Technical Program Manager, iPhone

Cupertino Until 9/28/2026 3+ years exp First posted July 30, 2026 Last posted July 30, 2026
Job description

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, we believe new ideas have a way of becoming phenomenal products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish! The people here at Apple don’t just create products — they create 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!

Description

We are looking for talented engineers across teams at Apple in Operations to support iPhone Final Assembly. Technical Program Managers have some of the following manufacturing engineering responsibilities, including:

-- Design for Manufacturability - Provide early and ongoing manufacturing involvement to ensure new products are mechanically manufacturable.
-- Product Engineering: Works all phases of a product from concept to repeat manufacturing to end of life. Provides production support engineering with respect to technically complex testing methods, procedures and failure analysis.
-- Process Engineering: Designs and develops technically complex processes to improve quality and efficiency.
-- Failure/Data Analysis: Plans, develops and implements technically complex procedures for the testing and evaluation of soon to be released products.
-- Travel internationally ~25%

Minimum Qualifications

Meaningful experience (3+ years) in introducing products into manufacturing or high volume production.
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering (or similar).

Preferred Qualifications

Excellent project management skills (Planning, Cost, & Delivery), experience working in a matrix organization.
Direct experience leading any of the following functional engineering teams: Mechanical, Electrical, Test, DFX, etc.
Experience working with international OEM partners.
New product introduction and Manufacturing Operations experience.
Experience with AI/ML, Machine Learning, LLM, robotic process automation, or quantum computing is a plus.
Master's degree or MBA is a plus.

About this role

Summary

Support iPhone manufacturing, design for manufacturability, product and process development, analyze failures.

Job title

Technical Program Manager, iPhone

Experience level

3+ years

Minimum experience

3+ years exp

Industry

technology

Location requirements

onsite in Cupertino, no remote work permitted

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

project managementmanufacturingproduct engineeringprocess engineeringfailure analysis

Preferred skills

AI/MLrobotic process automationinternational OEM experience

Specializations

manufacturingproduct engineeringprocess engineeringfailure analysisdata analysis
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Cupertino, CA, USA

On-site City