System Product Design Engineer

Summary

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Description

APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Product design of mechanical models for prototype development aided by computer. Integrate sensors and actuators for product validation. Analyze statistical data to drive and inform product features, correlations, etc. Use computer programming of user interfaces for intuitive product interaction. Assembly of prototypes for product testing and analysis. Execute guided development of product architectures that maximize product safety. Conduct empirical tests to validate product specifications. Engineer mechatronic solutions to improve user fit. Build specifications with product safety team to ensure the product design meets safety requirements. Build tools and test vehicles to validate designs to safety requirements. Invent new methods to achieve safety, and human fit through mechanical design. Design bio-representative human heads for safety impact testing.
40 hours/week. At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $173,540 - $225,300/yr and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

PAY & BENEFITS: Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits: https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html.
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience and/or education must include:
• Using Python, analyze video and images and perform computer vision based processing.
• Using UG NX CAD software, design complex and organic surfaces that mate to the human face and head.
• Using UG NX CAD software, create head mounted devices that can withstand head impacts associated with accidental trip & fall events
• Plan architectures for wearable sensors that measure human physiological response.
• Using Mechatronics, design a head mounted device with motorized adjustable fit
• Using hypothesis driven design; perform physical testing & analyze results to guide design through mechanistic and statistical outcomes
• Using Design for Manufacture, create precision mechanical test fixtures
• Using precision mechanical fixtures to perform measurements to correlate human and headform physical response

Preferred Qualifications

• N/A

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