Engineering Project Specialist

Summary

Come join Apple's dedicated team of Engineering Project Specialists (EPS)! Apple's Hardware Engineering Program Management Team is looking for a resourceful, energetic teammate who will help us lead key areas of Hardware Engineering projects, while gaining exposure to multiple teams and global vendors. In this role, you will work with Engineering Project Managers, other Engineering Project Specialists, Electrical Engineering, Product Design, Worldwide Product Configuration Management, Finance, Operations, Product Marketing, Contract Manufacturers, New Product Security, as well as numerous other teams to manage the risks associated with early manufacturing builds. You will also create and maintain the overall budget for each program, lead project-related communications by raising key issues and presenting options for resolution to cross-functional partners, coordinate logistics of parts for builds and prototypes, and work on multiple projects simultaneously.

Description

As an Engineering Project Specialist, you will be responsible for development builds, both locally and globally, which includes planning, procuring, organizing, and overseeing the distribution of material and prototypes, in partnership with numerous teams. You will maintain system delivery schedules and ensure teams receive materials and prototypes on time. You will also communicate material demand and delivery schedules to module teams to help them plan accordingly.

In this role, you will actively manage the program budget, tracking expenses for each prototype build, submit purchase requisitions, maintain invoice tracking, and provide payment authorization. You and your project team will handle hardware prototype allocation planning and management, track prototype units with vendors, secure shipping partners, and internal product security teams, and partner with teams to ensure the secure destruction of excess materials and prototypes.

Minimum Qualifications

• BA/BS degree or 3+ years of relevant experience
• Detail oriented with excellent written and verbal communication
• Unparalleled multi tasking abilities
• Top notch critical thinking skillset
• Ability to react to resets and changes in a fast-paced environment
• Able to learn and work with a variety of different tools and applications required for the role
• Ability to be onsite in the office as per Apple's policy

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with global vendors
• Experience managing, organizing, and maintaining large quantities of data working with multiple different teams in a R&D environment

Key skills/competency

• Project Management
• Budget Management
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• Logistics Coordination
• Risk Management
• Communication Skills
• Data Management
• Prototype Management
• Supply Chain
• Vendor Management