Material Characterization Engineer, Packaging Product Design

When was the last time you enjoyed a box as much as the product inside At Apple every customer interaction is an opportunity for surprise and delight! This philosophy extends beyond the product to its packaging where every detail is thoughtfully Packaging Product Design team is a diverse group of people responsible for the design and execution of structural packaging for every Apple product shipped to customers around the world. Our packaging delivers an outstanding unboxing experience protects products throughout the shipping environment and advances Apples sustainability goals. We collaborate with a wide range of teams including Industrial Design Marketing Environmental and Operations throughout the design process.

We are seeking people who approach problem-solving with passion creativity and curiosity. Apples approach to packaging is unique so we value people who are eager to learn and further develop their knowledge of packaging design manufacturing processes and sustainable materials. We welcome fresh perspectives from outside the standard packaging industry to drive this role you will build the link between material properties and how our packaging performs. You will identify and bring focus to the material properties that drive critical performance test materials and parts to failure to measure true design margin and turn the results into models and specifications that help teams focus early on what matters most. Our core material areas are fiber-based materials adhesives and coatings.

Identify the material properties that drive critical packaging performance applying processing structure and property fundamentalsnPlan and execute material- and part-level characterization and failure analysis across environmental conditions including test-to-failure methods both in-house and with vendors and partner labsnDefine failure criteria and design margin using FMEA to prioritize high-risk failure modes and critical tests and help teams translate them into material and part specificationsnDesign trial plans and build correlation models that link material properties to part and packaged-product performance partnering with FEA teams on material model developmentnDevelop test fixtures test systems and new test methods and promote adoption of the characterization and correlation methodology across project teams

BS in Materials Science and Engineering Polymer Science Fiber Science Chemical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering with strong materials science knowledgen6 years of relevant industry experiencenSolid knowledge of materials science fundamentals including how processing and structure drive properties and performance with hands-on experience in mechanical and physical material testing and failure analysisnProficiency in trial design and statistical analysis using JMP or equivalent statistical softwarenExcellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to present technical details succinctly in a team-based environmentnAbility to travel up to 20% including internationally

MS or PhD in Materials Science and Engineering Polymer Science Fiber Science Chemical Engineering or Mechanical EngineeringnExperience with fiber-based materials adhesives or coatingsnExperience with accelerated aging methods and packaging test standards such as ASTM TAPPI and ISTAnWorking knowledge of analytical techniques to characterize materials (e.g. SEM FTIR and DSC)nAdvanced data analysis and modeling skills (e.g. regression machine learning) using tools such as Python or MATLAB and exposure to finite element analysis (e.g. Abaqus)