Manufacturing Design Engineer

Apple

3.7

(120)

Shenzhen, China

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    Position summary

    endary products! You will have direct frequent communication and collaboration with Apple Industrial Design, Product Design, Manufacturing Design and worldwide suppliers. You will utilize your manufacturing background in the following areas: PROCESS DEVELOPMENT: - Utilize Mechanical Engineering experience and work cross functionally with Product Design Engineering and Industrial Design - Assess mechanical designs and relate design goals to process, equipment, and material requirements to evaluate a set of options to tackle difficult manufacturing problems. - Develop new manufacturing processes to enable future product design and conducting DOEs to validate process capability. - Plan validation exercises to demonstrate process feasibility and capability - Plan, propose, and lead experiments to produce analyses used to drive design, development, and supply chain decisions - Review progress of development activities at supplier locations and serve as point of escalation for critical process related issues NEW PRODUCT INTRODUCTION: - Acts as lead engineer to drive process development and capability assessment activities, reviewing part design documentation to ensure alignment with process capability - Assign 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 processes into development builds as well as mass production SUPPLIER EXECUTION: - 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. Apple's most important resource, our soul, is our people. Apple benefits help further the well-being of our employees and their families in meaningful ways. No matter where you work at Apple, you can take advantage of our health and wellness resources and time-away programs. We're proud to provide stock grants to employees at all levels of the company, and we also give employees the option to buy Apple stock at a discount - both offer everyone at Apple the chance to share in the company's success. You'll discover many more benefits of working at Apple, such as programs that match your charitable contributions, reimburse you for continuing your education and give you special employee pricing on Apple products. Apple benefits programs vary by country and are subject to eligibility requirements. 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 is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. Apple is a drug-free workplace.

    Minimum Qualifications

    • 5+ years experience in below areas:

    • Supporting new product launches from manufacturing engineering

    • Or product development perspective

    • Or specific engineering manufacturing process

    • Education: MSME/BSME or equivalent

    • Fluent English communication required. Chinese is considered as a plus

    Preferred Qualifications

    • Experience with fabricating parts or jigs, fixtures, cutters, tooling, injection molding, casting, plastics, laser, adhesives, automation, machine shop (CNC, mills, lathes)
    • Proven understanding of DOE, GD&T, SPC and mechanical fabrication techniques
    • Excellent verbal/written communication and presentation skills
    • Self-motivated and enthusiastic with demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities
    • Collaborative and able to fit in well with a team, understand capabilities and priorities while fostering a team environment
    • Frequent China domestic, India & Vietnam travel required
    • Engineering management or program management background is considered a plus
    • Project management experience and a deep understanding of problem solving tools including design of experiments, root cause analysis and statistical process control principles preferred
    • NX, SolidWorks or other CAD software experience
    • Vendor/factory management experience

    Why you should apply for a job to Apple:

  • 66% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
  • 66% say the CEO supports gender diversity
  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • Company commitment that women earn the same as men performing similar work includes no salary history disclosure policy.
  • Apple University creates classes, seminars, and tools to help employees understand Apple’s culture, organization, and values.
  • Whether you donate time or money, Apple will match charitable contributions up to $10,000 a year.