Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Job Summary

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish.

The people here at Apple don’t just build products — they create the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, you will help us leave the world better than we found it.

Description

Supervise and mentor automation engineers, providing technical guidance across multiple manufacturing engineering functions including:

• Automation Design for Manufacturability (DFM) – Drive early automation involvement in product design. Lead machine DFM reviews, create SOPs, and define FAT/SAT qualification standards for automated lines.

• Product Engineering – Support full product lifecycle (concept to end‑of‑life) with production engineering expertise, including GD&T analysis, failure analysis, and enabling fully automated assembly.

• Process Engineering – Develop and optimize complex processes (e.g., glue dispense, laser welding, etching, active alignment). Establish machine/process parameters to improve quality and equipment efficiency.

• Failure & Data Analysis – Plan and execute testing for pre‑release products. Use FACAVR (Failure Analysis & Corrective Action & Validation Result), DOE, Six Sigma, and Monte Carlo principles to drive data‑based recommendations for design changes and assembly standards.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Engineering/Science or equivalent.
• 8+ years in automation engineering, including 2+ years in a managerial or technical leadership role.

Proven expertise in:

• Designing product‑specific automation equipment (tooling, grippers, fixtures).
• Design for manufacturability (DFM) to enable automated assembly.
• Advanced manufacturing engineering (robotics, vision systems, Industry 4.0).

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of optics principles as they relate to CCD cameras, 3D, 2D and 1D lasers, and their use for positioning and critical alignment fixtures.
• Basic understanding of glue adhesive dispense, PSAs and VHBs, or coils winding processes, sensing camera processes, glass or lens lamination processes.
• Understanding of pneumatics, servo motors, 4axis and 6axis robots, PLC and PC-based control systems a plus.
• Ability to understand, create, and communicate detailed part, assembly and equipment tolerance analysis.
• Knowledge of AI technology or machine learning, adapt to automation development working principle
• Understanding of AVI, automation visual inspection technology, include HW/SW/Vision development
• Knowledge of GD&T principles a plus.
• X2, NX4, or Validated Work CAD experiences a plus. JMP, Minitab, and Six Sigma experience a plus.
• Communicate effectively in a worldwide environment.
• A passion and dedication in cost reduction, project management and automation engineering design.
• Strong work ethic with a high degree of flexibility.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity, and thus we treat all applicants fairly and equally. Apple is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.