iPhone Product Design Engineering Program Manager (PD EPM)
Apple Cupertino, California, United States
Computers and Electronics Manufacturing · 10,001+ employees
About the role
You will lead cross-functional teams and external vendors to manage the mechanical design, development, and validation of new iPhone products. This role involves driving day-to-day project activities, managing schedules, and resolving technical issues to meet program objectives.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must hold a BS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent and possess deep experience in NPI project management. Strong leadership, communication, and critical thinking skills are required, along with the ability to travel internationally up to 25% of the year.
Full description
At Apple, we believe our greatest innovations start with our people. By embracing a diverse team, we spark creativity and curiosity. With talented and motivated individuals, we drive innovation and achieve remarkable results! Together, we collaborate and tackle challenges to create exceptional products for our customers. When we all contribute our unique skills and strengths, we unlock our full potential and accomplish extraordinary things. You won’t just be joining a team—you’ll be making a meaningful impact and achieving incredible milestones together. Here at Apple, your contributions will shape the future, and you’ll have the opportunity to do the best work of your life.
Imagine what you could do here! At Apple, great ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and you will help to create the next generation of the world’s finest electronic devices. As an Engineering Project Manager within the Product Design organization you will be responsible for managing the development and implementation process for one of our iPhone Product Design teams.
Description
You help lead a team of cross-functional partners and external vendors to meet the overall program objectives focusing on mechanical engineering design, development planning and validation cycles of new iPhones. Your ability to deep dive into material fundamentals, creatively solve challenging logistics and technical problems, and collaborate and work well with inter-disciplinary teams are key to delivering the best material solutions and products to our customers.
Minimum Qualifications
Excellent communication, organizational and leadership skills Flexible and calm in the face of ambiguity Ability to filter and distill relevant information for the right audience Demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities Ability to lead multi-functional communication between project teams and external vendors Drive day-to-day activities to meet overall project objectives Create and manage project schedules Provide timely issue resolution and critical path management BS Mechanical Engineering degree or equivalent Deep experience in NPI project management and mechanical engineering Ability to travel/work internationally 25% of year
Preferred Qualifications
Experience collaborating with and facilitating communication across Design, Engineering, Operations teams and our OEM partners to meet very aggressive schedule, and quality goals Ability to independently drive projects though rapid development cycles and deliver a product Detailed knowledge of product development processes and strong understanding of manufacturing processes Understand technical issues and drive them to closure by bringing together key partners for decision making Provide project status across a wide spectrum of contributors to executive management
