Wearables Platform Integration Engineering Program Manager
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Description
Apple has an extraordinary opportunity for a highly experienced, senior Platform Integration EPM to join the Wearable Products Platform Integration team within HW Technologies. This role requires a seasoned leader with 20+ years of experience who can navigate the complex, multi-functional landscape spanning SoC, Hardware, Software, Systems teams. You will be instrumental in steering high-quality platform integration efforts from SoC Concept Alignment through productization for Apple's wearables platforms-products that are defining entirely new categories and pushing the boundaries of miniaturization, power efficiency, and user experience.","responsibilities":"As a Platform Integration EPM, you will leverage your deep technical expertise and extensive industry experience to partner with and influence key decision makers across multi-functional teams working on wearables product lines.
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Drive consistent weekly forums where multi-functional teams will highlight issues/blockers/risks and propose paths of mitigations; work behind/before/after the scenes to ensure issues brought into the forums for discussions are kept consistent, are of high benefit, and getting the attention needed to converge to a solution.
Gather information from the various teams involved through the concept stage of the SoCs, understand the unique platform requirements of wearable products-including spatial computing, audio processing, sensor fusion, and ultra-low-power architectures-the architectural trade-offs made, and the gaps that were aligned at the initial definition stage.
Work with onboarding teams to ensure the intent at the concept/definition stages propagates seamlessly from SoC concept to Product Architecture to Product Ship.
Collaborate closely with Platform/System Architects to understand product/feature choices/trade-offs specific to wearable and spatial computing form factors and manage platform integration efforts/issue-resolution.
Mentor and guide junior EPMs, contributing to the growth and development of the broader platform integration team.
Provide strategic input on long-term platform roadmaps and integration approaches based on extensive experience across multiple product generations.
Preferred Qualifications
Proven experience in driving design choices that determine the necessity of silicon in a system, including the associated system-level architecture, design, productization trade-offs, and risks, as well as the end-to-end platform integration support model required.
Strong leadership skills and ability to build positive relationships across various product development teams and technologies and to mentor and encourage team members at all levels.
Experience with wearable device platforms, spatial computing systems, audio products, or similarly constrained form-factor products.
Excellent communication, presentation, and organizational skills and able to navigate problem solving multi-functionally until full resolution is achieved.
Self-motivated and proactive with demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities with the ability to drive the team forward and influence without direct authority.
Able to generate clear and accurate visualizations of quantitative data.
Equally comfortable in big-picture strategy and deep technical discussions.
Able to comprehend, communicate, and manage complex design tradeoff decisions, with superior attention to detail.
Experience with sensor integration, low-power system design, or real-time processing architectures is a plus.
Minimum Qualifications
BS in Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering or related field and 20+ years of relevant experience in platform integration, systems engineering, or related technical program management roles.
Demonstrated track record of leading complex, multi-generational product integration efforts from concept through mass production.
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