Apple
Technical Program Manager - Audio
$164K–$246K
Cupertino, California · Manager · Full-time · Posted Jul 22, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of strong work experience in precision assembly, inspection, and validation.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering field
About the job
Leads manufacturing engineering operations for audio product development and production, coordinating vendors and engineering teams to prepare products for high-volume manufacturing and resolve technical issues.
What you'll do
- Lead manufacturing operations across vendors and sites, including contract manufacturer preparation for pre-production builds.
- Develop, document, optimize, and validate production processes and implement technologies that improve quality, capacity, and efficiency.
- Lead technical issue resolution and provide program health updates to VP-level stakeholders.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of strong work experience in precision assembly, inspection, and validation.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering field.
- Consistent record of cost reduction, project management and engineering design.
- Understand and tolerance stack ups for assemblies and part level.
Nice to have
- Experience introducing products into manufacturing or high-volume production; New product introduction and Manufacturing Operations experience.
- JMP, Minitab & Six Sigma experience; Master's degree considered a plus.
Pay
$163,500 and $246,200 USD base salary
Tools
SMT, Design of Experiments (DOE), Six Sigma, JMP, Minitab, GD&T, pneumatics, PLC
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