Core Technologies Quality Engineer

San Diego, California, United States
Operations and Supply Chain

Summary

Posted:
Weekly Hours: 40
Role Number:200547908
Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. The people here at Apple don’t just build products — they craft the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries! It’s 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! At Apple, Quality is one of the cornerstones of what makes our products and technologies phenomenal. Leading the team responsible for ensuring our customers receive the high quality and reliability they expect, in addition to enabling a design where quality is built in to scale large volumes at capable suppliers, is an exceptionally meaningful job requiring a broad array of technical and leadership skills. You will engage early in development to enable new technologies that go across Apple Products.

Description

Core Technology Quality Engineers are responsible for driving quality improvement actions on future products. They enable a mass production capable manufacturing processes and develop plans to validate / verify new product quality at each development landmark. They approach problems in an engineering method and make data driven decision. Quality Engineers also bring up capable suppliers that can execute at a high level on an ongoing basis. - Identify and drive quality improvement opportunities in future products - Lead Process FMEAs on new technologies and manufacturing processes - Lead technical Failure Analysis to support root cause analysis and issue resolution - Generate Product Quality Plan (PQP) - Establish quality monitoring mechanism which generates insightful metrics, providing indication of outgoing quality at all nodes in supply chain - Develop/drive test correlation, metrology systems, sampling methods, cosmetics requirements, and more - Lead quality escalation and issues - Develop suppliers that can be both technology and scaling partners - International Travel is required (up to 25%)

Minimum Qualifications

  • 8+ years experience in a technical domain, high volume manufacturing, or development of consumer electronics or components
  • BS in Mechanical, Electrical, Materials Science or Industrial Engineering or equivalent

Key Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

  • MS in Mechanical, Electrical, Materials Science or Industrial Engineering or equivalent
  • Strong statistical and data analytics skills - statistical process control and sampling methods
  • Data driven and results oriented approach to problem solving, failure analysis techniques
  • Clear and consistent communication, including executive level presentation skills and ability to drive multi-functional teams
  • Knowledge of Quality Systems, Design of Experiments, Reliability Methods/Models

Education & Experience

Additional Requirements

Pay & Benefits

  • Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.