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Strategic Design Engineering, Global Supply Manager - Mechanicals

Apple· Hardware
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Los Angeles, CA$166.6k - $296k + bonusFull-timePosted 3d ago

About the role

Role within Apple’s Beats Organization focusing on strategic design engineering for mechanicals, guiding design for manufacturability and cost, and developing sustainable sourcing strategies. Collaborates with engineering, operations, and supplier partners to optimize cost, quality, and supply across ambitious timelines.

Responsibilities

  • Engage with engineering teams during early product development to influence architecture toward cost targets and evaluate alternatives.
  • Work with early development supplier partners to define overall architecture while balancing cost.
  • Investigate and propose alternative manufacturing processes, materials, designs, and suppliers to optimize cost for cross-functional partners.
  • Manage overall mechanicals cost BOM and drive cross-functional validation and implementation of cost-saving alternatives.
  • Collaborate with Ops to understand FATP/ downstream impacts of upstream design decisions and optimize with Engineering and suppliers.
  • Identify suitable supplier partners and develop strategy to ensure product quality, supply, and long-term cost-competitiveness under aggressive timelines.
  • Develop supplier relationships to align with strategic organizational needs.
  • Identify and drive special cost-related projects and scalable solutions across Apple products.
  • Liaise between cross-functional teams and operations-focused GSM teammates to support quality, capacity, and supply.

Qualifications

  • BS in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or related engineering field
  • Intimate knowledge / understanding of a typical stage/gate product development process
  • Strong technical background with ability to quickly understand product design and manufacturing processes, assembly and testing at scale
  • Factory experience in forming and finishing processes related to plastics, composites, and metal
  • FATP experience, ideally within consumer electronics
  • Deep expertise with “should cost” modeling and maintaining a costed BOM
  • Strong PM skills to manage wide and diverse activities with disparate stakeholders
  • Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills; able to work in multinational environments
  • Excellent soft skills; flexibility to adapt to dynamic environments
  • Ability to travel ~20% internationally, ~30% domestically
  • BSME, or equivalent; MBA a plus
  • Product design exposure with interest in designing for cost
  • Experience managing a costed BOM during early product architecture and identifying opportunities/risks
  • Experience working across functions and with suppliers; ability to influence cross-functional teams
  • Top-notch analytical skills; ability to toggle between detail-oriented and strategic thinking
  • Team lead experience guiding less experienced teammates in subject area

Skills

Required:Design for manufacturabilityCost modeling / should-costBOM managementProject managementSupplier relationship managementCross-functional collaborationCommunication / presentation

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • Retirement benefits
  • Discounted products and free services
  • Education reimbursement for career advancement (tuition)
  • Discretionary bonuses or commission potential and relocation eligibility
  • Apple shareholder programs via stock plans
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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