Product Design Engineering Project Manager, Connector

Engineering Project Manager within the Connector Product Design organization is responsible for managing the development and implementation process with our engineering teams

Description

The role entails managing the design and development of connectors (e.g. USB, HDMI, Power, Lightning, etc.) for a variety of Apple products, driving day-to-day activities to meet the overall program objectives and focusing on mechanical engineering design, development planning and validation.

","responsibilities":"Drive day-to-day activities to meet overall project objectives/schedule from development to ramp

Enable the development effort by implementing an efficient, streamlined process within the team

Create and maintain project development schedules

Manage resources effectively to execute projects on schedule

Prioritize across multiple programs with various levels of complexity

Collaborate across engineering, operations and cross-functional teams to meet aggressive cost, schedule, and quality/process goals

Lead cross-functional communication between various project teams and external vendors

Implement schedule/risk mitigations and drive timely issue resolution

Ability to provide status updates or highlight issues to any audience

Understand technical issues and drive them to closure by bringing together key stakeholders for decision making

Preferred Qualifications

Excellent communication, organizational, presentation and leadership skills

Ability to filter and distill relevant information for the right audience

Self motivated and proactive with demonstrated critical thinking capabilities

Understands rapid development cycles and is adaptable in the face of ambiguity

Redirect pitfalls and develop improved course of action

Detailed knowledge of product development processes and strong understanding of manufacturing processes

Experience interfacing with product design, operations, cross-functional teams and managing international vendors

Combined experience in project management and mechanical engineering delivering products comprised of various materials and high esthetic quality

Minimum Qualifications

BS ME degree or equivalent required, MBA nice to have

Several years of project management experience

Experience and familiarity with consumer electronic industry

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