Product Design Engineering Program Manager

Apple • Cupertino, CA

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About The Position

As a Product Design Engineering Program Manager, you will be part of the team responsible for the technical management of the development and implementation process for mechanical components designed by development teams. You will drive overall program objectives, focusing on engineering, development planning, and validation cycles. The role involves working with large collaborative engineering teams to balance competing objectives while meeting aggressive timelines.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in engineering.
• 1–4+ years of project management experience.

Nice To Haves

• Excellent communication, organizational, presentation, and leadership skills.
• Self-motivated and proactive, with demonstrated creative and critical-thinking capabilities.
• Ability to work with rapid development cycles and remain flexible amid uncertainty and changes in direction.
• Knowledge of product development processes and manufacturing processes, and understanding of mechanical engineering fundamentals.
• Prior experience with metal stamping, forging, CNC machining, die casting, plastic injection molding, or metal injection molding (MIM).
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage complex design strategies.
• Experience delivering products comprising multiple materials and having high aesthetic quality.
• Experience interfacing with design teams, including Mechanical Engineering and Design, Systems Engineering, Reliability, Operations, and Marketing.

Responsibilities

• Support product definition and drive closure of architecture and technical open issues in early project stages.
• Establish and contribute to the program feature baseline, schedule, budget, critical paths, and technology risk areas through final product delivery.
• Identify technical risks and mitigation strategies with impacted teams and help drive them to closure.
• Enable development by creating and monitoring an efficient, detailed process.
• Drive drawing releases and tooling kickoff with Product Design Engineering and vendors to meet schedules.
• Plan and execute prototype builds by directing OEM partners.
• Lead cross-functional communication between project teams and external vendors.
• Drive project activities, including calling and running meetings and collaborating with diverse teams.
• Provide status updates to individual contributors and executive management through written and verbal communication.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level