Job Details

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200631975-3760

Summary

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The people here at Apple don’t just create products — they create the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it.

The Advanced Process Lab is a development space with equipment dedicated to developing processes for the Manufacturing Design team. In our lab the primary focus will be metal additive manufacturing. This is a hands on position and requires candidate to be on site 5 days a week to drive projects to completion.

Description

• Support day to day operations of a metals additive manufacturing lab including safe setup, operation, and all maintenance from a variety of equipment manufacturers.
• Develop and document processes including all parameters, consumables and secondary operation requirements to meet defined specifications
• Conduct process optimization DOE’s, using data and hands-on approaches together to find solutions to sophisticated challenges
• Hands on lab expectations: transport and load powders, prepare build plates with CNC equipment, run metal 3D print build jobs, and support post processing such as de-powdering, cleaning, heat treatment, wire EDM, and inspection.
• Proficiently use hand, power, and pneumatic tools for various tasks.
• Handle powder including sieving, sampling, loading, and cleaning.
• Monitor builds according to a flexible schedule, and ensure traceability of all powder and parts.
• Support metrology operations including dimensional inspection, and cosmetic inspection equipment.
• Develop specifications and characterization techniques for raw material input inspection
• Conduct material characterization of additive manufactured parts
• Collaborate with 3rd party labs for advanced characterization procedures, including: SEM, TEM, XRD and other techniques to quantify microstructure and material properties
• Generate test procedures for characterizing material properties, analyze data collected from test procedures and create & present reports that can shared cross functional teams.
• Collaborate with internal partners and equipment suppliers to develop and refine metal additive manufacturing processes and equipment
• Attend trainings to learn to safely operate state of the art equipment from a variety of manufacturers, and stay up to date with current best practices.
• Ability to collaborate with vendors / internal resources to close gaps in ability to operate the lab.
• Ability to coordinate equipment install or removal.
• Work with EH&S to ensure adequate compliance.
• Attend OAC meetings as applicable

Minimum Qualifications

• BS in mechanical, chemical, material science, or related fields preferred

• 3+ years of hands on experience in additive manufacturing environment, in mechanical product development, manufacturing engineering, tooling engineering, high precision fabrication, or similar roles.

• Experience operating Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) equipment in a laboratory or production environment

• Ability to travel up to 25% is required

Preferred Qualifications

• MS or PhD in mechanical, chemical, material science, or related fields preferred

• Experience and training with safe handling and disposal of powdered metals including titanium

• Experience with metallographic measurement including mount, polish, etching, microscope imaging, and basic metrology such as Instron, hardness testing, and 3D scanning.

• Experience managing material characterization efforts with outside labs

• Experience with generating process control plans and corresponding quality plans at contract manufacturers

• Ability to lift 50 lbs, and operate machine tools such as grinder, polisher, bandsaw, lathe and mill

• Ability to be qualified to operate forklift

• Ability to work in an isolated lab environment

• Ability to travel up to 25% is required

• Applies a hands-on approach to engineering and problem-solving

• Demonstrates commitment and tenacity; a self-starter who learns quickly and adapts to find new solutions in the face of adversity

• Knowledge of advanced materials characterization techniques including: SEM, TEM, ICP-OES, Optical Profileometry

• Communicates technical information clearly and persuasively in both written and verbal forms, adapting content to suit the intended audience

• Employs project management tools to effectively plan and track work to completion; diligent and reliable in completing tasks and balance priorities independently

• Experience on the shop floor in a professional context

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .