Product Design Engineer - Battery Cell

Do you have a passion for invention and self-challenge? Do you thrive on pushing the limits of what’s considered feasible? As part of our Battery Engineering group, you’ll help craft creative battery solutions that deliver more energy in smaller spaces than ever before! You’ll work across subject areas to transform improved hardware elements into a single, integrated design. Join us, and you’ll help us innovate new battery technologies that continually outperform the previous iterations. By collaborating with other product development groups across Apple, you’ll push the industry boundaries of what batteries can do and improve the product experience for our customers across the world.

Description

The Battery Product Development team at Apple produces high-energy and highly reliable embedded battery systems for all product teams. Tightly integrated with Product Development, Operations, Industrial Design and Reliability Testing groups, we own battery module development from initial system architecture through ramp. The Battery Cell Product Design Group works within the Battery Product Development organization. We are responsible for the mechanical engineering design of our battery cells, which are integrated into battery modules and then into products.

Minimum Qualifications

BS degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or related field.
Experience with 3D CAD.

Preferred Qualifications

MS degree and 3+ years relevant industry experience.
Experience generating innovative designs with multi-functional teams, including detailed written specifications, drawings, and tolerance analyses.
Experience in the development of manufacturing processes with multi-functional teams and external vendors, acting as product development technical liaison among vendors.
Experience communicating the technical status of projects cross-functionally, including throughout the management structure.
Experience in of high-volume manufacturing processes and/or automation.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to interact with management, team members and external vendors.