Accessories Engineering Program Manager

The Accessories group at Apple is seeking an Engineering Program Manager (EPM) to lead the design and development of accessories projects, supporting various lines of business. This highly collaborative role involves overseeing project management between internal Apple engineering teams and external suppliers. The EPM will manage project definition, development milestones, schedules, and status of new product development. Key responsibilities include driving component builds, facilitating communication across teams, understanding technical issues, identifying risks, and creating detailed project schedules. Success is defined by the quality and timeliness of pre-production builds and mass production, requiring a deep understanding of manufacturing processes.

Must Have

• Drive upstream component/module builds to fulfill system engineering build demands.
• Collaborate and facilitate communication across multiple engineering teams, operations, industrial design, and vendor partners.
• Understand technical issues & complex design trade-offs; drive to closure by bringing together key stakeholders.
• Identify risks, develop mitigation strategies and facilitate conflict resolution.
• Create/maintain complex and detailed project schedules for product enclosure and internal mechanical components.
• Provide timely issue resolution and critical path management as top priorities shift.
• Understand system-level part interactions (mechanical, electrical, RF); manage a plan for reliability testing.
• Coordinate cosmetic and functional partial unit builds for key reviews and early testing.
• Offer multiple levels of status across a wide spectrum of individual contributors to executive management.
• Travel to support manufacturing builds up to 20% of the time.

Good to Have

• Masters in Engineering

Perks & Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• Retirement benefits
• Range of discounted products and free services
• Reimbursement for certain educational expenses (tuition) for career advancement at Apple
• Opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through discretionary employee stock programs
• Ability to purchase Apple stock at a discount (Employee Stock Purchase Plan)
• Discretionary bonuses or commission payments (role might be eligible)
• Relocation (role might be eligible)

Will you help us design the next generation of Apple products? We are seeking an enthusiastic team member to join our team. The Accessories group is looking for an Engineering Program Manager (EPM) to lead the design and development of accessories projects - supporting various lines of businesses across Apple. Do you love the manufacturing process? Are you passionate about great engineering? Join us in developing creative solutions to deep engineering challenges, where you will become an integral part of a team that champions customer experience, engineering excellence, creativity and innovation. In this highly collaborative role, you will oversee project management efforts between a variety of internal Apple engineering teams and external suppliers.

Accessories EPM is a technical role that includes responsibility for managing and communicating project definition, development landmarks, project schedules, and project status of new product development. You should be a fearless and disciplined organizer who is ready to work with the highly skilled Hardware, Software, Mechanical Design, and Industrial Design teams to identify and resolve potential risks to the schedule and quality of the product. EPMs should be able to prioritize issues and track the details as well as be in touch with the big picture issues. Success is defined in terms of the quality and timeliness of the pre-production builds and the start of mass production. EPMs need to have a deep understanding of development and manufacturing processes, from part design to circuit board manufacturing to production line bring-up. We are looking for someone who is flexible and can respond quickly, confidently and enthusiastically to changes. Great interpersonal and written communication skills are essential. EPMs interact with all engineering design disciplines plus Safety, Reliability, Marketing, Operations, Packaging, Manufacturing, Component Engineering, and other resources inside and outside of Apple.

• Drive upstream component/module builds to fulfill system engineering build demands. Key contributor to system build planning and execution
• Collaborate and facilitate communication across multiple engineering teams, operations, industrial design, and our vendor partners to meet aggressive quality, schedule, and cost goals
• Understand technical issues & complex design trade-offs. Drive to closure by bringing together key stakeholders; facilitating decision-making discussions to meet overall project objectives
• Identify risks, develop mitigation strategies and facilitate conflict resolution within and between teams, focus on top level objectives and develop best course of action
• Create/maintain complex and detailed project schedules for product enclosure and internal mechanical components. Respond quickly to changes and minimize project impact
• Provide timely issue resolution and critical path management as top priorities shift
• Understand system-level part interactions (mechanical, electrical, RF); manage a plan to provide key system configurations into reliability testing to validate performance
• Coordinate cosmetic and functional partial unit builds for key reviews and early testing
• Offer multiple levels of status across a wide spectrum of individual contributors to executive management
• Travel to support manufacturing builds up to 20% of the time

• BS engineering degree required
• Several years of project management experience
• Experience and familiarity with consumer electronic industry

• Strong technical background in EE or ME. Masters in Engineering is a plus.
• Project management experience with experience in working with CM partners
• Detailed knowledge of product development cycles
• Experienced in setting up project schedules and work breakdown structures
• Ability to filter and distill relevant information for the right audience
• Excellent communication, presentation, organizational and leadership skills
• Highly disciplined in workflow, process, and staying organized on priority tasks
• Superior attention to detail with a strong commitment to rigor and excellence
• Manage complex build matrices and build planning through complex schedules
• Self motivated and proactive with creative and critical thinking capabilities