Manufacturing Design Engineer
Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Operations and Supply Chain
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Our Manufacturing Design Engineering team enables the mass creation of impossible products as a partner in the development of Apple's world-class designs. In this highly visible role, you will have the chance to create a significant impact on Apple Products and leave a footprint for years to come.
Description
In this highly visible role, you will manage selection, implementation & optimization of manufacturing processes for mechanical enclosure subassemblies for our legendary products.
Responsibilities include developing new manufacturing processes to enable future product designs, conducting DOEs to validate process capability, and qualifying processes for mass production.
You will utilize your Mechanical Engineering experience and work cross functionally with Product Design Engineering and Industrial Design to assess product features for manufacturability, and recommend capable production processes and equipment.
You will work closely with Cupertino-based MDEs in the development of above said processes.
Partner with Global Supply Managers to develop new equipment from RFQ through factory implementation, and manufacture and deliver material to downstream supply chain nodes on time and on cost.
You will work with Supplier Quality Engineers to drive yield improvement through analyses of part quality, defect pareto, and SPC.
A heavy emphasis will be on working with suppliers to define and refine mechanical tooling and fixtures, and establishing process capability and readiness.
Coordination of activities and direction through clear communication between the Asia and US-based teams, and vendors is a necessity.
You may audit supplier secondary processes and assembly processes as well as support product phase builds from prototype through ramp and mass production.
Provide leadership at manufacturing sites during development and product production ramp, and drive engineering issues to resolution
Use data to drive process decisions, basic data analysis, DOEs, SPC, etc.
Design best-in-class process based on cosmetic and drawing requirement, mapping out and document process flow and details which includes selecting processing equipments, designing corresponding fixtures/consumables/magazines/trays, initiating DOEs to find out the best machine setups, machining path and parameters, and finalizing the process solution from prototype stage to mass production stage.
Define part tolerance and specifications by demonstrating process capability to Product Designers and Industrial Designers
Own yield improvement actions and process change decisions based on statistical process control (SPC) data analysis.
Identify, research, develop, and qualify premier equipment manufacturers and suppliers
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering or related major. Master or Ph. D degree
- Good written and oral communication skills, fluent in English as a working language (verbal and written).
- On-site build support, willing to work from factories.
- Ability and willingness to work independently and travel frequently (mainly in Asia).
Key Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
- Ability to learn, implement and use SPC, JMP, GD&T tool to make data driven decisions, and AIML knowledge is a plus.
- A team player who is self-motivated, results oriented and detailed oriented.
- A standout teammate and self starter with innovation, integrity and attention to details.
- Hands-on experience and technical knowledge in fixture design and various production processes such as CNC (milling, lathing), forming (stamping, forging), surface finishing (polishing, blasting, lapping, anodization), coating (ink, paint), and assembly (gluing, laser welding, heat staking, ultrasonic welding).