Job Details

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200633211-0836

Summary

Imagine what you could do here at Apple! Do you care about how products perform, what makes them delightful yet keeps them safe and user-friendly in the deepest sense? Do you ever consider what care and intention put into Apple’s product design allows us to uphold user trust and confidence? The Hardware Engineering Team in Apple’s cutting-edge PACE (Product Analysis & Certification Engineering) group is responsible for ensuring our products meet international Product Safety, Environmental, EMC, and Wireless standards and regulations, but also exceed those requirements to befit Apple’s expectations.

We’re looking for a talented professional and seasoned leader who enjoys tackling tough challenges, managing engineering issues, and leading engineers in a fast-paced and demanding product development climate. We’re looking for bright, passionate people who care about the user experience and upholding the highest standards of product integrity.

Description

The Engineering Project Manager, Global Regulations & Strategy role in PACE is a high-visibility role with broad impact. You will be regularly leading reviews with cross-functional leadership on critical standards and regulations impacting Apple’s business. To achieve this, you will drive alignment across the engineering (Product Safety, Environmental, EMC, and Wireless Teams) and key business partners (Legal, GA, Ops, Global Supply, and others) while ensuring broad awareness of the latest standards and regulations for each domain. You will work closely with internal engineering teams and senior managers to ensure our products meet the highest international and Apple-specified requirements. If this sounds like a perfect fit, and a challenge built for you, then read on!

In particular, we are looking for candidates with relevant regulatory program management experience in one or more of the following disciplines: Ecodesign, Product Environmental & Chemical Compliance, Biocompatibility, Packaging Regulations, EMC, Wireless, and/or Safety Design. Ideal candidates will have meaningful work experience in delivering hardware products that satisfy these myriad demands.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

• At least 7-10 years of experience in technical program management, issues project management, or a related role, within a hardware development or NPI environment. Equivalent experience in relevant fields to be considered on a case-by-case basis.

• Strong overall experience in the regulatory or comparable domain with broad understanding of regulations, advocacy, standards, and overall ability to interpret regulations for product and schedule impact.

• Great ability to synthesize regulations into strategies for product delivery roadmaps.

• Exceptional collaborative leadership style with innate understanding of product development and a sense of drive to deliver impeccable product experiences. Organizational effectiveness and attention to detail are vital.

• Demonstrated skills in project management tools, schedule development/management, and leadership experience.

• Proven ability to work cross-functionally, harness the powers of teamwork, and relate to a myriad of technical partners.

• Highly effective communicator, using both spoken and written forms; sharp interpersonal skills who understand how to communicate across varied audiences in a climate of debate.

• Sound executive presence with the strong ability to communicate at the senior leadership levels.

• Strong hunger factor and courageous spirit with a proclivity towards action and creative problem-solving.

• Calm under fire, high resilience, and interest in complex problem-solving within a challenging and fast-paced environment.

• Ability to travel unrestricted, up to 15% of the time. This role requires periodic travels to address anticipated (and unanticipated) project demands.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience or an MBA is a plus.

• Experience interfacing with government, agency, and/or regulatory officials while navigating sensitive geopolitical situations is highly desirable.

• Experience in international and/or regional Product Safety, Environmental, EMC, and Wireless standards/regulations, and/or government affairs is a big plus.

• Experience with high-volume manufacturing and product development is also desirable.

• Foreign language proficiency relevant in major markets is desirable.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .