Manufacturing Design Engineer - Soft Goods

　　Santa Clara Valley (Cupertino),California,United States

　　Operations and Supply Chain

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　　Summary

　　Posted:Jan 16, 2024

　　Weekly Hours: 40

　　Role Number: 200534175

　　Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. The people here at Apple don’t just create products — they create the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it. In this highly visible role, you will manage selection, implementation, optimization, and scale up of manufacturing processes for our legendary soft goods products. You will utilize your mechanical engineering experience and work across multi-functional teams in Product Design and Industrial Design to assess product features for manufacturability and recommend capable processes and equipment.

　　Key Qualifications

　　Proven experience supporting new product launches from a mechanical, tooling, or product development perspective.

　　Experience with mechanical fabricated parts or adhesives, glues, jigs, fixtures, tooling, injection molding, plastics experience is required.

　　Deep understanding of DOE, GD&T, SPC techniques.

　　Experience leading suppliers’ technical team in the development and qualification of manufacturing process

　　Experience defining & executing mass production qualification requirements

　　Willingness to travel internationally to supplier sites.

　　International experience, particularly in Asia is a plus

　　Demonstrated hands-on mechanical ability.

　　Proven problem solving ability.

　　Excellent written and verbal interpersonal skills.

　　Experience with highly cosmetic parts a plus.

　　Description

　　You will employ your mechanical manufacturing background in the following areas: Planning, proposing, and leading experiments to produce timely and accurate analyses used to drive design, development, and supply chain decisions. Assessing the suitability of a fabrication technology for a given part design. Planning validation exercises to demonstrate initial feasibility as well as manufacturing capability. Analyzing results of validation exercises and provide technical recommendations. Evaluate and identify process opportunities/risks and drive mitigations plans to meet key program targets inclusive of cycle time, labor, space, and equipment. Reviewing progress of development activities at supplier locations and serve as point of escalation for critical process related issues. Acts as lead engineer to drive process development and capability assessment activities, reviewing part design documentation to ensure alignment with process capability. Assigns specific tasks and work with Apple suppliers to support process development and/or data gathering activities. Set clear goals for results and provide timely reviews of performance throughout program. Establish validation procedures to determine acceptance of tooling into development builds as well as mass production. Review supplier tool design, process flow, equipment selection, DFM, and DOE proposals. Identify shortfalls and corrective actions to ensure design compliance. Work with supplier engineering teams to map out process development exercises, secure resources, and commit to schedules in line with program goals. Assess supplier readiness to support build events and production ramp. Identify potential execution issues and provide recommendations to mitigate risk. Define and review line qualification criteria in collaboration with the supplier to scale up mass production to meet key production metrics. Review, lead, and assist maintaining product process flow, layout, and cycle time against project goals.

　　Education & Experience

　　BS in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering.

　　Additional Requirements

　　Pay & Benefits

　　At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $148,200.00 and $223,100.00, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.Learn more (https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html) about Apple Benefits.Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.Apple Footer

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