As an Apple Mechanical Engineering Manager you will lead and the evaluation of wide variety of devices, equipment and systems in our focused lab environments and in our data centers. The key objective is to innovate or refine our test environments, evaluate and characterize systems, with the goal of improving a concept, product, service, methods and procedures. ResponsibilitiesLead innovation and collaboration in designing or improving evaluation environments, test fixtures and systems for new technologiesLead team members in defining project requirements, risks, effort and scheduleLead transportation and vibration analysisCreate or manipulate CAD 3D models for use with CFD, FEA, or other modeling and simulation toolsCorrelate lab data to model results, and collaborate findings to cross functional teamsConduct design validation of device or system to requirements, analyze and collaborate results across Apple development groups Contribute to our global body of knowledge and drive a cycle of continuous improvement at a global scaleSupport Data Center Operations including failure mode and root cause analysis, maintenance / troubleshooting support, and procedure review for both mechanical and electrical issues