Data Center Mechanical Design Engineer, Infrastructure Services

Summary

Do you want to help build some of the largest and most consequential enterprise and customer technology systems in the world? Join Apple’s Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) organization. IS&T is the engine behind everything Apple does for customers and for the people who build for them. It’s Apple’s central nervous system. Supporting 2.5 billion active Apple devices, processing billions of secure transactions, and keeping the technology that defines modern life running flawlessly, IS&T makes the impossible feel effortless.”

Do you love building solutions to handle global complexity and immense scale? Imagine what you could do here.

Infrastructure Services is part of IS&T and the foundation of Apple's global network operations — managing data center equipment and systems to deliver compute, storage, and networking services for teams across Apple, including its internal developer community. From individual facilities to a worldwide network, Infrastructure Services ensures the technology underneath everything works without question.

Our Data Center Engineering team responsible for evaluating new technologies of IT servers, Data Center Infrastructure devices and systems. We are seeking a skilled Mechanical Engineer to drive analysis, evaluation and collaboration of servers, data center cooling and electrical Infrastructure components, systems and equipment. We are looking for a team oriented, innovative, logical mindset, forward-thinking, self-confident, experienced Mechanical Engineer to join our team.

Description

As an Apple Mechanical Engineer you will drive the evaluation of wide variety of devices, equipment and systems in our focused lab environments and in our data centers. The key objective is to innovate or refine our test environments, evaluate and characterize systems, root cause failure analysis, with the goal of improving a concept, product, service, methods and procedures.

Responsibilities

Innovate and collaborate in designing or improving evaluation environments, test fixtures and systems for new technologies
Define and document project requirements, risks, effort and schedule
Drive transportation and vibration analysis
Create or manipulate CAD 3D models for use with CFD, FEA, or other modeling and simulation tools
Correlate lab data to model results, and collaborate findings to cross functional teams
Conduct design validation of device or system to requirements, analyze and collaborate results across Apple development groups
Contribute to our global body of knowledge and drive a cycle of continuous improvement at a global scale
Support Data Center Operations including failure mode and root cause analysis, maintenance / troubleshooting support, and procedure review for both mechanical and electrical issues

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineer, or a related field or equivalent job-related experience
5+ years experience with Mechanical 2D and/or 3D modeling tools
5+ years of experience analysis methods such as CFD, FEA, stress, strain, vibration analysis, thermal, fluid flow, or failure analysis

Preferred Qualifications

5+ years of experience in product design, or validation or evaluation
Hands on experience working in a dynamic lab environment
Proven record of excellent problem solving skills
Experience in researching, understanding and explaining complex systems in clear and concise language
Experience in methods for root cause failure analysis and corrective actions
A thorough understanding of the fundamental aspects of a thermal design
Strong modeling skills, modeling techniques with experience accurately capturing complex details, and understanding of machine shop processes
Experience with CFD analysis tools such as 6 Sigma, ICEPAK, etc…
Understanding of data center infrastructure operation and cooling solutions
Proficient with Excel, Numbers, or equivalent to organize, analyze, and visualize data
Self starter, self driven, and able to lead other team members
Understanding of electrical engineering

Application Deadline

Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.