Apple Verified
Consumer Electronics, Software, Services, Retail
iPhone Product Design Lab Manager
Cupertino, CAOnsiteFull TimeManager / HeadPosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available
Required skills
- lab spaces
- prototype builds
- material characterization
- unreleased products
- confidential information
- business needs
Nice to have
- maker equipment
- metrology equipment
- failure analysis equipment
- CMM
- Keyence
- colorimeters
Role summary
The Product Design Lab Manager will oversee shared lab spaces, working hands-on with engineering teams to support prototype builds and material characterization. This role involves operating equipment, managing lab systems, and ensuring the smooth running of the lab environment. The manager will also be responsible for creating procedures and training materials, and will play a key role in setting priorities for lab support based on business needs. The position requires comfort with unreleased products and confidential information, and offers the opportunity to help establish new lab spaces and work with emerging technologies.
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 aspect of the product life cycle, and we aim to design and deliver the greatest hardware offerings for our customers. In this role you will manage shared lab spaces, working hands-on alongside the engineering teams who use them. You will operate equipment, support engineers with prototype builds and material characterization, and own the systems that keep the labs running.
The Product Design Lab team supports a wide range of products, and you will be part of every stage of the design process, from prototype assembly through material characterization. The labs you manage directly enable projects that define future Apple products. This onsite role suits someone who wants to combine hands-on technical work with ownership of how a lab actually runs. You will help stand up new lab spaces as our footprint grows, and see new technologies come through the door early.
AA in EE, ME, or CS, OR completion of 2+ years at a 4-year university in a similar field, OR previous experience in a lab, manufacturing, or technical operations environment. Comfortable handling, assembling, and disassembling product prototypes. Sound judgment while handling unreleased products and confidential information. Able to manage competing requests from multiple engineering teams, setting priority based on business needs. Clear written communication. Able to write procedures and training material others can follow.
Experience with maker, metrology or failure analysis equipment such as CMM, Keyence, colorimeters, spectrophotometers, 3d printers, and laser cutters. Experience coordinating with vendors, facilities, or construction teams during a lab buildout or equipment install. Experience training or onboarding others on equipment and safety procedures.
Description
The Product Design Lab team supports a wide range of products, and you will be part of every stage of the design process, from prototype assembly through material characterization. The labs you manage directly enable projects that define future Apple products. This onsite role suits someone who wants to combine hands-on technical work with ownership of how a lab actually runs. You will help stand up new lab spaces as our footprint grows, and see new technologies come through the door early.
Minimum Qualifications
AA in EE, ME, or CS, OR completion of 2+ years at a 4-year university in a similar field, OR previous experience in a lab, manufacturing, or technical operations environment. Comfortable handling, assembling, and disassembling product prototypes. Sound judgment while handling unreleased products and confidential information. Able to manage competing requests from multiple engineering teams, setting priority based on business needs. Clear written communication. Able to write procedures and training material others can follow.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with maker, metrology or failure analysis equipment such as CMM, Keyence, colorimeters, spectrophotometers, 3d printers, and laser cutters. Experience coordinating with vendors, facilities, or construction teams during a lab buildout or equipment install. Experience training or onboarding others on equipment and safety procedures.
