Apple

Product Design Leader

Apple$150K — $200K *
Consumer Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in mechanical design, 8+ years in engineering management, preferably in consumer electronics
  • BS in Mechanical Engineering or related field
  • Extensive experience in product development engineering in leadership roles
  • Proven success in shipping high-volume, integrated electromechanical products
  • Strong knowledge in mechanical engineering fundamentals including manufacturing processes and material science
  • Design validation expertise including FEA, tolerance analysis, and prototype-driven development
  • Experience managing teams across various life cycle stages on simultaneous projects

Responsibilities

  • Drive end-to-end product development for Apple’s home hardware line
  • Lead mechanical architecture and system-level design across audio, visual, and sensing domains
  • Ensure products meet Apple quality and scale from concept through mass production
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams in Industrial Design, Hardware Engineering, and Software
  • Set technical direction for new product architectures
  • Facilitate integration across electrical, thermal, acoustic, optical, and antenna domains
  • Cultivate and manage a high-performing Product Design organization

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Access to learning and development resources
  • Potential for career advancement opportunities
  • Comprehensive health and wellness plans
  • Employee discounts on products and services
Full Job Description
We are looking for a Product Design leader to drive the creation of Apple's Home hardware products. You will own the end-to-end product development lifecycle for a portfolio of products spanning audio, visual, and sensing domains, each with distinct identities but designed to work together as a coherent system. You will build and lead a high-performing PD organization, set the technical direction for new product architectures, and partner deeply with Industrial Design, Hardware Engineering, Silicon, Software, and Operations to deliver world-class hardware on aggressive timelines.

You will lead Product Design for Apple's home hardware line, taking products from early architecture through mass production. This means owning mechanical architecture, system-level design, driving integration across electrical, thermal, acoustic, optical, and antenna domains, and ensuring products ship at Apple quality and scale.

10+ years experience in mechanical design, 8+ years in engineering management, preferably working experience in consumer electronics BS in Mechanical Engineering or related field Extensive experience in product development engineering, with significant time spent in engineering leadership roles, preferably in consumer electronics Track record of shipping high-volume, tightly integrated electromechanical products from concept through mass production Deep understanding of mechanical engineering fundamentals: materials, thermal management, structural analysis, tolerance systems, and manufacturing processes (injection molding, die casting, machining, stamping, extrusion, etc.) Strong design validation background: FEA, tolerance analysis, failure analysis, DOE, prototype-driven development Experience managing teams across multiple simultaneous programs at different lifecycle stages

MS or advanced degree in engineering Experience leading product development for products where acoustic, optical, or sensor performance is central to the user experience Demonstrated ability to drive system-level architecture decisions that span mechanical, electrical, thermal, and software domains Familiarity with cost-driven design tradeoffs at scale, including silicon and module selection, BOM optimization, and platform reuse strategies Experience building or restructuring product development organizations Track record of effective cross-functional leadership in environments where key partners sit outside your reporting chain

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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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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