Job Summary

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, creative ideas quickly become extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences. This is where individual imaginations and experiences gather, leading to great work.

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 make the kind of wonder that's revolutionized entire industries. The diversity of those people and their ideas inspire 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.

Responsibilities

- Evaluate product and industrial design goals to understand the dimensional, cosmetic, and functional priorities for the product

- Collaborate with Global Supply Managers and Apple's manufacturing suppliers to align on a manufacturing development strategy with clear goals, deliverables, and schedule

- Identify and validate suitable assembly equipment and processes to meet all Apple design and operational requirements

- Develop and document processes, including all parameters, consumables, and secondary operation requirements to meet defined specifications

- Conduct process optimization DOEs, using data-driven and hands-on approaches together to find solutions to complex challenges

- Communicate ongoing process development status to cross-functional teams and lead discussions to align design requirements with manufacturing capability

- Travel within India to support manufacturing partner sites and collaborate with in-region team members

- Familiarity with a phase gate product development approach

- You may be asked to lead development in one or more of the following areas:

- Assembly - Develop all assembly processes. Includes incorporating welding, gluing/adhesives, and mechanical fit based processes.



Own qualification of equipment at suppliers, including detailed documentation of process parameters. Own yield improvement actions and process change decisions based on statistical process control (SPC) data analysis. Identify automation opportunities and support automation projects based on automation line efficiency metrics.

- Develop fully automated SPM or integrated assembly automation in line with multiple manufacturing processes (gluing, laser welding, mechanical fastening, riveting, film lamination, spray coating, auto-wiping)

- Extensive knowledge in design of automation/equipment including mechanical/electrical component selection, mechanical/structural design of machine, electrical diagram and routing, layout and part flow design, fixture design, robot arm integration, CCD programming, Industrial PC (IPC) integration, PLC programming, running automation simulations, understanding of industrial safety standards for equipment

- Drive entire development cycle of equipment including: RFQ, ROI calculation, prototype machine design, DOE, production machine BOM finalization, DFMEA/PFMEA, FAT/SAT, safety evaluations, installation / operational / production qualification, maintenance, documentation and implementation, CT/OEE optimization, flexible/modular design for high YoY re-use

Preferred Qualifications

- Hands-on approach to engineering and problem-solving

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Role: Manufacturing Engineer,

Industry Type: Consumer Electronics & Appliances,

Department: Production, Manufacturing & Engineering,

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

Role Category: Engineering

Education

UG: Any Graduate

PG: Any Postgraduate

Key Skills

FabricationISOManufacturing engineeringAutomationIndustrial safetyPFMEAProduct designSupply chainProduct qualityPLC

📌 Manufacturing Design Engineer - Chennai
🏢 Apple
📍 Chennai