Manufacturing Design Engineer: Precision at Scale

Austin, Texas, United States Operations and Supply Chain How do you build a great idea? With more great ideas — the kind of thinking that transforms the work of our industrial designers into the devices that enrich the lives of our customers. Join this team to develop manufacturing engineering solutions that deliver our products with outstanding precision at an unprecedented scale. You’ll help design and customize equipment, build manufacturing processes, refine tooling, identify suppliers, and work with key operations partners to optimize capacity and cost — without losing sight of our incredibly high standards for quality! Description Global Supply Manager: Apple GSMs own the commercial relationship with our enclosure manufacturing partners and are responsible for cost negotiations, continuity of supply, risk management, driving operational and cost efficiencies through process or design change, as well as overall project execution. GSMs sit at the intersection of Apple\u2019s business activities and engineering communities, balancing the needs of both groups to ensure successful product launches. Enclosure components (such as the housing) define the look, feel and expression of Apple’s globally recognized industrial and product design. GSMs work in concert with operations, manufacturing quality, and manufacturing design engineers as well as Apple’s Product Design and Industrial Design teams. Together, these teams execute and scale both new and existing manufacturing processes, materials, technologies, finishes and form factors. Manufacturing Design Engineer: The Apple Manufacturing Design Engineer (MDE) is accountable for leading the development and implementation of high precision mechanical manufacturing processes across Apple’s worldwide supply base. In this highly visible hands-on role, you will have direct frequent communication and collaboration with Apple Industrial Design, Product Design, and Manufacturing Design partners, as well as our worldwide suppliers. The MDE role brings creativity to Apple’s manufacturing approach, enabling us to deliver our best work to as many customers as possible. You will be part of a collaborative environment contributing to the creation, evaluation, and implementation of end-to-end manufacturing solutions for Apple\u2019s hardware enclosures. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders in Quality Engineering, Global Supply Management, Product Design, and Industrial Design to ensure our manufacturing solutions meet product quality, cost, yield, capacity, schedule, and environmental goals. Manufacturing Design Program Manager: The Manufacturing Design Program Manager (MDPM) is responsible for managing and guiding development activities of highly skilled process development, operations, and quality teams within Apple’s Manufacturing Design group. The MDPM leads the team to develop processes for building extraordinary products from existing and new ideas based on business needs. The MDPM should possess a blend of business and technical knowledge, allowing for big-picture vision and the ability to dive deep into specific challenges. MDPM team members operate autonomously, demonstrate strong leadership capabilities, and juggle competing priorities with ease. Manufacturing Quality Engineer: Manufacturing Quality Engineers work in tandem with Apple\u2019s world-class designers to develop measurement technologies, control strategies, information systems, and manufacturing methods that achieve visionary specifications at massive production scale. We lead a network of supplier factories worldwide, with responsibility for our partners\u2019 delivery to aggressive schedules. Our focus is on elegant execution of extraordinary designs, resulting in products that thrill our customers. New Product Operations Program Manager: We are the primary operations interface to the core product development team and Module Engineering team within Apple. As the owner of the program, through direct involvement and/or influence, you will ensure the successful launch of the product towards meeting its stated Cost, Quality, Schedule, Availability and Customer Experience goals. New Product Operations is pivotal to the dynamic development and launch of Apple’s products. We are a team of driven, organized and detail-oriented individuals who excel in program management. Software Engineer: The Manufacturing Design team enables the mass production of Apple\u2019s entire product line from iPhones, iPads, and MacBooks to the Mac Pro, AppleTV, Apple Watch and Vision Pro. The applications we build are used daily by the people at Apple that design our products along with those that figure out how to make them at scale. This includes; Manufacturing Design Engineers, Product Designers, Mechanical Engineers, Quality Engineers, Supply Chain Managers, along with our Suppliers. We work closely with them to design and architect the best solutions for the challenges faced when making the highest quality hardware products. Subject Matter Expert: The Apple Subject Matter Expert (SME) is accountable for driving the development of manufacturing processes across Apple’s worldwide supply base. As the expert technical member of the Manufacturing Design Team, you will have direct frequent communication and collaboration with Apple Industrial Design, Product Design, Manufacturing Design partners and worldwide suppliers. You will investigate and develop solutions to overcome ambitious technical tasks that require non-standard manufacturing approaches. Tooling Engineer: Apple’s Tooling Engineers lead the development of new plastic injection tooling projects and metal tooling processes in effort to meet a wide range of product performance and cosmetic requirements. We act as the interface between our product design groups and our suppliers, and drive development of extraordinary plastic molding and metal forming tooling and processes at our supply base. Minimum Qualifications Qualifications will vary by role Experience in manufacturing, engineering, quality, process development, program management or supply chain management Ability to use data to solve problems and make products Proven track record of delivering on challenging projects with tight deadlines while managing multiple priorities and stakeholders Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex ideas to peers, stakeholders and leaders Preferred Qualifications Qualifications will vary by role This posting is not for a specific job opening and by submitting your resume you are expressing interest in being contacted about this type of role at Apple in the future. Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. 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