Role Number: 200431124

• **Product Quality Management
• Industry Quality experience in one or more of the following disciplines: New Product Introduction / Design Engineering / Manufacturing Operations
• Experience partnering with off-shore manufacturers, high volume production and traveling to manufacturing sites
• Strong statistical and data analytics skills - statistical process control and sampling methods
• Data driven and results oriented approach to problem solving, failure analysis techniques
• Direct experience program managing functional engineering teams (ME, EE, TE, DFX or other)
• Exceptional ability to build relationships; clear, consistent communication; data-driven and results- oriented; enthusiastic and motivated
• Obsessively passionate and inquisitive, who seeks to pursue everyday problems in innovative ways
• Laser-focused on the smallest details and able to use data forensics to solve complex manufacturing assembly quality issues
• Ability to travel internationally 25-30%.
• *** Core Technologies Quality:
• Experience in a technical domain (preferably Connectors, Haptics, Inductive, Camera, Depth, Optical Sensing), high volume manufacturing, or development of consumer electronics or components
• Strong statistical and data analytics skills - statistical process control and sampling methods
• Data driven and results oriented approach to problem solving, failure analysis techniques
• Clear and consistent communication, including executive level presentation skills and ability to drive multi-functional teams
• Knowledge of Quality Systems, Design of Experiments, Reliability Methods/Models
• International Travel is required (up to 25%)

To be a successful team member within Product Operations you will lead cross-functional Operations technical teams (DFx, DFm, Test, SQE, PQE and others) during product development and high volume production. As the senior technical advisor for the product line, you will partner closely with the Engineering throughout the lifecycle of development to enable operational success through to mass production. Some responsibilities include: ***Product Quality Program Management: • Ensure operational technical readiness for all phases of the introduction cycle, including driving contract manufacturer preparation for pre-production builds • Own and drive key operational metrics including yield and UPH to ensure complete ramp readiness • Drive process development, documentation, optimization and validation, including all equipment requirement plans • Develop and implement new technologies to enhance production quality, capacity and efficiency • Provide regular VP level communication of technical health of program. • Generate Product Quality Plan (PQP) • Monitor Outgoing Quality Control (OQC) and Customer Audit (CA) processes at OEM sites • Handle and triage quality critical issues • Drive ongoing product improvements with OEM partners • Support AppleCare Service & Engineering on specific requests • Conduct periodic reviews of Field/Factory Quality Data with OEM partners • Leads Weekly Quality Improvement Forums • Generate monthly Product Health summary • Support and attend new product development builds as required ***Core Technologies Quality Engineer: • Identify and drive quality improvement opportunities in future products • Lead Process FMEAs on new technologies and manufacturing processes • Lead technical Failure Analysis to support root cause analysis and issue resolution • Generate Product Quality Plan (PQP) • Establish quality monitoring mechanism which generates insightful metrics, providing indication of outgoing quality at all nodes in supply chain • Develop/drive test correlation, metrology systems, sampling methods, cosmetics requirements, and more • Lead quality escalation and issues • Develop capable suppliers that can be both technology and scaling partners

BS in Mechanical, Electrical, Materials Science or Industrial Engineering or equivalent (MS/MBA preferred)

• This posting is not for a specific job opening and by submitting your resume you are expressing interest in being contacted about this type of role at Apple in the future.