Apple

Product Design Engineer - Audio Fit

Apple$100K — $130K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, or Biomedical Engineering
  • 3+ years of product design experience or equivalent
  • Proven experience in cross-functional, technical teams
  • Proficiency in 3D CAD software
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Expertise in plastic and metal part design
  • Familiarity with DFM, DFA, and statistical tolerance analysis

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to early concept ideation and prototyping for AirPods fit
  • Design and analyze user studies focused on comfort and stability
  • Conduct design development and CAD modeling
  • Perform detailed design drafting and statistical designs of experiments (DOEs)
  • Collaborate with research, design, and engineering teams
  • Ensure architectures meet product goals for user comfort
  • Engage in occasional domestic and international travel (10%+)

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on innovative audio technology products
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams
  • Access to cutting-edge design and user study methodologies
  • Dynamic work environment with a focus on user experience
  • Potential for professional growth within a leading consumer electronics company
Full Job Description
Description

As a member of the Audio Fit PD team, you will contribute throughout the product development cycle, including:

-Early concept ideation, prototyping, and testing to enhance AirPods fit

-Designing, executing, and analyzing user studies to inform product specifications for comfort and stability

-Design development, CAD modeling, and FEA analysis

-Detailed design, drafting, and statistical DOEs

You will work with research, design, and engineering teams to create architectures that meet product goals while delivering exceptional user comfort. Occasional domestic and international travel (10%+) is required.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, or Biomedical Engineering

3+ years of product design experience or equivalent

Proven experience in cross-functional, technical team environments

Proficiency in 3D CAD software

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including mechanical engineering theory and statistical tools

Expertise in plastic and metal part design

Familiarity with DFM, DFA, statistical tolerance analysis, GD&T, and FEA analysis

Familiarity with formal experimental design (DOE)

Understanding of engineering materials and manufacturing processes

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Detail-oriented, able to manage multiple projects simultaneously

Adaptable to fast-paced, dynamic environments

Willingness to travel domestically and internationally (10%+)

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in consumer electronics, including industrial design, sensors, acoustics, PCBs, silicon, antennas, batteries, and thermal systems

Has taken at least one product from concept to completion as a PD / mechanical engineer

Knowledge of anthropometry, biomechanics, and human factors in design

Experience with wearables or ergonomically-sensitive products

Experience with ear and head anatomy, and anthropometric data analysis

Hands on use of rapid prototyping and 3d scanning for fit, comfort, and usability evaluations

Direct experience designing, conducting, and analyzing user studies or simulations

Familiarity working with overseas manufacturers

Knowledge of audio component modules and designing audio subsystems

Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering (MSME)

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.

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154,000 employees
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Industry
Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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