Apple

Summary

Posted: Dec 12, 2025

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number:200636248

Do you have a passion for invention and self-challenge? Do you thrive on pushing the limits of what’s considered feasible? As part of our Battery Engineering group, you’ll help craft creative battery solutions that deliver more energy in smaller spaces than ever before! You’ll work across subject areas to transform improved hardware elements into a single, integrated design. Join us, and you’ll help us innovate new battery technologies that continually outperform the previous iterations. By collaborating with other product development groups across Apple, you’ll push the industry boundaries of what batteries can do and improve the product experience for our customers across the world.

Description

Apple is looking for a Product Design Engineer to be part of Apple’s Battery Product Development Team in Shanghai. The Battery Product Development team at Apple produces high-energy and highly reliable embedded battery systems for all product teams. Tightly integrated with Product Development, Operations, Industrial Design and Reliability Testing groups, we own battery module development from initial system architecture through ramp. The Battery Cell Product Design Group works within the Battery Product Development organization. We are responsible for the mechanical engineering design of our battery cells, which are integrated into battery modules and then into products. In this role, you will coordinate and execute mechanical characterization of the cells to understand and improve the overall functionality of the cells for our customers. We are looking for someone who is passionate about engineering and thrives on innovation. The role will require strong mechanical design skills, an ability to lead projects, and excellent communication skills both with vendors in Asia and designers inside Apple. You will be responsible for creating and driving innovative mechanical or product design, driving failure analysis, building prototypes, studying analytical models, implementing corrective actions, and organizing DOEs as we study new designs. Experience closely working with suppliers is important as well. The engineer in this role will be very comfortable with applying scientific method and have be able to apply or create the process through which they can solve complex problems.

Minimum Qualifications

• Enrolled in Bachelors/Masters/PhD studies in Mechanical engineering or related field
• Excellent English communication skills: both written and verbal, ability to clearly communicate design ideas and interact with co-workers
• Fluent in Mandarin communication
• Experience in mechanical design, hands-on trouble shooting, 3D CAD (NX preferred)
• Engineering fundamentals: statics, strength of materials, material science
• Flexible in traveling up to 50%
• Be able to commit at least 3 months full time (5 days per week) or 6 months part time (at least 3 days per week)

Preferred Qualifications

• Basic design skills: tolerances analysis, design for assembly (DFA), design for manufacturing (DFM), simple fixture design, understanding of Statistical Process Controls (SPC), understanding of metrology (basic knowledge of measurement systems)
• Ability to create and drive innovative mechanical or product designs, using tools such as FMEA, design of experiments (DOE), GD&T including datum establishment and tolerance analyses, and collaborate with FEA team
• Design intelligence: mechanical intuition, creative problem solving, spatial reasoning, diligence in finding the best solution for each design challenge, attention to detail
• Experience in design cycle from concept through manufacturing
• Experience in designing mechanical components for high volume manufacturing - injection molded parts, sheet metal components, die-cast and machined parts
• Participates in the development of manufacturing processes with multi-functional teams and external vendors, acting as product development technical liaison among vendors
• Communicates technical status of projects cross-functionally, including throughout the management structure
• Completes tasks necessary to deliver product timelines

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity, and thus we treat all applicants fairly and equally. Apple is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.