Engineering Project Manager, Apple Watch, Product Design

Apple Inc.; Cupertino, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Discounted products & services

Stock programs

Educational expense reimbursement

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking an Engineering Project Manager to join the Watch Product Design (PD) organization in Cupertino.

You will coordinate mechanical design and development planning, driving schedules, risk management, and cross-functional alignment across engineering, operations and vendors. The role requires a solid Mechanical Engineering background and 2+ years in product development or project management, with strong communication and leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or equivalent required; BSME preferred.
• 2+ years prior product development experience in project management or mechanical engineering design.
• Detailed knowledge of product development process and cycles.
• Strong understanding of mechanical engineering fundamentals and manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities

• Enable efficient development by creating and maintaining a streamlined process, capturing parallel designs and clear paths to closure with owners for each action item.
• 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 vendor partners to meet quality, schedule, and cost goals.
• Understand technical issues and complex design trade-offs; drive to closure by bringing together key stakeholders for decisions to meet objectives.
• Identify risks, develop mitigation strategies and facilitate conflict resolution within and between teams, focusing on top-level objectives.
• Create/maintain complex project schedules for product enclosure and internal mechanical components; respond quickly to changes.
• Provide timely issue resolution and critical path management as priorities shift.
• Understand system-level part interactions; manage plans to provide configurations into reliability testing.
• Coordinate cosmetic and functional partial unit builds for key reviews and early testing.
• Offer multiple levels of status across contributors to executive management.

Skills

Project management

Mechanical engineering

Communication

Leadership

Schedule management

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

BSME preferred

Job description

Cupertino, California, United States Hardware

As an Engineering Project Manager (EPM) supporting the Watch Product Design (PD) organization, you will join a team of PD EPMs that is responsible for technical project management and assisting engineering development with one of our Watch PD teams. The successful candidate will be a fearless organizer, utilizing a solid Mechanical Engineering background to drive day-to-day activities with the team to meet the top level program objectives. The PD EPM focuses on system-level mechanical engineering design, managing development planning and validation cycles.

Description

The PD EPM focuses on system-level mechanical engineering design, managing development planning and validation cycles.

Responsibilities

• Enable efficient development by creating and maintaining a streamlined process, capturing parallel designs and clear paths to closure with owners for each action item
• 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 and 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

Minimum Qualifications

• Engineering degree or equivalent required; BSME Preferred
• 2+ years prior product development experience in project management or mechanical engineering design
• Detailed knowledge of product development process and cycles
• Strong understanding of mechanical engineering fundamentals and manufacturing processes

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience interfacing with mechanical engineering/design, operations, and vendors
• Experience setting up project schedules and work breakdown structures
• Excellent communication, presentation, organizational and leadership skills. Able to filter and distill relevant information for the right audience
• Strong interpersonal skills, oriented toward teamwork
• Self motivated and proactive, demonstrating creative and critical thinking capabilities
• Understands and able to handle rapid development cycles well; remains flexible and calm in the face of ambiguity
• Ability to travel internationally to support builds
• Any of the following is also a plus:
• Experience in consumer electronics
• Experience as a practicing engineer
• Experience with high‑volume manufacturing

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $144,600 and $263,800, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits

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