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Engineering Program Manager, SWE tvOS

Cupertino, CAOnsiteFull TimePosted 2 months agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • tvOS
  • operating systems
  • software stack
  • customer-facing software features
  • concept through delivery

Nice to have

  • defining processes
  • executing on them
  • creative and critical thinking
  • curious mindset
  • highly organized
  • influence others

Role summary

Apple is seeking a Software Engineering Project Manager for its tvOS team. This role involves partnering with software engineers and managers to define, schedule, and track team work, as well as managing multi-functional initiatives. The ideal candidate will act as a central hub, coordinating across Software, Hardware, and Design teams to deliver innovative technology for operating systems. A minimum of 5 years of experience in technical software project or program management, with a strong understanding of operating systems and the software stack, is required. Experience delivering customer-facing features from concept to delivery and excellent communication skills are essential.

Why Apple? We live in a mobile and device driven world where knowledge of the physical world around us is needed. We rely on this knowledge to get around, to learn about our environment and to enable spectacular new features for custom applications. Apple is meeting those needs as robustly and as creatively as possible and is interested in people who want to help meet that commitment. The success we strive to achieve will be the result of very skilled people working in an environment which cultivates creativity, partnership, and thinking of old problems in new ways. Do you have a passion for creating ground-breaking, impactful features that surprise and delight millions of users? Do you enjoy solving challenging problems in a fast-paced, dynamic environment where you’ll work with many different teams across Apple? If so, we are looking for a Software Engineering Project Manager to join our team and help us innovate and take the most advanced operating systems to the next level!

Description


In this role you will partner with software engineers and managers from our Software Engineering team to define, schedule, and track the team's work and also do the same for many multi-functional initiatives. You will be the central hub bringing together different teams from Software, Hardware and Design, among other teams, all in the name of delivering on groundbreaking technology across all our operating systems.

Minimum Qualifications


5+ years experience as a technical software Project or Program Manager Experience delivering customer-facing software features or projects from concept through delivery Strong technical understanding of operating systems and how the various layers in the software stack fit together Excellent spoken and written communication with the ability to tailor communication style to multiple audiences

Preferred Qualifications


Proven track record in defining processes and executing on them Self-motivated and enthusiastic with demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities Has a deeply curious mindset about new ideas Excellent attention to detail and highly organized Ability to build relationships and influence others BS in Computer Science or related field

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