Manufacturing Design Engineer- Soft Goods

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.

## Description

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.

## Minimum qualifications

BS in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.

7+ years of 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 experience applying Design of Experiments (DOE), Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T), and Statistical Process Control (SPC) techniques.

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

Experience defining & executing mass production qualification requirements

## Preferred qualifications

Experience solving complex mechanical or manufacturing challenges.

International experience, particularly in Asia.

Experience with highly cosmetic parts.

Strong written and verbal communication skills.