Mechanical Engineering Product Quality Manager - Vision Pro
Apply NowCompany: Apple
Location: Cupertino, CA 95014
Description:
Summary
Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. The people here at Apple don't just build products - they craft the kind of wonder that's revolutionized entire industries! It's the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it!
At Apple, Quality is one of the cornerstones of what makes our products and technologies phenomenal. Leading the team responsible for ensuring our customers receive the high quality and reliability they expect, in addition to enabling a design where quality is built in to scale large volumes at capable suppliers, is an exceptionally meaningful job requiring a broad array of technical and leadership skills. You will engage early in development to enable new technologies that go across Apple Products.
Description
We have an opportunity for an accomplished Mechanical Engineering Product Quality Manager to be part of our New Product Introduction (NPI) and development teams, in support of next generation Apple products. Our Operations team enables the mass creation of impossible products. We work in tandem with Apple's renowned designers to develop measurement technologies, control strategies, information systems, and manufacturing methods that achieve visionary specifications at massive production scale. We manage a network of supplier factories worldwide, with responsibility for our partners' delivery to aggressive schedules. Our focus is on elegant execution of extraordinary industrial designs, resulting in products that thrill our customers!
In this highly visible role, you would partner with multi-functional teams to evaluate design and processes at the concept phase
Develop measurement technologies, control strategies, information systems, and manufacturing methods that achieve ambitious specifications at massive production scale
Develop and implement cutting edge quality inspection tools to evaluate cosmetic and dimensional part characteristics
Compile and evaluate data to figure out appropriate limits and variables for process and part specifications
Lead activities to balance unparalleled quality with scalable yields
Work with internal and external groups to ensure that proper definition of quality expectations and that appropriate assurance techniques are used for the product
Coordinate all Mechanical Quality Engineering functions for a program, serving as project manager to lead efforts at supplier locations
Establish audit procedures appropriate to program and supplier to ensure consistency to quality standards
Drive corrective actions multi-functionally with internal and external team members
Present quality readiness, performance, and path to closure on challenges to cross functional and executive audiences
Ensure operational technical readiness for all phases of the introduction cycle, including driving contract manufacturer preparation for pre-production builds
Own and drive key operational metrics including yield and UPH to ensure complete ramp readiness
Drive process development, documentation, optimization and validation, including all equipment requirement plans
Develop and implement new technologies to enhance production quality, capacity and efficiency
Provide regular VP level communication of technical health of program
Generate Product Quality Plan (PQP)
Handle and triage quality critical issues
Drive ongoing product improvements with OEM partners
Conduct periodic reviews of Field/Factory Quality Data with OEM partners
Lead Weekly Quality Improvement Forums
Support and attend new product development builds as required
International Travel is required (up to 25%)
Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. The people here at Apple don't just build products - they craft the kind of wonder that's revolutionized entire industries! It's the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it!
At Apple, Quality is one of the cornerstones of what makes our products and technologies phenomenal. Leading the team responsible for ensuring our customers receive the high quality and reliability they expect, in addition to enabling a design where quality is built in to scale large volumes at capable suppliers, is an exceptionally meaningful job requiring a broad array of technical and leadership skills. You will engage early in development to enable new technologies that go across Apple Products.
Description
We have an opportunity for an accomplished Mechanical Engineering Product Quality Manager to be part of our New Product Introduction (NPI) and development teams, in support of next generation Apple products. Our Operations team enables the mass creation of impossible products. We work in tandem with Apple's renowned designers to develop measurement technologies, control strategies, information systems, and manufacturing methods that achieve visionary specifications at massive production scale. We manage a network of supplier factories worldwide, with responsibility for our partners' delivery to aggressive schedules. Our focus is on elegant execution of extraordinary industrial designs, resulting in products that thrill our customers!
In this highly visible role, you would partner with multi-functional teams to evaluate design and processes at the concept phase
Develop measurement technologies, control strategies, information systems, and manufacturing methods that achieve ambitious specifications at massive production scale
Develop and implement cutting edge quality inspection tools to evaluate cosmetic and dimensional part characteristics
Compile and evaluate data to figure out appropriate limits and variables for process and part specifications
Lead activities to balance unparalleled quality with scalable yields
Work with internal and external groups to ensure that proper definition of quality expectations and that appropriate assurance techniques are used for the product
Coordinate all Mechanical Quality Engineering functions for a program, serving as project manager to lead efforts at supplier locations
Establish audit procedures appropriate to program and supplier to ensure consistency to quality standards
Drive corrective actions multi-functionally with internal and external team members
Present quality readiness, performance, and path to closure on challenges to cross functional and executive audiences
Ensure operational technical readiness for all phases of the introduction cycle, including driving contract manufacturer preparation for pre-production builds
Own and drive key operational metrics including yield and UPH to ensure complete ramp readiness
Drive process development, documentation, optimization and validation, including all equipment requirement plans
Develop and implement new technologies to enhance production quality, capacity and efficiency
Provide regular VP level communication of technical health of program
Generate Product Quality Plan (PQP)
Handle and triage quality critical issues
Drive ongoing product improvements with OEM partners
Conduct periodic reviews of Field/Factory Quality Data with OEM partners
Lead Weekly Quality Improvement Forums
Support and attend new product development builds as required
International Travel is required (up to 25%)