# Manufacturing Design Engineer (MDE) - iPhone

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. The people here at Apple don’t just build products - they craft 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 Apple iPhone Manufacturing Design Engineer (MDE) is accountable for driving the development of key mechanical manufacturing processes across Apple’s worldwide supply base. In this highly visible, hands-on role as the expert technical member of the Manufacturing Design Team you will have direct frequent communication and collaboration with Apple Industrial Design, Product Design, Manufacturing Design partners and worldwide suppliers. Description Drive automation and fixture design activities (including machine design, vision, controls, and component fixturing) for key manufacturi

- **Id**: 2132613
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/apple-manufacturing-design-engineer-mde-iphone-2>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Austin, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-08-24T16:02:22Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T18:49:54Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 77
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4313
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Smartphones, Operating Systems, Smartwatches & Fitness Trackers, Tablets

## Company

- **Id**: 12
- **Name**: Apple
- **Domain**: apple.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/apple>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Apple Jobs

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 89
- **Open postings**: 835
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.217
- **Repost share**: 0.006
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 90
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 150000
- **Max usd**: 283000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 6333

## Technologies

- **GD&T** — Optional: no
- **JMP** — Optional: yes
- **MATLAB** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 77

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

### Languages

- Language: Chinese; Level: All levels; Optional: yes
- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-09T01:16:33Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-21T16:58:38Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-10-21T21:32:47Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-04T20:23:34Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-11-05T01:01:35Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 6,350 · green card filings: 39; Filings 12m: 6350

## Liveness

- **Score**: 56
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.941
- **P room**: 0.6
- **Age days**: 76
- **Expected fill days**: 90
- **Reasons**: conf:1, urgency, velocity, win:late, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

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