Data Center Product Design Engineer

Job Description

The Apple Data Center Product Design Engineering team is seeking a Data Center Product Design Engineer to develop energy-efficient, cost-effective, and scalable server and storage hardware architectures.

Requirements

• BS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
• 5+ years Mechanical Engineering experience in the design of server, storage, and Hyperscale data center products
• Strong engineering fundamentals: solid mechanics, material science, heat transfer, mechanism design, manufacturing
• Experience with the server mechanical development cycle from prototyping to high volume manufacturing
• Experience working with JDM vendors to create components and assemblies for prototyping
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong sense of ownership and drive for excellence
• Ability to engage in healthy collaborative debate and a keen analytical mindset
• Ability to travel up to 20% in North America and Asia to support factory builds

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with system architects, product integrity, hardware, software, and technology groups to define, refine, and execute on the design of the product
• Develop initial product layouts, generate concepts, prototype, demonstrate & test to drive decision-making
• Create specifications for design partners to implement
• Partner with external vendors & internal subject matter experts to optimize designs for performance, security, cost, service and manufacturability
• Ensure designs meet requirements throughout their lifecycle by performing stress, tolerance, and failure analyses
• Work closely with data center operations team, security, and safety teams to ensure designs meet or exceed existing standards and agreements

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.