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Manufacturing Design Engineer The Apple Manufacturing Design Engineer (MDE) is accountable for leading the development and implementation of high precision mechanical manufacturing processes across ...

Manufacturing Design Engineer The Apple Manufacturing Design Engineer (MDE) is accountable for leading the development and implementation of high precision mechanical manufacturing processes across ...

Manufacturing Design Engineer The Apple Manufacturing Design Engineer (MDE) is accountable for leading the development and implementation of high precision mechanical manufacturing processes across ...

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Manufacturing Design Engineer (MDE) - SME Additive Manufacturing Cupertino, California, United ... At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer ...

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Infographic showing various Apple Manufacturing Design Engineer job openings in the United States as of September 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% Internship, 88% Full Time, 8% Part Time, and 3% Contract. Highlights an 81% Physical, 4% Hybrid, and 15% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $86,149 per year, or $41.4 per hour.

Manufacturing Design Opportunities

Austin, TX • On-site

Apple
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing • 10K+ employees

Full-time

Re-posted 6 days ago


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Company rating: 8.1 out of 10

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Job description

How do you build a great idea? With more great ideas - the kind of thinking that transforms the work of our industrial designers into the devices that enrich the lives of our customers. Join this team to develop manufacturing engineering solutions that deliver our products with outstanding precision at an unprecedented scale. You'll help design and customize equipment, build manufacturing processes, refine tooling, identify suppliers, and work with key operations partners to optimize capacity and cost - without losing sight of our incredibly high standards for quality!
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Global Supply Manager
Apple GSMs own the commercial relationship with our enclosure manufacturing partners and are responsible for cost negotiations, continuity of supply, risk management, driving operational and cost efficiencies through process or design change, as well overall project execution. GSMs sit at the intersection of Apple's business activities and engineering communities, and effectively balance the needs of both groups to ensure successful product launches. Enclosure components (such as the housing) define the look, feel and expression of Apple's globally recognized industrial and product design. GSMs work in concert with operations, manufacturing quality, and manufacturing design engineers as well as Apple's Product Design and Industrial Design teams. Together, these teams execute and scale both new and existing manufacturing processes, materials, technologies, finishes and form factors.
Manufacturing Design Engineer
The Apple Manufacturing Design Engineer (MDE) is accountable for leading the development and implementation of high precision mechanical manufacturing processes across Apple's worldwide supply base. In this highly visible hands-on role, you will have direct frequent communication and collaboration with Apple Industrial Design, Product Design, and Manufacturing Design partners, as well as our worldwide suppliers. The MDE role is empowered and expected to bring creativity to Apple's manufacturing approach, enabling us to deliver our best work to as many customers as possible. You will be a part of collaborative environment contributing to the creation, evaluation, and implementation of end-to-end manufacturing solutions for Apple's hardware enclosures. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders in Quality Engineering, Global Supply Management, Product Design, and Industrial Design in order to ensure our manufacturing solutions meet our product quality, cost, yield, capacity, schedule, and environmental goals.
Manufacturing Design Program Manager
The Manufacturing Design Program Manager (MDPM) is responsible for managing and guiding development activities of highly skilled process development, operations, and quality teams within Apple's Manufacturing Design group. The MDPM will lead the team to develop processes for building extraordinary products from existing and new ideas based on business needs. The MDPM should possess a blend of business and technical knowledge, allowing for big-picture vision and the ability to dive deep into specific challenges. MDPM team members operate autonomously, demonstrate strong leadership capabilities, and juggle competing priorities with ease.
Manufacturing Quality Engineer
Manufacturing Quality Engineers work in tandem with Apple's world-class designers to develop measurement technologies, control strategies, information systems, and manufacturing methods that achieve visionary specifications at massive production scale. We lead a network of supplier factories worldwide, with responsibility for our partners' delivery to aggressive schedules. Our focus is on elegant execution of extraordinary designs, resulting in products that thrill our customers.
New Product Operations Program Manager
We are the primary operations interface to the core product development team and Module Engineering team within Apple. As the owner of the program, through direct involvement and/or influence, you will ensure the successful launch of the product towards meeting it's stated Cost, Quality, Schedule, Availability and Customer Experience goals. New Product Operations is pivotal to the dynamic development and launch of Apple's products. We are a team of driven, organized and detail-oriented individuals who excel in program management.
Software Engineer
The Manufacturing Design team enables the mass production of Apple's entire product line from iPhones, iPads, and MacBooks to the Mac Pro, AppleTV, Apple Watch and Vision Pro. Part of the magic that makes all of this possible is a robust set of applications and systems designed and developed by Apple that support production from prototype to announcement and beyond. The applications we build are used daily by the people at Apple that design our products along with those that figure out how to make them at scale. This includes; Manufacturing Design Engineers, Product Designers, Mechanical Engineers, Quality Engineers, Supply Chain Managers, along with our Suppliers. We work closely with them to design and architect the best solutions for the challenges faced when making the highest quality hardware products.
Subject Matter Expert
The Apple Subject Matter Expert (SME) is accountable for driving the development of manufacturing processes across Apple's worldwide supply base. As the expert technical member of the Manufacturing Design Team, you will have direct frequent communication and collaboration with Apple Industrial Design, Product Design, Manufacturing Design partners and worldwide suppliers. You will investigate and develop solutions to overcome ambitious technical tasks that require non-standard manufacturing approaches.
Tooling Engineer
Apple's Tooling Engineers lead the development of new plastic injection tooling projects and metal tooling processes in effort to meet a wide range of product performance and cosmetic requirements. We act as the interface between our product design groups and our suppliers, and drive development of extraordinary plastic molding and metal forming tooling and processes at our supply base.
Minimum Qualifications
Qualifications will vary by role
Experience in manufacturing, engineering, quality, process development, program management or supply chain management
Ability to use data to solve problems and make products
Proven track record of delivering on challenging projects with tight deadlines while managing multiple priorities and stakeholders
Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex ideas to peers, stakeholders and leaders
BS IE, ME or applicable degree
Preferred Qualifications
Qualifications will vary by role

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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. Dynamic, intelligent people and inspiring, innovative technologies are the norm here. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with all Apple Hardware products. The same real passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices strengthening our dedication to leave the world better than we found it.

Industry

Computer and electronic product manufacturing

Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

Cupertino, CA, US

Year founded

1976