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Apple Mechanisms System Product Design Engineer United States, California, San Diego 188329396
08.06.2025
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As a mechanisms engineer, you will be given ownership over mechanism modules/subsystems within the product and will be responsible for the analysis, assembly, and reliability of these parts. You will engage in frequent multi-disciplinary collaboration with teams like Electrical Engineering, Reliability, Testing, DFM, SW, Industrial Design, Project Management, Materials, Manufacturing, Ergonomics and more.
- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical or Mechatronics or Robotics Engineering
- 6+ years of hands-on, detailed product design or mechanisms design experience
- Must have experience designing mechanisms, actuated systems, and machines
- Knowledge in a majority of these disciplines: mechanisms, motors, actuators, linkages, sensors, PCBs and flexes, thermals
- Strong design and analysis skills including CAD design, FEA analysis, GD&T, tolerance analysis, DFM etc.
- Practical experience working through DFM challenges with external vendors
- Experience with vendor FAI/CPK dimensional reports
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) including emails, preparing slide presentations, and presenting technical concepts to multi-disciplinary teams
- Creative problem solving, with experience in complex failure analysis, root cause investigation, and DOE creation
- Master’s degree in mechanical engineering or similar field
- Fluent in Unigraphics NX including surfacing tools, statistical software (JMP), MacOS
- Solid understanding of the design, selection and sizing of passive or active/electro-mechanical components including motors and sensors
- Experience working through entire product cycle including shipping product experience especially in consumer electronics space
- Ability to conceptualize, design and build test fixtures to validate designs
- Robust understanding of science of tribology (friction, wear, lubrication) and setting up test/characterization, and validation of mechanisms
- Experience leading teams through product development cycle from concept development to production bring up.
- Detail orientated and capable of handling multiple assignments at once
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
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