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Apple

Designs phones, computers and their operating systems

Operations Manufacturing Design Intern - Multiple Teams

Summer 2026
No salary listed
Internship
Bachelor's
United States
In PersonMust be able to travel domestically and overseas.
Manufacturing & Process EngineeringManufacturing Engineering

About the job

Requirements
  • Currently pursuing a BS in mechanical engineering, material science, or industrial engineering or related field. At the end of the internship, you must return to school to continue your education or the internship must be the last requirement for you to graduate
Responsibilities
  • Manufacturing Design Engineer (MDE) responsibilities: Understand selection, implementation and optimization of manufacturing processes for mechanical enclosure subassemblies for our legendary products
  • Manufacturing Design Engineer (MDE) responsibilities: Utilize mechanical engineering knowledge and work cross functionally with Product Design Engineering and Industrial Design
  • Manufacturing Design Engineer (MDE) responsibilities: Review product features for manufacturability, and suggest processes and equipment
  • Manufacturing Design Engineer (MDE) responsibilities: Explore new manufacturing processes to enable future product design and conducting design of experiments to validate process capability
  • Manufacturing Design Engineer (MDE) responsibilities: Work with global supplier managers to identify capable suppliers, and understand their processes for capacity, quality and cost
  • Manufacturing Design Engineer (MDE) responsibilities: Work with suppliers to develop and refine mechanical tooling, fixtures and establish capability and readiness
  • Manufacturing Design Engineer (MDE) responsibilities: Assist post production quality and cost improvement activity related to fixtures and processes
  • Manufacturing Quality Engineer (MQE) responsibilities: Utilize engineering, factory management and supply chain skills when supporting to develop high efficiency inspection equipment, groundbreaking quality systems and ultimately the best products available
  • Manufacturing Quality Engineer (MQE) responsibilities: Help create state of the art inspection and measurement equipment for Apple products
  • Manufacturing Quality Engineer (MQE) responsibilities: Apply your understanding of quality control and manufacturing concepts to help the development of specific product quality plans (PQP) appropriate to program and commodity
  • Manufacturing Quality Engineer (MQE) responsibilities: Support studies to implement improvements in measuring method where appropriate
  • Manufacturing Quality Engineer (MQE) responsibilities: Support coordination of quality engineering functions for multiple programs in the product category
  • Manufacturing Quality Engineer (MQE) responsibilities: Collaborate with internal and external groups to ensure accurate definition of quality expectations and appropriate assurance techniques are used for the product
  • Manufacturing Quality Engineer (MQE) responsibilities: Support the supplier quality team through assisting in supplier selection process for new products and sourcing activities
  • Operations internships responsibilities: Take part in strategic projects with the Product Operations team
  • Operations internships responsibilities: Be driven, organized, and detail oriented
  • Operations internships responsibilities: Demonstrate ownership and autonomy in supporting projects forward, taking initiative to overcome obstacles and deliver results
  • Operations internships responsibilities: Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external partners to the Product Operations team
  • Operations internships responsibilities: Learn details and processes, seeking to understand underlying complexities and nuances
  • Operations internships responsibilities: Support quality, cost, and labor initiatives across multiple cost markets and product groups
Desired Qualifications
  • Familiar with manufacturing environment
  • Knowledge of quality plans, validating test methods and gauges, and driving corrective actions/failure analysis efforts
  • Knowledge of quality and reliability concepts, supplier management, and general manufacturing operations
  • Familiar with project management and an understanding of problem solving tools including design of experiments, root cause analysis and statistical process control principles preferred
  • Knowledge of any of the following: mechanical enclosures, casings, plastic parts, injection molding, tooling, jigs, fixtures, or automotive high volume quality manufacturing engineering
  • Understanding of geometric dimension and tolerance, as well as statistics
  • Understanding of mechanical properties of materials as they relate to manufacturing requirements
  • Understanding of design of experiment principles
  • Ability to travel periodically domestic and overseas
  • Extraordinary interpersonal skills — verbal, written and presentation

About the company

Apple designs and sells consumer electronics, from iPhone smartphones and Mac computers to tablets and wearable devices. Its operating systems manage apps and built-in functions for communication and work, while iCloud stores files and synchronizes data across devices. Customers buy additional digital services through subscriptions such as Apple Music and Apple TV, and developers distribute software through the App Store. Apple earns money from hardware sales, subscriptions and digital transactions, selling directly to customers and through retailers and mobile carriers around the world. It was founded in 1976 and has its headquarters in Cupertino, California.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Cupertino, California

Founded

1976

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What believers are saying

  • Business demand is growing: Apple reported $109.4 billion revenue in the June 2026 quarter, up 16% year over year.
  • Eligible US employees get learning support: Apple reimburses career-related tuition and runs Apple University classes.
  • Services earn richer margins: Apple reported 75.6% services gross margin in the June 2026 quarter, versus 40.1% for products.

What critics are saying

  • Assembly depends on Asian partners: Apple outsources substantially all final hardware assembly, reducing direct control over production.
  • iPhone concentrates demand risk: the product generated 49.6% of Apple revenue in the June 2026 quarter.
  • Student support shifts take evenings: Apple College Advisors typically work three evening shifts and one weekend shift weekly.

What makes Apple unique

  • Its chips link hardware and software: Apple designs M-series processors and developer frameworks tuned to their unified memory.
  • Stores double as service hubs: Apple combines device sales, Genius Bar technical help and in-person learning sessions.
  • It owns a spatial operating system: Apple Vision Pro runs visionOS, controlled through eyes, hands and voice.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • 401(k) Company Match
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Performance Bonus
  • Relocation Assistance
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan

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6 month growth

1%

1 year growth

2%

2 year growth

-3%
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