Manufacturing Quality Engineer – Softgoods

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 create products — they create the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that encourages the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it!

Minimum Qualifications

Experience supporting new product launches from a quality planning, quality engineering, or product development perspective. Experience developing process quality plans, supplier quality audits, and driving corrective actions and failure analysis efforts.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with soft materials (mainly PU/textiles) is strongly preferred. Experience with mechanical fabricated parts, or adhesives, glues, jigs, fixtures, tooling, injection molding, plastics experience may be acceptable. Extensive knowledge of mechanical quality and reliability concepts, supplier management, and general manufacturing operations. Project management experience and an understanding of DFx principles is a plus. Deep understanding of DOE, GD&T, SPC theory and practical application experience is helpful. Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills. Domestic travel required. Experience with highly cosmetic parts a plus.

Description

As a Manufacturing Quality Engineer (MQE) for SoftGoods, you will be responsible for the selection, implementation, and optimization of manufacturing processes and quality planning throughout the product lifecycle. You will apply mechanical and materials engineering expertise to evaluate part designs for manufacturability, identify capable fabrication technologies, and establish rigorous quality control architectures from early prototyping through mass production. In this role, you will work hand-in-hand with Apple’s design teams and global supply base to develop novel metrology techniques, statistical process control plans, and audit methodologies. You will lead technical escalations, assess production capability metrics, and drive continuous quality improvements across supplier factories, ensuring flawless execution of cosmetic and structural product requirements at global scale.

Responsibilities

Planning, proposing, and leading experiments to produce timely and accurate analyses used to drive design, development, and supply chain decisions. Assessing the suitability of a fabrication technology for a given part design. Planning validation exercises to demonstrate initial feasibility as well as manufacturing capability. Analyzing results of validation exercises and provide technical recommendations. Reviewing progress of development activities at supplier locations and serve as point of escalation for critical process related issues. Actively participate in the program planning and monitoring process assuming responsibility for key work you're doing at all milestones. Provide technical direction and guidance to other Quality Engineers supporting the implementation of the PQP. Assess measurability and creatively address concerns directly with partners. Identify and direct studies to implement improvements in measuring method where appropriate. Establish audit procedures appropriate to program and supplier to ensure consistency to Apple quality standards. Implement FAI and Cp/Cpk reviews of mechanical parts. Monitor each supplier's performance through measurement of production line statistics, company inspections, and audits. Prepare summary of performance and communicate to appropriate management to ensure effective corrective action plans can be promptly implemented.