Apple: Product Safety, Engineering Project Manager

SummaryPosted: Oct 11, 2021Weekly Hours: 40Role Number:200294143Imagine what you could do here Do you care about how products perform, what makes them fabulous yet keeps them safe and user-friendly in the deepest sense?

Do you ever consider what care and intention put into Apple’s product design allows us to uphold user trust and confidence?

The engineering team in Apple’s cutting-edge Product Safety group is responsible for ensuring our products meet international safety standards and regulations, but also exceed those requirements to befit Apple’s expectations.

Product Safety team is looking for a seasoned professional and leader who enjoys tackling tough challenges, managing engineering issues, and leading engineers in a fast-paced and demanding product development climate.

We’re looking for bright, hungry people who care about the user experience and upholding the highest standards of product integrity.

As an engineering project manager (EPM) in Product Safety, you will be focused on new product introduction (NPI) activities and work closely with engineers to develop and certify products and module sub-systems needed for commercialization.

This role will be focused on early development design, so experience and comfort with iterative design and exploratory work are musts.

You will work closely with internal engineering teams, external laboratories, agencies and certifying bodies, along with vendors, to ensure our products meet the highest international and Apple-specified requirements.

If this sound like a perfect fit, and a challenge built for you, then read onKey QualificationsYou are a stellar program/project management with outstanding organizational skills and attention to detailsYou have demonstrated skills in project management tools, schedule development/management, and leadershipStrong technical intuition and understanding of core engineering concepts with an ability to grasp sophisticated design and process problems, while distilling them to their barest essencesDemonstrated proficiency and successful track record working in early development or exploratory design and prototypingProven track record to work cross-functionally, harness the powers of teamwork, and relate to myriad technical partnersHighly effective communicator, both in spoken and written forms; sharp interpersonal skills and ability to communicate across varied audiencesSound executive presence with the strong ability to communicate at the executive levelsStrong hunger factor and adventurous spirit with a proclivity towards action and creative problem-solving under ambiguous conditionsCalm under fire, high resilience and curiosity about sophisticated problem-solving within a challenging and fast-paced environmentInternational and/or domestic travel required up to 20% of the time.

Your work will require periodic on-site engagement to address anticipated (and unanticipated) project issues, and in-person collaboration with engineering partnersFamiliarity in, or experience with, international and/or regional product Safety standards a big plusForeign language proficiency desirableDescriptionIn this role you will optimize and track the progression of Safety certifications and deliverables across multiple projects, understanding the dependencies that impact any given critical path.

Develop, refine and uphold project schedules needed to ensure the on-time completion of deliverables and achievement of milestones.

Continually innovate in EPM process improvements and ensure the highest levels of project execution.

Manage key project management collaborative, tracking, and communications tools and systems; administer effective use of those systems to ensure established processes are followed.

You are great in communicating and delivering briefings and updates to senior engineering management and executives to enable rapid decision-making within Apple’s product development life cycle.

Drive FMEA (failure modes and effects analysis) activities with cross-functional teams to identifying potential Safety risks and associated mitigations/solutions to address them.

Respond to critical issues and short-fused tasking or investigations needed to resolve time-sensitive issues or emergent requirements Review Safety test plans and process checklists to ensure necessary coverage of key validations and certification requirements Support Safety leadership in managing engineering budgets and resourcing needs across fiscal yearsEducation & Experience B.S.

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Engineering or Technical degree with 4 years of experience in a related field or industry Relevant work experience in lieu of a technical degree may be consideredAdditional Requirements