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Manufacturing Design Engineer- Soft Goods

Cupertino, California, United States
Operations and Supply Chain

Job Description

About the Role

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion

and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish.

The people here at Apple don’t just create products — they create the kind of wonder

that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas

that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing

technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the

world better than we found it.

Description

In this highly visible role, you will manage selection, implementation, optimization, and scale up of manufacturing processes for our legendary soft goods products. You will utilize your mechanical engineering experience and work across multi-functional teams in Product Design and Industrial Design to assess product features for manufacturability and recommend capable processes and equipment.

Minimum Qualifications

  • BS in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
  • 7+ years of experience supporting new product launches from a mechanical, tooling, or product development perspective.
  • Experience with mechanical fabricated parts or adhesives, glues, jigs, fixtures, tooling, injection molding, plastics experience is required.
  • Deep experience applying Design of Experiments (DOE), Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD\u0026T), and Statistical Process Control (SPC) techniques.
  • Experience leading suppliers’ technical team in the development and qualification of manufacturing process
  • Experience defining \u0026 executing mass production qualification requirements

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience solving complex mechanical or manufacturing challenges.
  • International experience, particularly in Asia.
  • Experience with highly cosmetic parts.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.

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First seen: August 28, 2026
Last updated: August 30, 2026