**Weekly Hours:** 40

**Role Number:** 200673180-0836

**Summary**

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 there's no telling what you could accomplish. The people here at Apple don’t just create products — they create the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s 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.

**Description**

The Technical Program Manager will engage with supplier engineers and the Apple cross-functional team to develop and deliver core technologies that create new experiences for our customers. You will act as a link between Apple Design and supplier manufacturing processes, focusing on the details that produce brilliant products through high-volume manufacturing. Furthermore, it will be your responsibility to ensure that all technical risks associated with a product are identified and closed or mitigated to enable a successful ramp.

**Minimum Qualifications**

+ Minimum 3 years hands-on experience with design and/or manufacturing process development

+ Familiarity with factory operations, 5S, operator training, safety, and security.

+ Demonstrated expertise in at least one of the following areas:

+ Metal forming

+ Molding

+ Precision pick and place

+ Glue dispensing

+ Laser welding

+ Coil Winding

+ Heat pressing

+ Soldering

+ Additive Manufacturing

+ Machine Learning

+ Fixture fabrication

+ Experience with compiling data and making recommendations for product designs and assembly drawings. This will include the use of Design of Experiments (DOE) and statistical analysis using Six Sigma principles.

+ Experience using process control methodologies, PFMEA, and in-depth failure analysis methods

+ Experience simulating line throughput and bottleneck resolution for high volume mass production

+ Demonstrated program management capabilities: schedule management, written and verbal communication, risk management, and escalation.

+ Proven track record of leading a multi-functional team in order to achieve new product objectives inclusive of quality, yield, and cost

+ Proven track record of solving complex problems in a timely fashion

+ Experience working with international OEM partners

+ Self-starter with innovation, integrity, and attention to details

**Preferred Qualifications**

+ Degree in engineering (Mechanical, Materials, or Industrial preferred), or graduate degree in supply chain and/or operations.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.