Apple's Battery Engineering team is looking for an experienced FEA Engineer to contribute to the design, qualification, and manufacturing of battery systems for portable electronic devices. This role will involve creating models and simulations that inform critical design decisions, impacting reliability, safety, and performance. The engineer will play a key role in battery innovation, enabling faster development cycles and improved product safety. The work will influence products used by millions worldwide.

• MS degree in Mechanical Engineering, Computational Mechanics, Applied Mechanics, Materials Science, Applied Physics, or similar.
• Experience with commercial finite element analysis software such as Abaqus.
• Experience with advanced simulation techniques such as nonlinear constitutive modeling and modeling of high speed events and large deformations.
• Experience programming in Python.
• PhD and 10+ years relevant industry experience.
• Experience with coupled thermal-mechanical or electrochemical-mechanical modeling.
• Experience with LS-DYNA, ANSYS, or COMSOL.
• Exposure to physics-based machine learning methods for surrogate modeling or model order reduction.
• Custom solver development or user-defined material model implementation experience.
• Industry experience in battery mechanics, electrochemistry, or energy storage systems.
• Experience validating complex models against experimental data.
• Experience designing and executing physical tests for material characterization or model validation.
• Familiarity with high-performance computing (HPC) environments and version-controlled software development workflows.

• Create and validate finite element models for battery systems.
• Conduct simulations to inform design decisions for battery reliability and performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance battery design and manufacturing processes.
• Develop and implement advanced simulation techniques for battery systems.
• Execute physical tests for material characterization and model validation.

• 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.