Strategic Lead Manufacturing Design Engineer (MDE), Materials Development and Decarbonization

Job Summary

Summary Posted: May 11, 2026 Role Number: 20... Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. The people here at Apple dont just create products they create the kind of wonder thats revolutionized entire industries. Its the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it. The Strategic Lead, Materials Development & Decarbonization partners with Product Design and Manufacturing Design teams to embed environmental and manufacturability considerations into material selection decisions at the earliest product development stages. In this strategic hands-on role, you will have direct frequent communication and collaboration with Apple Product Design Materials, Environmental teams, and global raw material vendors. This role is empowered and expected to influence critical material decisions upstream, translating complex vendor capabilities and decarbonization timelines into clear business and technical trade-offs for leadership.

Description

Description You will lead the development and implementation of material selection strategy and decarbonization roadmaps across Apple's primary materials (alloys and polymers) used as the building blocks of Apple's products. You will collaborate closely with colleagues in Product Design Materials, Global Supply Management, Industrial Design, Quality Engineering, and the Environmental team to ensure material decisions meet product quality, manufacturability, cost, yield, capacity, schedule, and decarbonization goals.