Job Description

When was the last time you enjoyed a box as much as the product inside? At Apple, every customer interaction is an opportunity for surprise and delight! This philosophy extends beyond the product to its packaging, where every detail is thoughtfully considered. The Packaging PD team is a diverse group of people responsible for the design and execution of structural packaging for all Apple products from shippers to finished goods boxes. Our packaging delivers an outstanding customer experience, while protecting products throughout the shipping environment, and advancing Apple’s sustainability goals. We collaborate with a wide range of teams including Industrial Design, Marketing, Environmental, Operations and many others during the design process. We are seeking someone who approaches problem solving with passion, creativity, and curiosity. Apple’s approach to packaging is unique, so we value people who are eager to learn new skills and further improve their knowledge of packaging design, manufacturing processes, and sustainable materials. We welcome fresh influences from outside the standard packaging industry to promote innovation in creative ways.

Description

- Develop hardware and software test guidelines and systems to collect analytics on design performance - Create arrays of measurements and failure analysis metrics to benchmark designs - Work with internal and external teams to refine plans, optimizing value tensions between groups - Build positive relationships with supplier teams while driving them to execute validation plans - Statistically analyze data to provide risk assessments and technical recommendations - Collaborate with project teams reviewing materials, manufacturing processes and evaluation testing standards

Minimum Qualifications

• Ability to work in a team-based environment
• Strong engineering fundamentals with a basic understanding of physics and metrology
• Data-driven approach to solving complex and novel technical problems
• Ownership of simultaneous projects, including oversight of third-party vendors
• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or Packaging or equivalent
• Ability to travel up to 20% to support engineering build activities and design development

Key Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in consumer product implementation and validation, or equivalent high-volume, engineering environment
• Statistically driven-data exploration and analysis with large and complex data sets
• Modal and shock analysis in complex assemblies
• Application development and Python foundational knowledge
• Machine vision and learning system development and deployment
• Test method development and execution, including SOP technical writing
• Knowledge of packaging materials, manufacturing processes and evaluation testing standards
• 3+ years product experience

Education & Experience

Additional Requirements

• Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.

- Develop hardware and software test guidelines and systems to collect analytics on design performance - Create arrays of measurements and failure analysis metrics to benchmark designs - Work with internal and external teams to refine plans, optimizing value tensions between groups - Build positive relationships with supplier teams while driving them to execute validation plans - Statistically analyze data to provide risk assessments and technical recommendations - Collaborate with project teams reviewing materials, manufacturing processes and evaluation testing standards

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