Apple
Product Design Engineering Lead - Beats
$205K–$325K
Cupertino, California +1 · Full-time · Posted Jul 31, 2026
- Location
- Cupertino, California
Los Angeles, California - Experience
- 8+ years; preferred qualification also states M.S. or Ph.D. and 6+ years of job experience.
- Education
- BS; preferred: M.S. or Ph.D.
About the job
Leads mechanical product design for Beats accessories from early concepts through prototyping, manufacturing builds, and mass production.
What you'll do
- Define concepts and detailed mechanical designs, collaborating across teams and ensuring manufacturing and reliability needs are met.
- Validate designs through tolerance, FEA, and failure analysis; integrate mechanical designs with product subsystems.
- Oversee builds with contract manufacturers in China, support production ramp, and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- BS.
- 8+ years of mechanical/product design experience; ideally in consumer electronics or similarly complex hardware.
- Track record shipping at least one high-volume consumer product from concept to mass production.
- Strong CAD and FEA skills; knowledge of metal and plastic manufacturing, DFM/DFA, GD&T, tolerance analysis, reliability methods, and China-based contract manufacturing.
Nice to have
- M.S. or Ph.D. and 6+ years of job experience in Product Design, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
- Acoustic or RF/antenna co-design, industrial design collaboration or human factors, or SPC and yield analysis experience.
Pay
$216,200 and $324,800 (base pay); $205,400 and $308,500 (base pay)
Tools
SolidWorks, Creo, NX, ANSYS, Abaqus, FEA, GD&T, SPC
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