Manager, Core Technologies Supplier Quality Engineering

Core Technology Quality Engineer

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. The people here at Apple don't just build products — they craft the kind of wonder that's revolutionized entire industries! It's the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it! At Apple, quality is one of the cornerstones of what makes our products and technologies great. Leading the team responsible for ensuring our customers receive the high quality and reliability they expect in addition to enabling a design where quality is built in to scale large volumes at capable suppliers is an incredibly challenging job requiring a broad array of technical and management skills. You will engage early in development to enable new technologies that go across Apple products.

Core technology quality engineers are responsible for driving quality improvement actions on future products. They enable a mass production capable manufacturing processes and develop plans to validate/verify new product quality at each development landmark. They approach problems in an engineering method and make data-driven decisions. Quality engineers also bring up capable suppliers which can execute at a high level on an ongoing basis.

Minimum qualifications:

• 5+ years of people management experience
• 10+ years of industry experience in one or more of the following areas: product development, enclosures, castings, plastic parts, glass parts, injection molding, tooling, jigs, fixtures, or high-volume quality manufacturing engineering (e.g. automotive, consumer electronics, medical devices, etc)
• BS in mechanical or industrial engineering or equivalent

Preferred qualifications:

• MS/MBA in mechanical or industrial engineering or equivalent
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Mandarin language + skills are a plus but not required
• Finance/business acumen (understand cost drivers and derive costs associated with managing quality)
• Reliability methods and quality sampling methodologies
• Third party production quality & process management experience
• Experience working with customers
• Project management experience

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.