System Engineering Program Manager - Beats Audio

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Company: Apple

Location: Culver City, CA 90230

Description:

Summary
Are you passionate about audio and exceptional engineering? Will you help us design the next generation of Beats audio products? Join us in developing creative solutions to deep engineering challenges. You will become an integral part of a team that champions engineering excellence, creativity and innovation. In this highly visible role, you will lead cross-functional collaboration with design, marketing and engineering teams to build world-class audio products.

We are seeking an engineering program manager who will be responsible for engineering development projects within the Beats organization, including Beats branded earphones, headphones and accessories. Apply today!

Description
In this dynamic position, you will coordinate and drive early engagements on product architecture, feature definition and program execution. We are looking for someone who likes to work in a fast paced environment, who is flexible and can respond quickly, energetically, and enthusiastically to dynamic project needs. The EPM will interact with all engineering, design and development support disciplines both within Apple and our external program partners to create exceptional products.

- Support system definition and drive closure of architecture and technical opens in the early stages of a project. Establish and manage program feature baseline

- Identify and highlight technical risk areas and mitigation strategies in partnership with cross-functional technology teams

- Grasp complex technical topics and abstract key issues and risks in an actionable form to upper management

- Manage and maintain full-view of system level programs serving as the single point of convergence across sub-systems.

- Create and maintain comprehensive program schedule including baseline, cross-functional dependencies and critical path

- Manage development budgets and related activities such as purchase orders, change requests, invoicing etc.

- Drive key decisions with high level of risk and prioritization

- Establish working cross-functional program plan. Identify and handle program cross-functional dependencies and support resolving issues between teams

- Communicate development and feasibility needs, establishing milestones for checkpoints and status updates and drive alignment across the organization and between teams

- Lead cross-functional teams including EE, PD, Software, Firmware and Operations through program milestones and engineering validation activities

- Create comprehensive build plans and drive engineering builds with vendors and CM partners

- Deliver regular executive communication/presentations and drive decision alignment across the organization

- Identify and drive process efficiencies for new product development with cross-functional teams

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