drive corrective actions transversally with team members;
  • Develop and implement innovative quality inspection tools;
  • Identify and direct studies to implement improvements in measuring method where appropriate;
  • Establish audit procedures appropriate to program and supplier to ensure Apple quality standards are applied;
  • Work with internal and external groups to ensure that accurate definition of quality expectations and that appropriate assurance techniques are used for the product.
  • SUPPLIER QUALITY MANAGEMENT
  • Assess supplier production control and quality programs, identify shortfalls to expectation, and directly secure agreement for corrective actions to take;
  • Review PQP with supplier and other Apple functional groups to optimize supplier quality programs;
  • Evaluates supplier readiness and adequacy to PQP at all development and qualification stages;
  • Handle each supplier's performance through measurement of production line statistics, company inspections, and audits. Prepare summary of performance and communicate to appropriate management.

Qualifications

  • Master or Bachelor degree is required. Data and Engineering related or MBA will be a plus;
  • Experienced in the creation of quality plans, building test and measures, validating them, and make corrections;
  • Proficiency in Mandarin and English is required.
  • Understand clearly how to apply problem solving within experiments design, root cause analysis and statistical process control;
  • Experienced a large number of cosmetic and dimensional issues in components and/or finished products in consumer electronic industry;
  • Experience in die castings, injection molding, tooling, jigs, fixtures, or quality manufacturing engineering in big numbers; experience in mechanical enclosures is a plus;
  • Knowledge on data mapping and analysis with statistical tools;
  • Experience in developing & application of quality solutions with machine learning algorithms;
  • Knowledge on quality and reliability, experience with GD&T and Failure Analysis;
  • Experience in coordinating with suppliers and contract manufacturers;
  • Good analytical skills, and capacity to reason on articulated issues.

Skills

Required:Quality PlanningSupplier Quality ManagementProblem Solving / Root Cause AnalysisStatistical Process ControlGD&T and Failure AnalysisData Mapping / Data AnalysisCosmetic/Dimensional Issue ResolutionCommunication with Suppliers/CMs
Nice to have:Machine Learning in Quality

Benefits

Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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