Manufacturing Design Engineer (MDE) Product Displays

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 theres no telling what you could accomplish. nnThe people here at Apple dont just create products they create the kind of wonder thats revolutionized entire industries. Its 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.

In this highly visible role you will be responsible for taking products from concept/brainstorm to mass production. You will manage full life cycle NPI responsible for selection and implementation of manufacturing processes of fixtures and assemblies in our retail research new materials technologies and suppliers to identify predict and mitigate issues early in the development cycle diving deep to understand roadblocks process capabilities to enable amazing designs and smooth ramps. Youll own creation of the entire manufacturing process from raw material to final assembly with an innate ability to focus where needed to enable program success. Create processes tooling equipment and quality systems to create product display fixtures that will surprise and delight our retail customers.

Interact with Industrial Design Product Design and Vendors to enable the most innovative display designs on the market. Coordination of activities between US-based teams and world wide teams/suppliers is a innovative solutions that enable Apples long term Environmental and Product goals including but not limited to post-consumer recycled materials fiber based materials lowering Apples environmental impact and closed-loop manufacturing life and steward prototyping processes to create initial mockups for review with design teams and then follow through with realization of them during product manufacturing.

3 years of full time mechanical manufacturing experience requiredn25% domestic and international travel required

Excellent written and oral communication skillsnPossess a tenacity and curiosity to solve seemingly impossible problemsnPast experience developing prototyping processes or manufacturing technology developmentnExperience in fixture design equipment design or manufacturing/process optimization a plusnExpertise in development or quality control of highly cosmetic components highly regardednDemonstrated ability to use and implement statistical and data analysis tools to cull sense from chaos to make data driven decisions where no one else saw the trendnAbility and willingness to work independently and travel (domestic international) frequentlynProven leader demonstrable on previous projects defining and closing all engineering tasks to meet objectives detailed oriented to cut to the root of problems and ability to learn quickly with little information or supportnnBS or MS degree in Material / Mechanical / Mechatronics Engineering or equivalent work experience.