Battery NPI Engineering Program Manager
Cupertino, California, United States
Hardware
Apple is looking for engineering professionals with strong technical, communication, and leadership skills to ensure that we drive our Battery new product introductions (NPI)to meet the demanding technical, quality and schedule requirements for Apple products! Apple’s Battery organization architects, designs, builds and tests battery modules across all Apple product lines, which require sophisticated and multi-faceted electrical, firmware, mechanical, and chemical designs. Over the past several years, we have delivered battery innovations in form factor, battery safety and security, gauging and charging schemes, and energy density.
As an Engineering Project Manager within Apple's Product Design organization, you will be responsible for owning the development process from Architecture to Mass Production for our Battery Design, and Integration and Operational teams!
Key Qualifications
- Technical background in Chemical, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering. Consumer Electronics experience preferred (not required).
- Extensive experience in driving product or process development in scaling from prototype to final product.
- Prior experience defining, developing and implementing complex engineering schedules.
- Excellent leadership, data presentation, communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to influence executive decision making through data based analysis and strategic planning. Seen as a technical and programmatic leader.
- Ability to think strategically and broadly to comprehend, communicate and drive sophisticated design trade-offs.
- Drive and dedication with proven creative and critical thinking capabilities.
- Remain flexible and calm in the face of ambiguity, and rapid development cycles.
- Travel is part of this role
Description
- In this role you will help us drive the daily activities to meet overall program objectives and focusing on process within product definition and engineering design cycles.
- Identify multi-functional design dependencies and risks.
- Clearly define and document design trade-offs, and independently drive the appropriate strategic solutions.
- Drive project architecture and design with System teams and within Battery team to define and manage the project scope.
- Develop and drive project schedules including management of international suppliers to integrate their work into the project timeline.
- Manage productization of new technologies and lead communication and collaboration across Battery and System multi-functional teams.
- Build and establish standard methodology or new process initiatives within program management.
- Drive failure analysis of build/product performance and implement corrective actions in collaboration with the multi-functional team.
- Provide project status/risks across on a regular basis up to executive management.
Education & Experience
BS + 10 years of relevant experience