Manager, Core Technologies Technical Program Management

Manager, Core Technologies Technical Program Management

Cupertino, California, United States Operations and Supply Chain

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, we believe new ideas have a way of becoming phenomenal products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. We don’t just create products — we create the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s the diversity of our people and their ideas that inspire the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry‑leading environmental efforts.

Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it. It takes deeply dedicated, intelligent and hard‑working individuals to maintain and exceed the high expectations for the exciting iPhone brand  will lead a team of engineers and others in support of new product development as well as sustaining operations and ensuring the contract manufacturer readiness for high volume production.

You will bring your knack and thirst to drive all technical operational issues related to optical sensing modules and components and related manufacturing processes to ensure effective closure of all issues to enable operational success of the entire new product introduction cycle and into the mass production phase.

Scope of the role will be to lead the teams that:

• Provide Technical leadership for manufacturing operations at multiple vendors and sites across tight timelines.
• Drive contract manufacturer preparation for pre‑production builds.
• Drive Production process development, documentation, optimization and validation.
• Develop and implement new technologies to improve production quality, capacity and efficiency.
• Set standard practices and independently settle impact to design approaches and parameters to the final product.
• Provide direction, mentorship and resources to other engineering groups, project leaders and factory technicians.
• Act as lead engineer on a variety of projects and participate in the project planning of major sub‑projects.
• Perform assignments in several of the following manufacturing engineering functions:
  • Design for Manufacturability – provide early and ongoing manufacturing involvement to ensure manufacturability of new products.
  • Product Engineering – work through all phases of a product from concept to repeat manufacturing to end of life, and provide production support engineering with respect to technically 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, specify tests to be performed, compile data and make recommendations for product design changes and final assembly standards. This will include the use of Design of Experiments (DOE) and statistical analysis using Six Sigma principles.
• Provide regular VP‑level communication of technical health of program.

• 10+ years of experience in engineering and manufacturing operations with 3 to 5 years of people management experience.
• Relevant experience leading teams while introducing products into manufacturing and high‑volume production.
• Hands‑on experience in factory processes, with frequent time spent on the factory floor.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to concisely understand and communicate issues and lead the team to a solution.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including frequent presentations to executive leadership presenting top issues, solutions, recommendations and path to closure.
• Ability to travel internationally 25%-35%.

• Proven technical skills, including experience and thorough understanding of wafer‑level, component, PCBA, module assembly, test, pack‑out processes and process integration.
• Working knowledge of injection molding, stamping, plating, micro‑machining, thin‑film coatings is a plus.
• Highly motivated and able to drive issues to closure.
• In‑depth knowledge in quality…