Engineering Program Manager Smarter Chemistry

Imagine what you could do here at Apple where new ideas have a way of becoming great products services and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and theres no telling what you could accomplish. nAt Apple we deliver products technologies and services to inspire creativity and enrich lives. Apple has become one of the most recognized and trusted brands in the world. As such we hold ourselves to the highest standards to maintain public and employee trust by ensuring regulatory commitment to protecting human health and the environment extends to every material in every product we make. The Product Analysis and Compliance Engineering (PACE) team is at the center of that commitment serving as the critical bridge between global regulatory teams government affairs legal operations and hardware engineering to ensure Apple products meet and exceed the worlds chemical and substance are seeking an Engineering Program Manager to lead complex cross-functional programs that drive Apples Smarter Chemistry strategy this role you will translate emerging chemical regulations into actionable compliance plans orchestrate multi-stakeholder initiatives across Apples hardware portfolio and help shape the regulatory landscape by partnering with Apples global regulatory teams. This is not a passive compliance role it is a leadership position where you will influence product design decisions and drive engineering teams work with legal teams to assess regulatory risk and help define how the electronics industry approaches safer smarter material you thrive at the intersection of chemistry product design and regulatory compliance and excel at bringing order to complexity wed love to hear from you.

We are looking for self-motivated fast learners with excellent verbal and written communication skills who are eager to collaborate with multiple internal and external stakeholders to drive the adoption of innovative solutions through product design and engineering directed at creating world-class products using materials that protect human and environmental health in support of Apples Smarter Chemistry goals. The ideal candidate will establish strong business relationships understand their goals and objectives and help navigate conflicts and competing priorities with diplomacy and data-driven insights.

Own end-to-end program management for chemical regulatory compliance initiatives that span all of Apples hardware product linesnDevelop and maintain comprehensive program plans including schedules milestones Gantt charts risk registers and compliance implementation roadmaps for regulatory initiatives affecting Apple hardware (e.g. PFAS restrictions REACH SVHC RoHS amendments emerging substance bans)nnLead cross-functional working groups that bring together hardware engineering product design operations supply chain legal product marketing and government affairs to drive alignment on compliance strategies and timelines across the entire regularity lifecyclennWork with internal partners to facilitate risk assessments to evaluate regulatory exposure identify material supplier and product impacts and propose mitigation strategies with clear decision frameworksnnEstablish and maintain tools and processes to track global regulatory developments across multiple jurisdictions and assess applicability to Apples product portfolionnDrive program objectives and schedules be calm in the face of uncertainty and confident navigating ambiguity unafraid to make the hard calls.

Bachelors degree in Chemistry Chemical Engineering Materials Science Environmental Science/Engineering or a related technical disciplinen7 years of experience in chemical regulatory compliance product environmental compliance or a closely related field within consumer electronics hardware manufacturing or a regulated industrynExcellent and rigorous program management skills nDemonstrated expertise with global substance regulations and frameworks including REACH (EU) RoHS California Proposition 65 TSCA K-REACH China RoHS and emerging PFAS restrictionsnProven track record of leading complex multi-stakeholder programs including building project plans managing schedules and dependencies conducting risk assessments and driving deliverables to completionnStrong understanding of green chemistry principles and the toxicological basis for chemical restrictionsnExcellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate highly technical regulatory content into actionable guidance for engineering and business audiencesnDemonstrated ability to influence without authority aligning cross-functional teams (engineering legal operations supply chain) around shared compliance objectivesnWillingness and ability to travel internationally (estimated 1020%)

MSME/MSEE/MSCE or MBA preferred but not requirednWorking knowledge of medical device hardware analytical testing and manufacturing processesnKnowledge in analytical testing (spectroscopic chromatographic and wet chemistry) and toxicology methods