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Technical Program Manager - Audio

Apple· Operations and Supply Chain
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Cupertino$133.5k - $201.6kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Lead and coordinate a multi-site technical operations team supporting new product development and high-volume manufacturing for Apple’s Audio products. Responsible for SMT and system integration readiness, process development, and ensuring smooth transitions from NPI to mass production."

Responsibilities

  • Technical lead for manufacturing operations at multiple vendors and sites.
  • Driving contract manufacturer preparation for pre-production builds.
  • Production process development, documentation, optimization and validation.
  • Development and implementation of new technologies to improve production quality, capacity and efficiency.
  • Sets standard practices and independently settles impact to design approaches and parameters to the final product.
  • Provides direction, mentorship and resources to other engineering groups and project leaders as well as factory technicians.
  • Act as lead engineer on a variety of projects and participates in the project planning of major sub-projects.
  • Design for Manufacturability - Provide early and ongoing manufacturing involvement to ensure manufacturability of new products.
  • Product Engineering - Works all phases of a product from concept to repeat manufacturing to end of life. Provides production support engineering with respect to technically complex testing methods, procedures and failure analysis.
  • Process Engineering - Designs and develops technically complex processes to improve quality and efficiency.
  • Failure/Data Analysis - Plans, develops and implements technically complex procedures for the testing and evaluation of soon to be released products.
  • Provide regular VP level communication of technical health of program.
  • Travel 25-30%

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of strong work experience in precision assembly, inspection, and validation.
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering field
  • Meaningful experience in introducing products into manufacturing, or high volume production a large plus.
  • Excellent project management skills, experience working in a matrix organization.
  • Direct experience leading any of the following functional engineering teams a plus (ME, EE, TE, DFX, Etc.).
  • Shown bottom line project management experience. (Planning, Cost, & Delivery).
  • Experience working with International OEM partners.
  • Ability to travel internationally up to 40%.
  • New product introduction and Manufacturing Operations experience desired.
  • You should have validated working experience with DFm & DFx
  • Consistent record of cost reduction, project management and engineering design required.
  • Required to understand and tolerance stack ups for assemblies and part level.
  • Strong knowledge of GD&T principles a plus
  • Working knowledge of pneumatics, servomotors, PLC and PC-based control systems a plus.
  • JMP, Minitab & Six Sigma experience a plus.
  • Master's degree considered a plus

Skills

Required:Project managementLeadership and cross-functional collaboration

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • retirement benefits
  • range of discounted products and free services
  • education-related reimbursements (tuition)
  • discretionary bonuses or commission payments and relocation may be eligible
  • Apple shareholder opportunities through stock programs
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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