Soft Goods Materials Manufacturing Design Engineer
Core
Process and quality engineering for next-generation Apple products, focusing on manufacturability assessment, supplier factory management, and quality planning.
Role type
Manufacturing Design Engineer (Soft Goods Materials)
Builds
Next-generation Apple products (soft goods, mechanical parts, and assembled devices)
Domain
Consumer electronics manufacturing
Required skills
Mechanical engineering, process quality planning, supplier quality audits, failure analysis, DFx principles, DOE, GD&T, SPC, supplier management, manufacturing operations
Preferred skills
Soft materials (PU/textiles), mechanical fabricated parts, adhesives, glues, jigs, fixtures, tooling, injection molding, plastics, highly cosmetic parts
Technologies
None explicitly listed
Responsibilities
Lead experiments to drive design and supply chain decisions; Assess fabrication technology suitability and plan validation exercises; Review supplier development progress and escalate critical process issues; Provide technical direction to Quality Engineers for PQP implementation; Assess measurability and direct studies for measurement improvements; Establish audit procedures and implement FAI and Cp/Cpk reviews; Monitor supplier performance via production statistics and audits.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC