Engineering Program Manager, Audio

Name: RiseMe
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Cupertino, CAOnsiteFull TimePosted 2 months agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

Project Management
Program Management
High-Tech Environment
Customer-Facing Software Features
Cross-functional Projects
Software Implementation
Audio Accessories
Cross-functional Stakeholders
Consumer Media Platforms
Mobile

Nice to have

Audio Technologies
Technical Concepts
Executive Summaries
Project Status
Engineering Situations
Audio

Role summary

Apple's Audio and Media Technologies (AMT) team is seeking an Engineering Program Manager to lead software development for advanced audio features across all Apple products. This role involves defining and executing project plans, maintaining multi-year roadmaps, and facilitating communication between development, hardware, and cross-functional partners. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience in high-tech program management and delivering customer-facing software, with a proven track record of leading major cross-functional projects. Experience with consumer media platforms and a strong technical background in audio, video, graphics, or machine learning are preferred.

Why Apple? Advanced audio technology is at the heart of Apple’s products. The Audio and Media Technologies (AMT) team is looking for an Engineering Project Manager to help lead software work in this area. You’ll be responsible for defining and running project plans that move several teams from idea through shipping amazing new features and products. AMT provides the software foundation for Audio across all of Apple's innovative products, from iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, to Apple TV, AirPods, Beats, and Vision Pro. As a key link between developers and our hardware, AMT drives Apple’s audio playback, processing and recording experiences through several APIs, including CoreAudio.

Description

You'll build and maintain implementation plans for all audio team commitments across multiple operating systems and hardware products. This will involve maintaining a multi-year roadmap of commitments from and requests of the audio teams. Additional responsibilities include: - Define communication between the audio and engineering partners - Drive cross-functional software implementation for audio accessories - Communicate project progress to all cross-functional stakeholders

Minimum Qualifications

5+ years of Project / Program Management experience in a high-tech environment 5+ years of experience delivering customer-facing software features or projects from concept through delivery Proven leadership on major, cross-functional software projects BS/MS (EE/CS/CE) or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

Excellent written and verbal presentation skills A track record of quickly understanding technical concepts in a wide range of fields Demonstrated ability to provide succinct, accurate executive summaries of project status and complicated engineering situations. Experience with software development in consumer media platforms: mobile, media players, IPTV. Strong technical proficiency in audio, video, graphics or machine learning (AIML). Experience with audio technologies

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