Product Design Engineering Program Manager - Apple Vision Pro

Summary

Apple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build, service we create, or Apple Store experience we deliver is the result of us making each other’s ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world, changing lives for the better. It’s the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in, we can do the best work of our lives. Here, you’ll do more than join something — you’ll add something.

Apple Vision Pro is a revolutionary spatial computer that seamlessly blends digital content with your physical space. It will allow us to do the things we love in ways never before possible — all while staying connected to the people around us.

Description

PD EPM is a hands-on programmatic role where you and your team will be responsible for delivering the mechanical enclosure & assembly through the entire program life-cycle—from architecture definition and early design to mass production. It includes frequent multi-disciplinary collaboration with teams like Product Design, Industrial Design, Materials, Manufacturing, Display, Camera, Antenna, Battery, and more. You will be responsible for driving the program through the entire development process, creating and maintaining streamlined schedules, driving PD and cross-functional progress, managing manufacturing/assembly upstream and at the vendor factories, and presenting multiple levels of status updates to org leaders and executives.

Responsibilities

• Drive the strategic execution of Vision Pro product design, ensuring alignment with overall project goals and objectives.
• Champion the project's design goals, ensuring they are integrated into all aspects of the program and holding teams accountable for achieving them.
• Lead the creation and adherence of project schedules, ensuring key decision milestones are met across all phases and holding teams accountable.
• Manage budgets, track spending, and ensure financial prudence; proactively identifying appropriate scope drivers and their cost implications.
• Facilitate clear and consistent communication and alignment between internal teams such as Product Design, Industrial Design (CMF), Manufacturing. and external partners, ensuring everyone is working towards the same goals.
• Provide strong leadership and support during build phases, ensuring timely delivery of components, proactive problem-solving, and definition of validation plans.
• Oversee the release process for parts and enclosures, ensuring timely and accurate releases and holding teams accountable for meeting release deadlines.

Minimum Qualifications

• Previous experience in program management and mechanical/electrical engineering delivering products comprised of multiple materials
• Experience leading product development in highly dynamic and ambiguous work environments, supporting the mechanical assembly and integration of multiple technologies
• Excellent communication, teamwork, cross-functional engagement, and strong presentation skills
• Ability to anticipate functional direction and roadblocks, prioritize parallel closure paths, effectively distill and communicate relevant data to the appropriate functional and leadership teams
• Self-motivated and detail-oriented with demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities
• Experience engaging with manufacturers on DFM, FAI/CPK, QC, and production timelines
• BSME degree or equivalent; MS degree preferred

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience working with Product Design, Industrial Design, Operations, and System Architecture
• Wide knowledge of product development processes including detailed understanding of manufacturing processes and tooling timelines
• Shipped multiple full life-cycle programs with demonstrated experience in early architecture, development build NPI execution, and operational mass-production
• Experience as primary point of contact with vendors and CM partners to establish a daily build plan, provide clear direction and guidance to meet the program and build objectives