Industrial Designer

About This Role

Designing and developing high-quality concepts for new Apple products is the core of this role, which accepts portfolios from curious, passionate, and collaborative industrial designers. The team seeks highly motivated, determined problem-solvers with rigorous attention to detail, and is interested in seeing work at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Perform hands-on prototyping, without relying solely on virtual design tools, to create design prototypes and refine for mass production
• Uphold Apple's design aesthetics with regards to materials and driving material innovation with key engineering partners
• Evaluate the construction of products and execute product design from concept through to manufacturing
• Sketch alongside other designers throughout the design process to communicate ideas of form, color and material exploration, and experience use cases to multi-functional teams to solve design problems
• Build physical models, including simple paper models, quick prototypes using found and mixed media, 3D prints, and detailed 3D physical models using 2D drawing software and 3D CAD software
• Work with electrical and mechanical design teams to understand engineering constraints and incorporate feedback to ensure successful implementation for mass production
• Collaborate with team members to evaluate design feasibility based on aesthetic appearance, functionality, production materials, costs/methods and marketing
• Contribute to human factors research including product reliability testing, design of the testing protocol, user interviews and provide specific feedback on products
• Collaborate with CAD engineers and CAD Sculptors to resolve design/manufacturing and cosmetic issues with OEM vendors and manufacturers
• Perform on-site collaborative work in confidential labs to understand technical challenges and provide creative solutions, including reviewing 2D and 3D CAD and engineering prototypes, and under regulated lighting conditions to refine materials, color, and finish and provide direction to manufacturing specialists

Requirements

• Master
• 2 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation
• Body of work that has been produced

Nice to have:

• Passion for materials and material exploration
• Healthy obsession with how things are made and how they work
• Deep appreciation for aesthetics
• Radical creativity
• Excellent communication skills

Benefits

• Opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs
• Discretionary restricted stock unit awards
• Ability to purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan