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Manager, Reliability Testing & Quality Assurance for R&D

Apple· Operations and Supply Chain
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Hybrid (Cork)full-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Senior leader responsible for reliability testing and quality assurance across innovative R&D space, with global collaboration, team leadership, and strategic/technical depth to ensure product quality and reliability.

Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end reliability testing processes, including planning, execution, analysis, and evaluation of results
  • Shape and influence reliability testing strategy at a global level
  • Ensure rigorous quality assurance across innovative product prototyping processes
  • Lead, develop, and mentor two technical teams across distinct functional areas, elevating individual and collective performance
  • Define, implement, and continuously improve quality strategies, methodologies, and processes
  • Support your team in designing, coordinating, and evaluating testing and measurement activities
  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners across multiple continents, ensuring alignment on global projects and key business initiatives
  • Contribute actively and transparently to cross-functional discussions, bringing data-driven insights and expertise from your team
  • Conduct risk assessments and implement effective preventive and corrective actions
  • Provide regular reporting and actionable insights to senior leadership, enabling informed, data-driven decision-making
  • Manage team operations within agreed financial budgets

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in quality engineering or a closely related field, with at least 5 years in a senior management role
  • Proven experience in product reliability testing, including planning, execution, and results evaluation
  • Experience in quality assurance within prototype or new product development environments
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering or a related technical field
  • Proficiency with statistical tools and techniques such as Minitab or JMP
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail
  • Strategic thinker with a systems-level approach to quality and engineering challenges
  • Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills
  • Adaptability and composure in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment

Skills

Required:Reliability testingQuality assuranceTeam leadership and mentorshipStrategic planningData analysisRisk management

Benefits

  • Not specified in the description.
Last updated Jul 3, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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