Advanced Manufacturing Engineer - Mac

** Weekly

Hours:

** 40

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

** Description*
* Responsible for designing precision assembly and measurement processes for Apple products.

Perform the research and development on new technologies necessary to tackle complex assembly and automation problems that have direct impact to the quality and delivery of Apple products.

Design, implement and successfully scale automated and semi- automated solutions based upon sound engineering principles and the technologies developed for a specific application.
Develop new and or improved processes through the application of theoretical and practical engineering

Keeps abreast of all meaningful technical trends and developments and incorporates them in appropriate assignments

Provide direction and mentorship to third party machine/automation suppliers and/or CM's; be the technical leader and driver on owned projects; serve as a technical resource to other engineering groups and project leaders

Organize cross-functional reviews of the machine requirements, design, qualification and capability

Create Request for Quotation/Proposal (RFQ/RFPs) that documents the design requirements of the automated equipment, delivery schedule, required documentation and qualification for acceptance at machine supplier facility and contract manufacturer's factory.

Engage machine suppliers for automated equipment design reviews and proposals

Travel to the machine supplier and contract manufacturer for equipment bring-up, qualification, acceptance testing and support during build events

Drive machine qualification including correlation, process capability (CP/CPK) and Gage Repeatability / Reproducibility (GR&R)

Drive failure analysis and machine issue resolution when working with machine suppliers and contract manufacturers

** Minimum Qualifications*
* + BSME or equivalent

+ 5+ years in an engineering role with experience in automation equipment used for alignment, assembly and/or measurement of components.

** Preferred Qualifications*
* + Strong work experience in precision assembly, inspection and automation equipment

+ Required to understand and build tolerance analysis for parts and assemblies

+ Knowledgeable in crafting machine qualification requirements, design of experiments and failure analysis

+ Understands machine qualification including calibration, correlation, capability, repeatability and reproducibility

+ Able to communicate effectively in a worldwide environment

+ New product introduction and Manufacturing Operations experience

+ Consistent track record of cost reduction, project management and engineering design

+ Working knowledge of GD&T principles

+ NX, Solid Works CAD or ProE experiences a plus

+ Knowledge of optics principles as they relate to CCD cameras, 2D and 1D lasers, and their use for positioning and critical alignment machines

+ Basic understanding of liquid adhesives, PSA's and VHB's a plus

+ Solid understanding of robotics (6-axis and/or SCARA), pneumatics, servo motors, motion controllers, PLC and and PC-based control systems

+ MP, Minitab & Six Sigma experience