CareerPlan

System Product Design Engineer

Cupertino, United States of AmericaFull-time$185k–$278k2026-11-05 → 2026-11-10

Core

Refine and execute the design of Apple products, developing initial layouts, generating concepts, prototyping, and testing to drive down-selection while optimizing for function, cosmetics, and manufacturability.

Role type

Senior IC system product design engineer (hardware)

Builds

Consumer electronic devices

Domain

Consumer electronics / Hardware design

Required skills

Mechanical engineering design, GD&T, vendor management, high-fidelity prototyping, statistical analysis (JMP, MATLAB, Python), thermal architecture design, 3D CAD, material selection, failure analysis

Preferred skills

N/A

Technologies

CNC, PCB, MIM, Plastic injection molding, thermoforming, compression molding, JMP, MATLAB, Python, 3D CAD

Responsibilities

Develop initial product layouts, generate concepts and prototypes, perform stress/tolerance/failure analyses, manage global supply chain vendors, support factory builds in Asia, provide front line factory support

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC