Sr. R&D Equipment Design & Development Engineer

Santa Clara, United States of America💼 Full-time🗓 2026-04-21 → 2026-09-28

Core

Design, assemble, validate, and develop complex R&D equipment and optical module architectures for future Apple products.

Role type

Senior IC mechanical engineer (R&D equipment design)

Builds

Custom R&D equipment, optical modules, and novel manufacturing processes

Domain

Consumer electronics manufacturing / Optics / Precision engineering

Required skills

Mechanical design, CAD (Solidworks, NX, AutoCAD), complex equipment system design, precision motion systems, vacuum systems, machine imaging & sensing, pneumatics, root cause analysis, system validation

Preferred skills

AI/ML for design augmentation, Python/C++/Labview programming, executive communication, novel equipment design to scalable solutions

Technologies

Solidworks, NX, AutoCAD, Python, C++, Labview

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