Manufacturing Design Engineer, Brittle

Define best-in-class processes to meet all Apple design and operational requirements.
Develop and document processes including all parameters, consumables and secondary operation requirements to meet defined specifications.
Provide leadership at manufacturing sites during development and product production ramp, and drive engineering issues to resolution.
Use data to drive process decisions, basic data analysis, DOEs, SPC, etc.
Identify, research, develop, and qualify premier equipment manufacturers and suppliers.
Define part tolerance and specifications by demonstrating process capability to Product Designers and Industrial Designers.
Work with Global Supply Managers to define and establish supply chain requirements using selected equipment and manufacturing suppliers.
Work with Manufacturing Quality Engineers to work on and close quality issues, drive yield improvement, and ship good parts to downstream supply chain nodes.
Coordination of activities and direction through clear communication between the Asia and US-based teams, as well as suppliers.
Lead process development/have expertise in one of the process development areas listed below:
CNC machining - Develop all CNC milling and turning processes. Scope appropriate CNC equipment to be used, develop CNC fixtures, implement touch probing, lead the reduction of cycle time, development of advanced cutters and coatings, High Speed Machining implementation, support the programming and optimization of all CNC-related activities. Own yield improvement actions and process change decisions based on SPC data analysis.
Surface Finishing - Develop new processes in the area of chemical polish, chemical thinning, blasting, tumbling, mechanical polishing, wet sanding, lapping, anodizing, and PVD. Ensure that quality and yield requirements are met.
Assembly - Develop all assembly processes. Includes incorporating welding, gluing/adhesives(OCA/LOCA), film lamination and mechanical fit based processes. Support qualification of equipment at suppliers, including detailed documentation of process parameters. Own yield improvement actions and process change decisions based on statistical process control (SPC) data analysis. Identify automation opportunities and justify automation projects based on automation line efficiency metrics.
Glass Processing - Develop all processes for glass laser, grinding, lapping, polishing, chemical strengthening, decoration and functional coatings (with inks, and other thin film deposition techniques etc). Ensure that quality and yield requirements are met.