Apple · 5 months ago
Flex DFM Engineer
Cupertino, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$172K/yr - $259K/yr
3+ years expApple is a company known for its extraordinary products and innovative culture. The Flex DFM Engineer role involves maintaining design guidelines for flexible printed circuits and leading improvement activities while collaborating with vendors on development projects.
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Responsibilities
You will provide maintenance of Apple's general specification and design guidelines for flexible printed circuits and design rule roadmap
You will analyze defects in flexible printed circuits and maintain leadership of improvement activities
You will have ownership of collaborative development projects with flexible printed circuit vendors, including:
Qualification of vendor manufacturing sites and lines
Review of vendor design feedback coupled with analysis of vendor capability and implementation of appropriate design improvements
Qualification
Required
A proven understanding of the link between flex design rules, industry capability and the specific processes required to meet various capability levels
An engineer with at least 3 - 10 years of applicable experience
BS Degree in Chemical, Mechanical, or Materials Science Engineering
Preferred
Experience with antenna related flexes is a plus
Demonstrated knowledge of cause and effect relationship between manufacturing practices and defect modes in flexible printed circuits and assemblies
Familiarity with surface mount assembly of flexible circuits including standard methodologies for material and tooling selection as well as component footprint design rules
Firsthand experience with backend processes and tooling design for flexible printed circuit assemblies including punching, bending, and attach of stiffeners and adhesives
Established capability in statistical methods of data analysis including SPC and DOE
Knowledge of industry specifications for flexible printed circuits and assemblies
Experience with Allegro, Valor, NX8 and JMP as well as Mac OSX and UNIX is desirable
Strong communication skills with the talent to articulate technical detail to others with varying levels of technical expertise
An outgoing personality with the ability to work constructively with others through differences of opinion
A willingness to participate in communication with overseas team members at irregular hours and travel overseas as necessary ~30%
Benefits
Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
Retirement benefits
A range of discounted products and free services
Reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
Relocation
Company
Apple
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10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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$5.67BKey Investors
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2026-01-10Pre Seed· $1M
2025-05-05Post Ipo Debt· $4.5B
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Tim Cook
CEO
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SVP, Software Engineering
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