Apple
Product Design Engineer - iPhone
$129K–$225K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Sep 21, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of mechanical design experience and 3+ years of consumer electronics design experience.
About the job
Design and validate mechanical components and test infrastructure for iPhone prototypes, characterize components and assembly processes, and support product integration at contract manufacturers in India.
What you'll do
- Design tight-tolerance components for prototype systems and develop test infrastructure.
- Build prototypes for design validation, characterize components and assembly processes, and drive failure analysis.
- Work with multidisciplinary teams and vendors; support iPhone implementation and integration at contract manufacturers in India.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of mechanical design experience using a variety of fabrication processes.
- 3+ years of consumer electronics design experience on complex products with large multidisciplinary teams.
- Understanding of engineering fundamentals, including heat transfer, mechanics of materials, and precision fabrication.
- Understanding of tight-tolerance fabrication and assembly, mechanical drawings, DFM, DFA, and statistical tolerance analysis.
Nice to have
- Strong proficiency in Siemens NX; experience with metrology and FAI data.
- Experience with custom PCBs/FPCs, production-stage part ownership, and vendor engagement; bachelor’s or master’s degree in mechanical engineering or a related discipline.
Pay
$129,300 and $225,300 (base salary range)
Tools
Siemens NX, PCBs, FPCs
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