Technical Program Manager, Depth

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products services and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and theres no telling what you could accomplish!nnThe people here at Apple dont just create products they create the kind of wonder thats revolutionized entire industries. Its the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts!nnWe are a team of Technical Program Managers who engage with supplier engineers and Apple multi-functional teams to develop and deliver core technologies that create new experiences for our customers. We act as a link between Apple Design and supplier manufacturing processes focusing on the details that produce brilliant products through high-volume manufacturing. It is our responsibility to ensure that all technical risks associated with a product are identified and closed or mitigated to enable a successful ramp.

Our team works in conjunction with the New Production Introduction (NPI) group as well as other multi-functional teams across Design Supplier Quality Test and Global Supply Chain Managers to ensure top quality products and drive perfection into what we this highly visible technical lead role we combine our knowledge of optics electronics and projector module manufacturing with mechanics and manufacturing process process controls and automation to deliver

Work with suppliers and internal multi-functional teams exhibiting leadership to drive yield efficiency and other target production metrics; operational excellence in bringing-up scalable and sustainable mass-production processnAreas of ownership include factory set-up of associated optical module manufacturing including SMT Assembly and Test processesnExecutive-level status reports including build readiness review (BRR) new product review (NPR) etcnAnalyze data from factory customer field to develop action plans and decisions based on the datanDrive lessons learned into designs and use predictive methods to anticipate and avoid issues early in the development cyclenCall out key concerns and options timely for resolutions to senior managementnTravel internationally approximately 20-30%

3 years of technical experience in a high-tech industry with solid understanding of manufacturing and quality engineeringnBS in a related Engineering discipline n

MS or PhD in a related Engineering discipline nExperience and knowledge of statistic and data analysis tools such as Tableau JMP SPC FMEA DOE TA DFM FlexSIMnMeaningful experience/background in introducing products into manufacturing and/or high volume production with Asia-based manufacturing suppliersnExperience in ramping optical modules into high volume production a large plusnDesire and ability for problem solving and debuggingnAbility to work with a wide range of people with varying degrees of experiencenExcellent project management skills Program / Project Management experience organizational documentation and presentation/communication skillsn