Apple

Engineering Project Manager, Apple Watch, Product Design

Apple$110K — $130K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Engineering degree or equivalent required; BSME preferred.
  • 2+ years of product development experience in project management or mechanical engineering design.
  • Detailed knowledge of product development processes and cycles.
  • Strong understanding of mechanical engineering fundamentals and manufacturing processes.
  • Experience interfacing with engineering, operations, and vendors is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Support engineering development activities within the Watch Product Design team.
  • Drive day-to-day activities to meet program objectives.
  • Manage development planning and validation cycles.
  • Focus on system-level mechanical engineering design.
  • Prepare and set up project schedules and work breakdown structures.

Benefits

  • Collaboration with a team of skilled professionals in a dynamic environment.
  • Opportunities to work on innovative consumer electronics projects.
  • International travel to support builds, enhancing global exposure.
  • A fast-paced environment that values creative and critical thinking.
  • Exposure to high-volume manufacturing processes and practices.
Full Job Description
As an Engineering Project Manager (EPM) supporting the Watch Product Design (PD) organization, you will join a team of PD EPMs that is responsible for technical project management and assisting engineering development with one of our Watch PD teams. The successful candidate will be a fearless organizer, utilizing a solid Mechanical Engineering background to drive day-to-day activities with the team to meet the top level program objectives. The PD EPM focuses on system-level mechanical engineering design, managing development planning and validation cycles.

Description

The PD EPM focuses on system-level mechanical engineering design, managing development planning and validation cycles.

Minimum Qualifications

Engineering degree or equivalent required; BSME Preferred

2+ years prior product development experience in project management or mechanical engineering design

Detailed knowledge of product development process and cycles

Strong understanding of mechanical engineering fundamentals and manufacturing processes

Preferred Qualifications

Experience interfacing with mechanical engineering/design, operations, and vendors

Experience setting up project schedules and work breakdown structures

Excellent communication, presentation, organizational and leadership skills. Able to filter and distill relevant information for the right audience

Strong interpersonal skills, oriented toward teamwork

Self motivated and proactive, demonstrating creative and critical thinking capabilities

Understands and able to handle rapid development cycles well; remains flexible and calm in the face of ambiguity

Ability to travel internationally to support builds

Any of the following is also a plus:

Experience in consumer electronics

Experience as a practicing engineer

Experience with high-volume manufacturing

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

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Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
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+11.5%
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$294.1 billion
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