Apple

Manufacturing Quality Engineer

Apple • $133K — $201K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
  • Experience in planning Design of Experiments (DOEs) for process capability and cell performance.
  • Proven track record in cell failure analysis and implementing preventive measures.
  • Skilled in writing and auditing validation tests for internal and vendor processes.
  • Experience in driving vendor performance improvements through yield gap analysis.
  • Proficient in statistical analysis using tools like JMP.
  • Familiarity with manufacturing equipment related to battery production.

Responsibilities

  • Develop ongoing reliability tests and perform failure analysis to enhance customer satisfaction.
  • Monitor field failure rates and compile data to establish process specifications.
  • Establish audit procedures to ensure compliance with Apple quality standards.
  • Manage supplier strategies and improve their capabilities through training and technology.
  • Collaborate with multi-functional teams during the design and process evaluation phases.
  • Oversee quality control during the battery NPI phase, including material inspections.
  • Develop metrology equipment and measurement systems for battery manufacturing.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage.
  • Retirement benefits and stock options through employee stock programs.
  • Discounted products and free services for employees.
  • Tuition reimbursement for formal education related to career advancement.
  • Potential for discretionary bonuses or commission payments.
  • Relocation assistance may be available.
Full Job Description
Description

APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino , California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Develop ongoing reliability test, perform failure analysis and monitor field failure rate to ensure customer satisfaction. Develop measurement technologies, control strategies, information systems, and manufacture methods that achieve ambitious specifications at massive production scale. Compile and evaluate data to figure out appropriate limits and variables for process and part specifications. Establish audit procedures appropriate to program and supplier to ensure alignment to Apple quality standards. Manage supplier strategies, monitor supply chain and improve supplier's capability through training and technology development. Partner with multi-functional teams to evaluate design and processes at the concept phase. Responsible for quality control for battery NPI phase including incoming and outgoing cell and pack material. Responsible for metrology equipment development including algorithms, hardware design, and measurement system qualification. Develop cosmetic and dimensional specifications, drive quality failure analysis and dimensional specifications (FACA) for battery manufacturing yield loss, functional and performance failures, improve process, and standardized reliability tests. Collaborate with external Asian vendor internal engineering, design, operations, and manufacturing team. Travel required 30% international and domestic. 40 hours/week. At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $133,500 - $201,600/yr and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

PAY & BENEFITS: Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits: https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Mechanical engineering or related field.

Experience and/or education must include:

Planning Design of Experiments (DOEs) to resolve impacts on process capability and cell performance, summarizing data findings, and implementing changes to meet specification standards

Driving qualification efforts in a wide variety of areas such as metrology, electrode fabrication, and cell and pack assembly

Performing cell failure analysis to evaluate battery failure modes and implementing preventive measures

Writing, assessing, and auditing validation tests both internally and at the vendors

Driving vendor process performance improvements through objective measurements using yield gap analysis

Using statistical tools such as jmp tool for extensive data analysis

Utilizing manufacturing equipment such as strength testers or charge-coupled device sensors and electrode fabrication equipment such as mixers, coaters, various assembly stations

Preferred Qualifications

N/A

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

Apple Careers

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Learn more about Apple
Size
154,000 employees
Market Cap
$2,074.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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