SUMMARY

Posted: Feb 3, 2025
Weekly Hours: 40
Role Number:200589666
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. Our Microphone Engineering team contributes to hardware design, validation, and troubleshooting to minimize distracting audible noises and optimize their sound quality. This is a diverse team of acoustics, mechanics, electronics, and physics experts, accomplished listeners, and creative problem solvers. They work daily with multi-functional teams and external partners on innovative solutions to complex engineering challenges. The Apple Acoustics Engineering Project Manager (EPM) team is looking for an EPM to drive Microphone and acoustics technology development and qualification planning toward product deployment. In this critical, highly collaborative, and visible role, the EPM will oversee internal efforts of the microphone technology, microphone module, system integration, and audio validation teams. The EPM will also lead cross-functional coordination with a wide array of external partners within technology and hardware engineering and beyond.

DESCRIPTION

Microphone EPMs are responsible for managing and communicating technology roadmap, project definition, development schedules, qualification schedules, and project status in the development of new acoustic modules. EPMs are fearless organizers who are ready to work with the highly skilled engineering teams to identify and resolve potential pitfalls to the schedule and risks to the quality of the product. It is our responsibility to advocate for the best overall acoustic performance throughout the organization and drive a talented, passionate, experienced multi-functional team and external suppliers. We deliver best-in-class acoustic modules on schedule, facilitating risk management and communicating status and issues to the development team and Apple executives. We do this by remaining in touch with big picture issues.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• BS degree ME/EE/Physics required
• 5 years relevant industry background and project management experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Excellent listening, communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills with ability to collaborate and motivate team members.
• Strong cross functional coordination and project management skills. A strong technical background in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, advanced manufacturing, particularly in semiconductor or semiconductor assembly, or a related field is preferred.
• Understand and effectively manage rapid development cycles while remaining adaptable and composed in uncertain situations. Prioritize filtering and distilling relevant information for the appropriate audience. Demonstrate the ability to drive, multitask, and prioritize tasks while fostering a collaborative environment.
• Experience in driving international module or component design and manufacturing partners to execute development programs on schedules is essential. An interest in audio

Please refer the Job description for details