Manufacturing Design Engineer-Battery
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Battery OPS team is looking for a highly motivated Manufacturing Design/Quality Engineer to help in the management of Battery manufacturing process at CM vendors. He / She will provide full support for reviewing Battery Specification and providing feedback to Apple Battery Engineering / PD. He / She will work with suppliers to ensure capable manufacturing processes are in place to consistently meet Battery specifications, and innovate for advanced and smart manufacturing. He / She will also be responsible for developing and implementing high quality standards to ensure product meet a cosmetically demanding and high volume environment.
Process/Manufacturing
- Partner closely with Ops and Engineering teams during all phases of development and product introduction
- Work closely with suppliers to provide support and technical & manufacturing direction to guarantee their ability to meet Apple design, process, test and quality requirement
- Drive manufacturing, test and assembly process related technical and operational issues to ensure issue closure
- Drive design on all equipment/fixtures/tools requirements, along with assessment of the robustness of solution to meet operation requirements and implementation of any additional solutions to mitigate any risks
- New product OK2XX process review and approval
- Technical and Quality assessment of issue and drive FACA with the vendors
QUALITY/ANALYSIS
- Apply solid understanding of quality control and manufacturing concepts to develop specific Product Quality Plan (PQP) appropriate to program.
- Act as project manager to Coordinate all Quality functions is being in place at vendor sites.
- Actively participate in program planning and monitoring process and assuming responsibility for key quality deliverables at all milestones.
- Provide technical direction and guidance to vendor Quality Engineers to ensure the implementation of the PQP is in place and executed.
- Assist to establish audit procedures appropriate to program and supplier to ensure adherence to Apple quality standards.
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- Bachelor degree and above with 3+ years of experience in a Manufacturing process development and quality role supporting high volume manufacturing.
- Fluent written and oral English communication and fluent oral Chinese language is a plus
- Familiarity with MSA, GD&T practices, Metrology, DFMEA and tolerance analysis is a plus.
- Familiar with design of experiment tool and experienced in driving FACA and statistic data analysis required.
- Excellent product management skill and have direct experience in manufacturing process design, review and buy off
- Battery pack or cell manufacturing experience is a plus
- Soft skills, i.e. leadership, project management, communication, teamwork, influencing and self-motivated
- Knowledge of AI/ML is a plus
- Periodic travel required.