职位描述：
Summary：
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 don’t just create products — they create the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s 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.
As part of Manufacturing Design team, Subject Matter Expert (SME) is accountable for creating new highly cosmetic surface finishing processes across Apple’s worldwide supply base. In this highly collaborative role, you will work closely with Apple Industrial Design, Product Design, and Manufacturing Design partners, as well as our worldwide suppliers. The SME role is empowered to bring creativity to Apple’s manufacturing approach, enabling us to deliver our best colors and textures to as many customers as possible.
Description：
– Match, pilot and scale new cosmetic Anodized finishes for production
– Utilize combined mechanical surface preparation to create textures (blasting, tumbling, polishing) and decorative anodizing finishing techniques to meet challenging new targets.
– Research new methods for creating new surface finishes and implementing tighter control of existing finishes.
– Evaluate manufacturing processes at early stages of product development to define critical process requirements and controls for tightest output.
– Plan and execute studies to confirm process capability to achieve excellent quality and high yields on high volume enclosures
– Present analysis to key decision makers that will be used to make commercial, cosmetic and design commitments
– Evaluate supplier capabilities and address shortcomings relative to company needs
– Drive on-site support in conjunction with USA counterparts for implementation of manufacturing processes at supplier locations
– Build relationships with these counterparts and suppliers, and foster development of their capabilities and expertise
– Maintain working knowledge of key process drivers and subject matter expertise in the technologies to serve as technical resource on project teams. Investigate and validate new surface finishing processes, techniques, and equipment where appropriate.
职位要求：
Minimum Qualifications：
BS/MS in engineering (chemical engineering, chemistry or materials science) or equivalent record of industrial experience.
Minimum 5 years of developing new cosmetic plated finishes.
Experience utilizing combined mechanical finishing and anodizing process to meet ID desired texture and color targets.
Experience to metal resin bonding technology.
Fluent English communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications：
Must be able to develop anodizing process and equipment to meet both cosmetic and functional reliability requirements.
Ability to plan, execute, and present results from investigations using statistical analysis and clearly communicated results and recommendations.
Ability to drive root cause/corrective action activities.
Experience with other chemical metal surface treatments for corrosion protection including conversion coating.
Understanding of color theory and color, gloss and texture measurement techniques.
Have minimum average, preferably superior color discrimination ability.
Knowledge of cleaning and surfactants in pretreatment of aluminum (steel is a plus) for cosmetic finishes.
Experience working with an international supply chain.
Ability to define clear process controls and documentation for a robust process.
Frequent domestic and some overseas travel expected.
Experience in massive data analysis, coding and machine learning would be a plus.
招聘部门：
Apple Operations and Supply Chain
工作地点：
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
面试建议：
Apple的Surface Finishing专家职位是一个极具挑战性的技术岗位，它不仅要求深厚的表面处理专业知识，还需要具备将创新工艺转化为大规模生产的能力。这个职位的独特之处在于它需要同时满足工业设计的美学要求和产品功能可靠性，这要求应聘者既要有技术深度，又要有跨部门协作的广度。 在准备面试时，你需要重点展示你在阳极氧化工艺开发方面的实际经验，特别是那些能够证明你创新能力和问题解决能力的项目案例。由于这个职位需要频繁的国际出差和供应商管理，你还需要准备展示你跨文化沟通和项目管理能力的例子。Apple特别看重数据驱动的决策方式，所以如果你有使用统计分析或机器学习优化工艺的经验，一定要重点强调。记住，这个职位不仅考察你的技术能力，还在考察你能否将复杂的技术概念清晰地传达给非技术背景的决策者。
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