Apple
AirPods Product Design Engineer
$135K–$278K
Boulder, Colorado +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 15, 2026
- Location
- Boulder, Colorado
Cupertino, California - Experience
- 3+ years in product design, or equivalent.
- Education
- BS Mechanical Engineering
About the job
Designs, tests, solves problems, and brings AirPods products into production in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
What you'll do
- Conceive, design, test, and develop products for production.
- Integrate advanced components into new products.
- Collaborate with Industrial Design, Audio Engineering, Packaging, Safety, Hardware Engineering, EMC, Operations, and Marketing.
What they ask for
- Demonstrated ability in plastic and metal part design; 3-D CAD skills.
- Experience with DFM, DFA, statistical tolerance analysis, and geometric tolerancing.
- Analytical/problem-solving skills and some experience with basic finite element analysis and general mechanical engineering analysis.
- BS in Mechanical Engineering; ability to travel internationally (10%+).
Nice to have
- Experience with overseas manufacturers or consumer electronics design.
- Experience with wireless antenna integration, component modules, audio subsystem design, or an MSME.
Pay
USD 150,400–277,600 base salary; USD 134,700–249,500 base salary
Tools
3-D CAD, finite element analysis, GSM, GPS, Wifi
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