Platform Systems Engineering Manager

Apple•Beaverton, OR

About The Position

Are you passionate about working on products that enrich the lives of millions of people? Do you enjoy understanding how things work in breadth and depth, and how to make them even better? Are you excited to work on cutting-edge technologies and products? If so, we'd love to hear from you! The Platform Systems team is looking for an experienced manager to lead and grow the organization. In this role, you will constantly be challenged to learn about how Apple's latest features and technologies work and collaborate with teams to enable this outstanding technology across the Software/Hardware/Silicon organizations! You will work with teams to help them identify focus areas, run experiments, analyze data, and develop tools to help achieve efficiency while maintaining a great user experience. Work cross-functionally with silicon, hardware, and software teams to help deliver surprise and delight in our latest products while enabling system development and stability. This role requires the technical depth and expertise to understand how things work from the user interface down to the state transitions of each hardware block. This insight is instrumental to drive hardware build readiness, system stability in the presilicon and NPI phase, and convey the overall system stability impact to engineering teams with potential solutions for optimization. Strong problem solving skills and effective communication are critical for success in this role.

Requirements

2+ years of management experience
Strong understanding of hardware component and hardware/software interactions
Solid understanding of operating systems fundamentals
Excellent debugging/triaging skills to solve challenging problems
Excellent spoken and written communication skills

Nice To Haves

Excellent prioritization skills and focus
Experience developing scripts/tools to distill and visualize data a plus
Proven experience in technical leadership: At least 2 years of experience managing engineering teams responsible for cross-functional systems work (hardware/software/silicon).
Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving skills: Able to approach complex problems with creativity, curiosity, and a rigorous analytical mindset.
Track record of proactive execution: Highly skilled at anticipating risks, identifying next steps, and ensuring tasks and issues are driven to resolution without lingering or ambiguity.
Strong organizational and prioritization abilities: Can juggle multiple initiatives, keep teams focused, and ensure the highest priority work is delivered with urgency and clarity.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills: Comfortable driving consensus, giving clear updates, and collaborating across diverse technical teams.
Thoughtful and strategic mindset: Demonstrates the ability to “see around corners”—anticipating challenges and opportunities before they arise and planning accordingly.

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