Packaging Product Design Engineer
Job Description
Join Apple’s Packaging PD team to design and deliver structural packaging that protects Apple products in transit while supporting customer experience and sustainability goals.
Responsibilities
- Design and execute structural packaging for all Apple products, covering shippers through finished goods boxes
- Partner across teams throughout the packaging design process, including Industrial Design, Marketing, Environmental, Operations, and more
- Support engineering build activities by investigating failures, identifying root cause, and developing solutions to remove issues that slow build progress
Requirements
- 5+ years of related industry experience
- BS degree with an emphasis in Mechanical Engineering, Packaging Science, or a related industry
- Experience using 3D and 2D CAD
- Strong engineering fundamentals
- Ability to travel up to 20% to support engineering build activities, including failure root-cause analysis and resolution of issues blocking build progress
Technologies
- 3D CAD
- 2D CAD
- FEA
Preferred Qualifications
- Innovative thinking and high personal motivation
- Comfort working in a quickly changing environment with flexibility
- Effective verbal and written presentation skills
- Prototyping experience
- Data-driven design approach to complex problems
- Experience with the design cycle from concept through manufacturing in mass production
- Knowledge of material science and FEA
- Knowledge of fiber-based materials
Education
- BS degree with an emphasis in Mechanical Engineering, Packaging Science, or related industry
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
- Retirement benefits
- Discounted products and free services
- Reimbursement for certain educational expenses, including tuition
- Discretionary bonuses or commission payments and relocation (discretionary; eligibility may apply)
Compensation
- Base pay range: USD 184,700 to 324,800 per year
Location and Work Mode
- Cupertino, CA
- Onsite
Apple Shareholder Opportunity
- Eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards
- Can purchase Apple stock at a discount through the Employee Stock Purchase Plan