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System Integration Lead

Cupertino, CAOnsiteFull TimeLeadPosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • System Integration Lead
  • Technical Program Manager
  • manufacturing tests
  • extended stress testing
  • calibration
  • product lines
  • software fundamentals
  • cross-functional teams
  • Hardware
  • product bring-up

Nice to have

  • EE fundamentals
  • rapid development cycles
  • Manufacturing experience
  • Contract Manufacturers
  • track tasks
  • evaluate priorities

Role summary

The System Firmware and Diagnostic Group is seeking a System Integration Lead (Technical Program Manager) to define and execute manufacturing tests for Apple's product lines. This role involves coordinating with Hardware, Software, and Operations teams to ensure product quality through extended stress testing and calibration. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of software fundamentals, systems background, and excellent interpersonal skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment. Responsibilities include defining, scheduling, tracking, and communicating software feature status to various stakeholders, including executive management.

System Firmware and Diagnostic Group has an immediate opening for System Integration Lead (Technical Program Manager). In this role, you will lead, coordinate and multi-functionally represent, the definition and execution of manufacturing tests, that enable extended stress testing and calibration of Apple's current and future product lines, including iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple Watch and set the benchmark for the quality associated with Apple products. You must thrive in a fast-paced environment, have strong understanding of software fundamentals, background working with systems, excellent interpersonal skills, and a desire to work with cross- functional teams to develop ground-breaking products. Your contributions will make a pronounced difference to future Apple products.

Description


As a System Integration Lead you will work with Hardware, Software, Operations and various other multi-functional teams to define, schedule, track, and communicate the status of software features and work with other groups and executive management. The team has responsibilities spanning all aspects of product bring-up and test.

Minimum Qualifications


BS Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering and/or relevant work experience 5+ years experience in engineering 3+ years experience in program management Experience with SoC development and testing experience or knowledge Experience with embedded systems development

Preferred Qualifications


MS Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering and/or relevant work experience Good understanding of software development Strong EE fundamentals is desired Understands and deals well with rapid development cycles Effective interpersonal skills Manufacturing experience and prior exposure to working with Contract Manufacturers Ability to drive issues, track tasks, and evaluate priorities every day Good multitasking capabilities with ability to handle frequent context switches Linux command line / scripting experience is a plus MacOS and/or iOS experience is a plus Python/Lua experience is a plus Data Analysis and visualizations experience

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