Apple
Hardware Product Design Engineer - Mac Engineering
$150K–$278K
Austin, Texas +1 · Full-time · Posted Feb 24, 2026
- Location
- Austin, Texas
Cupertino, California - Experience
- 3+ years of experience in a mechanical engineering role.
- Education
- BS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
About the job
Designs and develops Mac hardware products by creating concepts, prototypes, and tests, then refining designs for performance, appearance, and manufacturability through production.
What you'll do
- Collaborate with design and engineering teams to refine and execute product designs; develop layouts, concepts, prototypes, and tests.
- Work with vendors and manufacturing teams to optimize designs for function, cosmetics, and manufacturability.
- Perform stress, tolerance, and failure analysis throughout the product lifecycle; travel to assembly sites in Asia for factory builds, up to 20%.
What they ask for
- BS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
- Fundamentals in solid mechanics, material science, heat transfer, mechanism design, and manufacturing.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including communicating design ideas and contributing to brainstorms.
- Genuine curiosity, collaboration, and receptiveness to feedback.
Nice to have
- Experience in consumer electronic design.
- Experience in designing for mass production; a sense of ownership.
Pay
$150,400 and $277,600 USD (base salary)
Tools
injection molded, die cast, sheetmetal, machined parts, computer aided design, statistical process control
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