Apple posted a job you might be interested in December 11, 2014 at 08:52AM

Apple



Automation Engineer

Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, CN - Consumer Electronics





Key Qualification


- Experience in the design, deployment and support of Factory Automation Systems. - A working understanding of high volume manufacturing systems is a must. - Experience in consumer electronic products SMT, Assembly, Test, or Packaging operations. - Experience with optical inspection, lasers and chemical cleaning desirable - Applications engineering experience a plus. - System engineering background and experience a plus. - Must have cross discipline capability and knowledge. - Must have direct functional understanding of various aspects of the automation and robotics field, with prior work experience in the creating of machine design, integration or support.



Description


- Evaluate existing factory processes and identify opportunities for savings and improvement through the use of automation technology. - Work with internal and external stakeholders to assess and define requirements for automation of high volume consumer electronics SMT, Assembly, Test, and Packaging operations. - Work with internal and external partners on the design and deployment of complex factory automation systems. Manage detailed requirements definition, review and approve system designs and oversee implementation. - Work with production teams and vendors to scale and maintain factory automation systems across multiple factories. - Partner with Product Design Engineers to identify applications for newly emerging automation technologies on upcoming products. - Planning, proposing, and leading experiments to produce timely and accurate analyses used to drive design, development, and supply chain decisions. - Assessing the suitability of a manufacturing technology for a given part design. Planning validation exercises to demonstrate initial feasibility as well as manufacturing capability. Analyzing results of validation exercises and provide technical recommendations. - Reviewing progress of development activities at supplier locations and serve as point of escalation for critical process related issues. - Acts as lead engineer to drive process development and capability assessment activities, reviewing part design documentation to ensure alignment with process capability. - Assigns specific tasks and work with Apple suppliers to support process development and/or data gathering activities. Set clear goals for results and provide timely reviews of performance throughout program. - Establish validation procedures to determine acceptance of factory automation solutions into development builds as well as mass production.



Additional Requirement


Travel: Domestic or International travel: 30-40%.



Education


-Typically requires 5+ of experience supporting new product launches and new processes within manufacturing operations. Must be experienced at identifying opportunities for savings and improvement through the use of line optimisation and automation - Must have Industry knowledge of the automation industry - Engineering management experience of a plus - BS in Engineering, MS a plus.



Job Summary


In this highly visible role, our Automation Process Development Engineers are responsible for the development and implementation of high precision Factory / Mfg Automation processes in a high volume environment for Apple Products. You will enjoy key decision making in conjunction with hands-on problem solving and analysis on-site. You will help deliver automation solutions, drive development and implementation of high precision Factory / Mfg Automation processes in a high volume environment working on cutting edge apple products.





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