# David Parell

> Sr. Manager, Mac Product Design

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/davidparell

## Work Experience
### Sr. Manager, Mac Product Design @ Apple
Jan 2023 – Present

### Manager, Mac Product Design @ Apple
Jan 2016 – Jan 2023

### Product Design Lead, Mac PD @ Apple
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016

### Product Design Engineer @ Apple
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Cupertino, CA

### Product Design Engineering Intern @ Apple Inc.
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Cupertino CA
• Designed fixtures and performed experiments to rapidly develop and prototype solutions to high priority design problems for next-generation Mac products.
• Performed analysis of product models and prototypes to support and validate design decisions.
• Assisted in communicating design constraints and tradeoffs to upper management and between cross-functional teams.

### Associate Mechanical Engineer @ Logic PD
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | Maynard, MA
• Contributed to design and generated detailed drawings and tolerance analysis for 20+ custom injection molded, machined, and stamped components for production release of a handheld electro-mechanical medical device.
• Designed 80-20 framework and contributed to design of custom bent and welded sheet metal skins for a large homeland security device built to tight agency size constraints on a tight 5 month schedule from concept sketch to alpha prototype.
• Communicated and interpreted manufacturer and client constraints to ensure functionality and manufacturability of final product.

### Engineering Intern @ Alltech
Jan 2009 – Jan 2009
• Developed automated systems for washing and filling of fermentation trays for new production facility, reducing project costs 75% from external quotes.
• Devised air flow systems and storage racks for a UV and ozone sterilized tray storage room.


## Education
### BS in Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/david-parell-66758012

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Last updated: 2026-04-13