IEI Data Scientist

Job Description

In this highly impactful role, you will be leading efforts to make things better, may it be products, processes or systems. You will bring your passion and thirst for excellence in the fields of digital manufacturing and factory efficiency to drive improvements and new technologies at our manufacturing facilities to ensure optimum use of resources.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering
• Typically 3 or more years of assembly/manufacturing experience

Responsibilities

• Digital Manufacturing
• Modeling and evaluating discrete process simulations
• Designing the layout of the plant using computer-aided design/manufacturing (CAD/CAM) software to build 3D models
• Designing, developing and installing plant control systems
• Liaising with designers, researchers and engineering consultants
• Investigating process ergonomics and coming up with solutions for any perceived issues
• Software Development
• Decent understanding of software development methodologies
• Factory Efficiency and Metrics
• Calculating production costs and metrics that include time, labor, space, equipment and overhead
• Maintaining product process flow, layout and parameters
• Implementing lean principles to various factory related processes
• Factory benchmarking for best in class metrics
• Manufacturing Data Science /Operations Research
• Design, develop, and apply engineering, mathematical models, simulation and optimization models to drive solutions to complex manufacturing operations problems / challenges
• Work on building heuristics to analyze factory collected data and define methodologies for answering key manufacturing questions
• Computer Vision and AI/ML
• Experience with deep learning libraries such as PyTorch or Tensorflow
• Program Management-must have
• Managing development and implementation of projects at contract manufacturers (CMs)
• Visiting CMs and other production sites to lead IE discussions, evaluate onsite processes and provide improvement direction
• Expected travel up to 30%

Benefits

• Employees at Apple are often offered comprehensive benefits that support physical and mental well-being—flexible medical plans, confidential counseling, onsite wellness centers at major campuses, and resources for fitness and daily life. Families typically receive fertility support, paid parental leave with gradual return, caregiving leave, and dependent-care guidance, while financial perks commonly include stock grants (with purchase discounts), 401(k) matching, and income-protection coverage. Employees also see robust time off, Apple University learning and tuition reimbursement, donation matching and paid volunteer hours, and deep product and partner discounts.