Technical Program Manager, iPhone

Socket.dev; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple in Cupertino, CA is seeking talented Technical Program Managers for Operations to support iPhone Final Assembly. You will engage in design for manufacturability, product engineering, and process improvement to enable high-volume production.

Required: 3+ years introducing products into manufacturing; Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering. Preferred: PM skills, matrix leadership, OEM partnerships, NPI, and exposure to AI/ML, robotics, or quantum computing.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience introducing products into manufacturing or high-volume production.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering (or similar).

Responsibilities

• Design for Manufacturability: provide early and ongoing manufacturing involvement to ensure new products are mechanically manufacturable.
• Product Engineering: work all phases of a product from concept to repeat manufacturing to end of life; provide production support engineering for complex testing methods, procedures and failure analysis.
• Process Engineering: design and develop technically complex processes to improve quality and efficiency.
• Failure/Data Analysis: plan, develop and implement technically complex procedures for testing and evaluation of soon to be released products.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Manufacturing engineering

Product engineering

Failure analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel/remote readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

DESCRIPTION

We are looking for talented engineers across teams at Apple in Operations to support iPhone Final Assembly. Technical Program Managers have some of the following manufacturing engineering responsibilities, including:

• Design for Manufacturability - Provide early and ongoing manufacturing involvement to ensure new products are mechanically manufacturable.
• Product Engineering: Works all phases of a product from concept to repeat manufacturing to end of life. Provides production support engineering with respect to technically complex testing methods, procedures and failure analysis.
• Process Engineering: Designs and develops technically complex processes to improve quality and efficiency.
• Failure/Data Analysis: Plans, develops and implements technically complex procedures for the testing and evaluation of soon to be released products.
• Travel internationally ~25%

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Meaningful experience (3+ years) in introducing products into manufacturing or high volume production.

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering (or similar).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Excellent project management skills (Planning, Cost, & Delivery), experience working in a matrix organization. Direct experience leading any of the following functional engineering teams: Mechanical, Electrical, Test, DFX, etc. Experience working with international OEM partners. New product introduction and Manufacturing Operations experience. Experience with AI/ML, Machine Learning, LLM, robotic process automation, or quantum computing is a plus. Master's degree or MBA is a plus.