IPhone Product Design Lab Manager

Summary

The Product Design labs team serves as a hub where designers, engineers, and makers collaborate to turn challenges into opportunities. We are involved in every facet of the product life cycle and aim to design and deliver the greatest hardware offerings for our customers.

In this role you will work in a hands‑on capacity alongside our product design engineering team to solve complex engineering challenges. You will operate lab equipment, handle and characterize prototype material, and learn about new technologies that can help us develop new products. The Product Design Lab team works across a wide range of products and you will be an integral part of each stage of the design process—from design to assembly—and will support the characterization of new materials.

You will be involved in projects that drive key decisions that define future Apple products. This role is ideal for someone who wants to make an impact on future Apple products and combine technical abilities with creativity to solve complex engineering challenges.

• Manage shared lab spaces, home to a variety of metrology and failure analysis equipment, and maintain a clean and tidy lab environment.
• Install and implement new lab equipment, including creating standard operating procedures and facilitating training.
• Operate lab equipment, both metrology and failure analysis equipment.
• Assemble, disassemble, and modify product prototypes with guidance by Design engineers.

• AA in EE, ME, or CS, or completion of 2+ years at a 4‑year university in a similar field, or 3+ years in relevant work experience.
• High school diploma required.
• Experienced with Apple iOS software and hardware.
• Familiarity with digital productivity tools such as Pages, Numbers, and Keynote.
• Able to drive alignment and results across cross‑functional groups.
• Sufficiently trustworthy to work in a high‑security lab.

• Proficiency with various lab equipment:
  Instron, laser prototyping, and 3D printing.
• Desire to identify and develop skills and technologies that can be used to expand our solutions offerings to the Product Design Team.

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. The base pay range for this role is between $39.09 and $81.15 per hour, and your pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Apple employees also have the opportunity to become shareholders through discretionary employee stock programs, purchase stock at a discount, and receive benefits including comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, discounted products and services, and reimbursement for education expenses.

This role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

Apple is an equal‑opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.

Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.