Apple are hiring a
Product Design Leader
We are looking for a Product Design leader to drive the creation of Apples Home hardware products.
You will own the end-to-end product development lifecycle for a portfolio of products spanning audio, visual, and sensing domains, each with distinct identities but designed to work together as a coherent system. You will build and lead a high-performing PD organization, set the technical direction for new product architectures, and partner deeply with Industrial Design, Hardware Engineering, Silicon, Software, and Operations to deliver world-class hardware on aggressive timelines.
Description
You will lead Product Design for Apples home hardware line, taking products from early architecture through mass production. This means owning mechanical architecture, system-level design, driving integration across electrical, thermal, acoustic, optical, and antenna domains, and ensuring products ship at Apple quality and scale.
Minimum Qualifications
- 10+ years experience in mechanical design, 8+ years in engineering management, preferably working experience in consumer electronics
- BS in Mechanical Engineering or related field
- Extensive experience in product development engineering, with significant time spent in engineering leadership roles, preferably in consumer electronics
- Track record of shipping high-volume, tightly integrated electromechanical products from concept through mass production
- Deep understanding of mechanical engineering fundamentals: materials, thermal management, structural analysis, tolerance systems, and manufacturing processes (injection molding, die casting, machining, stamping, extrusion, etc.)
- Strong design validation background: FEA, tolerance analysis, failure analysis, DOE, prototype-driven development
- Experience managing teams across multiple simultaneous programs at different lifecycle stages
Preferred Qualifications
- MS or advanced degree in engineering
- Experience leading product development for products where acoustic, optical, or sensor performance is central to the user experience
- Demonstrated ability to drive system-level architecture decisions that span mechanical, electrical, thermal, and software domains
- Familiarity with cost-driven design tradeoffs at scale, including silicon and module selection, BOM optimization, and platform reuse strategies
- Experience building or restructuring product development organizations
- Track record of effective cross-functional leadership in environments where key partners sit outside your reporting chain
