Coating Materials Engineer

Our Materials Engineering Product Design team is dedicated to creating and optimizing polymer materials. We influence and enable innovative designs across all Apple product lines year after year. We work with the utmost attention to detail directly impacting the design of products that millions of people around the world a Materials Engineer within the Product Design organization you will drive the development of new coating materials and processes to meet the surface durability and aesthetic requirements across a wide range of part designs and in support of Apples ambitious design goals.

The candidate will be responsible for identifying developing and implementing new coating materials used across Apple hardware products. They will foster collaborative relationships with Apple suppliers in order to influence product development to meet material needs anticipated in future Apple product designs. They will collaborate with product design and industrial design groups on material selection design feasibility and aesthetics of new plastic part designs. They will help deliver Apples materials environmental goals and reduce the carbon footprint of plastics. nnThis position will require a high level of autonomy and effective communication as well as the management of multiple projects in parallel.

Establish relationships with world class coating material suppliers to learn about emerging technologies and collaborate on the development of new coating materials to meet Apples product roadmap the development of new painted products processes and quality specifications to meet a wide range of product applications of different finishes and cosmetic with product design and industrial design groups on material selection design feasibility and aesthetics of new painted part as Apples internal coatings expert by leveraging thorough understanding of properties of coating materials application processes and performance criteria of coated substrates. nSupport failure analysis and provide design direction based on evaluation of test data and failure root cause new characterization methods to better predict the performance of coatings in end-use with the use of statistical tools Design For Manufacturing JMP and Six Sigma techniques and visit factories to fully understand their capabilities quality requirements and resolve difficult material specifications for coating materials and collaborate with suppliers and manufacturing engineers to implement OQC process on new materials and applications. nManage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining high cosmetic u0026 reliability standards with fast-paced testing timelines.

MS in Materials Science Chemical Engineering Polymer Engineering plus 3 years in coating industrynStrong materials fundamentals in polymer material propertiesnExperience in polymer coating chemistries and application of paint materials and design for manufacturing in terms of geometry and cosmetic analytical and problem-solving skills including the ability to use statistical tools and techniquesnDemonstrated ability to independently drive multiple projects with high attention to details setting priorities and deliver resultsnAbility to travel within China and Internationally within Asia 25%-35%

PhD in Materials Science Chemical Engineering Polymer Engineering or 10 years in coating industrynEffective written presentation and verbal communication skills providing technical expertise and updates on project milestonesnHigh attention to detail fastidious management of large quantities of details solution-driven mindset to manage projects to successful completionnDemonstrated ability to independently drive multiple projects setting priorities and deliver resultsnFamiliarity with failure characterizations techniques (Optical Microscopy X-ray/CT Scanning Electron Microscopy/Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy etc.) and the ability to use failure analysis methodology to derive failure root cause