Metal Tooling Engineer

- Participate in the product design process through appropriate Design for Manufacturing (DFM) input in metal components. - Work with our suppliers to develop new metal tooling, processing, and quality specifications to meet geometric and cosmetic requirements for Apple products. - Manage and direct Apple suppliers in the design and build of metal tooling to assure meeting Apple project and part requirements. - Drive optimization of metal forming processing at Apple suppliers. - Make appropriate use of tools such as DFM, SPC, Six Sigma etc. in the development of tooling and processes for metal part manufacture. Minimum Qualifications BS in engineering (MS preferred). Minimum 5 years experience in metal forming design, fabrication and debugging. Strong written and oral communication skills in Mandarin and English. Preferred Qualifications Extensive knowledge of tooling and processing for progressive stamping, deep drawing, and forging. Strong material and metallurgical knowledge of metals, especially aluminum, steel, stainless steel, titanium and copper. Experience in die casting or extrusion is a bonus. Good knowledge of secondary metal processes such as machining, and decorating (anodizing, plating, painting). Extensive experience of managing Asian metal forming vendors and tooling programs. Experience in massive data analysis, AI, coding and machine learning would be a plus.