Job details
- Job Number: 29263972
- Santa Clara Valley, California, United States
- Posted: Sep. 10, 2013
- Weekly Hours: 40.00
Job Summary
Imagine
what you could do here. At Apple, great ideas have a way of becoming
great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring
passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could
accomplish.
Key Qualifications
- - Experience in the design, deployment and support of Factory Automation Systems.
- - A working understanding of high volume manufacturing systems is a must.
- - Experience in consumer electronic products SMT, Assembly, Test, or Packaging operations.
- - Experience with optical inspection, lasers and chemical cleaning desirable
- - Applications engineering experience a plus.
- - System engineering background and experience a plus.
- - Must have cross discipline capability and knowledge.
- - Must have direct functional understanding of various aspects of the automation and robotics field, with prior work experience in the creating of machine design, integration or support.
Description
In
this highly visible role, our Automation Process Development Engineers
are responsible for the development and implementation of high precision
Factory / Mfg Automation processes in a high volume environment for
Apple Products.
You will enjoy key decision making in conjunction with hands-on problem
solving and analysis on-site. You will help deliver automation
solutions, drive development and implementation of high precision
Factory / Mfg Automation processes in a high volume environment working
on cutting edge apple products.
Essential Job Functions:
- Evaluate existing factory processes and identify opportunities for
savings and improvement through the use of automation technology.
- Work with internal and external stakeholders to assess and define
requirements for automation of high volume consumer electronics SMT,
Assembly, Test, and Packaging operations.
- Work with internal and external partners on the design and deployment
of complex factory automation systems. Manage detailed requirements
definition, review and approve system designs and oversee
implementation.
- Work with production teams and vendors to scale and maintain factory
automation systems across multiple factories.
- Partner with Product Design Engineers to identify applications for
newly emerging automation technologies on upcoming products.
Process Development:
• 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 manufacturing 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.
New Product Introduction:
• Acts as lead engineer to drive process development and capability
assessment activities, reviewing part design documentation to ensure
alignment with process capability.
• Assigns specific tasks and work with Apple suppliers to support
process development and/or data gathering activities. Set clear goals
for results and provide timely reviews of performance throughout
program.
• Establish validation procedures to determine acceptance of factory
automation solutions into development builds as well as mass production.
Education
MS/BS in Engineering, or equivalent.
Additional Requirements
-Typically
requires 5+ years of experience supporting new product launches and
new processes within manufacturing operations. Must be experienced at
identifying opportunities for savings and improvement through the use of
line optimization and automation.
- Must have Industry knowledge of the automation industry.
- Engineering management experience is a plus.
- Travel: Domestic or International travel: 30-40%.
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