Manufacturing Design Engineer - Equipment Design (Robotics)
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We are looking for an Equipment Design MDE to help drive automation activities (including machine vision and robotics) for key manufacturing processes in the enclosure and module spaces.
The role is responsible for working with process engineers in crafting, developing, and manufacturing prototype and mass production capable equipment to develop and validate new process architectures and tackle sophisticated product design challenges. The candidate will work internally with our process teams and with outside equipment manufacturers to build fully automated novel equipment from the concept/architecture stage through mass production (MP), with a focus on back-end display module integration.
We are looking for an individual in this role that will serve as a focal point of equipment design innovation, enabling scalable processes and achieving novel product designs, with outstanding Apple product qualities.
- Develop new equipment architectures to enable novel process solutions across various Apple products
- Drive EQ innovations from concept to MP through concurrent efforts of internal EQ design & testing and synchronized engagement with external EQ suppliers
- Perform EQ DFMEA standard methodologies and lead DFM reviews with vendors to develop reliable, high-performance and lost-cost manufacturing process equipment
- Conduct detailed data collection and EQ capability analysis through modeling or empirical testing for EQ architecture down-selection
- Lead root cause & failure analysis and improvement path identification for issues related to new EQ technologies
- Provide early and ongoing manufacturing leadership to ensure new process is scalable for mass production
- Multi-functional interaction with Product Design, Display Engineering, Display Operations, and international vendors
- Drive EQ, component or integration vendors on technology development and implementation, failure or issue resolution, and cost-effective scale up for mass production
- Keep tabs on relevant industrial equipment and process manufacturing technology trends; evaluate and assess new EQ suppliers
- Consistent domestic travel required (~30%)
- 5+ years of professional experience working on automation and robotics applications for mass production applications
- Expertise with one or more brands (ABB, KUKA, Fanuc etc.) six-axis industrial robots, their textual programming languages (RAPID, KRL, Karel etc.), and their offline programming (OLP) packages (RobotStudio KUKA.Sim, Roboguide etc.), or equivalents.
- Extensive experience using CAD to review and design mechanical components and assemblies, and create proper engineering part drawings using GD&T practices.
- Expertise with PLCs (Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Beckhoff, Siemens, Allen-Bradley, etc.) and various PLC programming languages including Ladder Diagram, Structured Text and Function Block Diagram.
- Experience working overseas with international supply chains and contract manufacturers.
- Key experience in below areas:
- Robot selection & programming
- Feeding systems/ singulation systems
- Part loading/ unloading
- Robot simulations / Digital twins
- Safety guarding/ safety integration
- Consumable management
- HMI programming/ HMI experience