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Coating Materials Engineer

Cupertino, CA · On-site

Our Materials Engineering Product Design team is dedicated to creating and optimizing polymer ... We influence and enable innovative designs across all Apple product lines year after year. We work ...

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Hardware Polymers Materials Engineer

Cupertino, CA · On-site

$150K - $277K/yr

Here at Apple, the development and integration of revolutionary materials into our products is ... Our Materials Engineering Product Design team is dedicated to creating and optimizing these ...

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Coating Materials Engineer

Cupertino, CA · On-site

$150K - $277K/yr

Our Materials Engineering Product Design team is dedicated to creating and optimizing polymer ... We influence and enable innovative designs across all Apple product lines year after year. We work ...

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Coating Materials Engineer

Cupertino, CA · On-site

$150K - $277K/yr

They will help deliver Apple's materials environmental goals and reduce the carbon footprint of ... MS in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Polymer Engineering, plus 3+ years in coating ...

Apple Inc.

$150K - $277K/yr

At Apple, every customer interaction is an opportunity for surprise and delight! This philosophy ... Create material specifications and partner with suppliers and manufacturing engineers to implement ...

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Color Resin Engineer - Materials PD

Cupertino, CA · On-site

$150K - $277K/yr

At Apple, extraordinary ideas have a way of quickly becoming extraordinary products, services and ... Our Materials Engineering Product Design team is dedicated to designing new materials that ...

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$150K - $277K/yr

Cupertino, California, United States Hardware At Apple, extraordinary ideas have a way of quickly ... Our Materials Engineering Product Design team is dedicated to designing new materials that ...

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Coating Materials Engineer

Cupertino, CA • On-site

Apple
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing • 10K+ employees
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Full-time

Posted 8 days ago

Apple rating

8.1

Company rating: 8.1 out of 10

Based on 684 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

Job description

Our Materials Engineering Product Design team is dedicated to creating and optimizing polymer materials. We influence and enable innovative designs across all Apple product lines year after year. We work with the utmost attention to detail, directly impacting the design of products that millions of people around the world love.
As a Materials Engineer within the Product Design organization, you will drive the development of new coating materials and processes to meet the surface durability and aesthetic requirements across a wide range of part designs and in support of Apple's ambitious design goals.
Description
The candidate will be responsible for identifying, developing, and implementing new coating materials used across Apple hardware products. They will foster collaborative relationships with Apple suppliers in order to influence product development to meet material needs anticipated in future Apple product designs. They will collaborate with product design and industrial design groups on material selection, design feasibility and aesthetics of new plastic part designs. They will help deliver Apple's materials environmental goals and reduce the carbon footprint of plastics.
This position will require a high level of autonomy and effective communication as well as the management of multiple projects in parallel.
Minimum Qualifications
MS in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Polymer Engineering, plus 3+ years in coating industry
Strong materials fundamentals in polymer material properties
Experience in polymer coating chemistries and application processes.
Knowledge of paint materials and design for manufacturing in terms of geometry and cosmetic quality.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to use statistical tools and techniques
Demonstrated ability to independently drive multiple projects with high attention to details, setting priorities and deliver results
Ability to travel within China and Internationally within Asia 25%-35%
Preferred Qualifications
PhD in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Polymer Engineering, or 10+ years in coating industry
Effective written, presentation and verbal communication skills, providing technical expertise and updates on project milestones
High attention to detail, fastidious management of large quantities of details, solution-driven mindset to manage projects to successful completion
Demonstrated ability to independently drive multiple projects, setting priorities and deliver results
Familiarity with failure characterizations techniques (Optical Microscopy, X-ray/CT, Scanning Electron Microscopy/Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy, etc.), and the ability to use failure analysis methodology to derive failure root cause

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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.

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Computer and electronic product manufacturing

Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

Cupertino, CA, US

Year founded

1976

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