Senior Equipment Design Engineer

6 days ago


Cupertino, California, United States Apple Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Equipment Design Engineer to join our Panel Process and Optics (PPO) Engineering team at Apple. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for designing and developing novel equipment architectures to enable new process solutions across various Apple products.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop new equipment architectures to enable novel process solutions across various Apple products
  • Drive equipment innovations from concept to mass production through concurrent efforts of internal equipment design & testing and synchronized engagement with external equipment suppliers
  • Perform equipment Design for Manufacturing (DFM) reviews with vendors to develop reliable, high-performance, and cost-effective manufacturing process equipment
  • Conduct detailed data collection and equipment capability analysis through modeling or empirical testing for equipment architecture down-selection
  • Lead root cause & failure analysis and improvement path identification for issues related to new equipment technologies
  • Provide early and ongoing manufacturing leadership to ensure new processes are scalable for mass production
  • Multi-functional interaction with Product Design, Display Engineering, Display Operations, and international vendors
  • Drive equipment, component, or integration vendors on technology development and implementation, failure or issue resolution, and cost-effective scale up for mass production
  • Keep tabs on relevant industrial equipment and process manufacturing technology trends; evaluate and assess new equipment suppliers
Requirements
  • B.S. degree minimum in Applied Physics, Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related field with minimum of 10 years of industrial experience in a related field
  • Domain expertise in crafting and fabricating successful precision equipment in the display, sensor, camera, optical assembly, or other related modules
  • Experience developing new mass production equipment, defining new equipment specifications, and leading equipment DFM reviews with vendors
  • Experience in leading a project from lab scale development to mass volume production
  • Understanding of failure mode analysis, root cause investigation, and problem-solving for process and equipment
  • Familiarity with data handling and analysis, documentation (e.g. spec definition)
Preferred Qualifications
  • Advanced degree in related field with experience in related industry
  • Hands-on development of display module processes and equipment such as lamination, bonding, thermal-forming, dispensing, etc.
  • Familiarity and expertise in Laser process and equipment development such as in Laser trimming, Laser drilling, etc.
  • Proficient in computer-aided-design (CAD) software packages such as NX
  • Sound understanding and experience in equipment automation and production line integration
  • Understanding of equipment cost of ownership calculations
  • Demonstrated ability to perform DOE, data analysis, SPC control using statistical software such as JMP
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated capability to lead vendors
  • Ability for international business travel to support project implementation and collaborate with external vendors for product manufacturing
  • Excellent data handling and analysis, documentation, and organizational skills


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