Apple

Designs phones, computers and their operating systems

CAD Engineering Program Manager

Program ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree and at least 3 years of proven experience are required.
Knowledge of chip design and/or computer-aided design (CAD) flows is required.
Experience with front-end computer-aided design tools or flows, including logic design, synthesis, design verification, or design for test, or back-end computer-aided design tools or flows, including place and route, static timing analysis, layout versus schematic, design rule checking, or extraction, is required.

Responsibilities

Own and drive high-level achievements by focusing the CAD team on near-term milestones and unblocking technical issues by bringing together relevant multidisciplinary technical specialists.
Run and track project schedules by driving execution of high-level achievements in a multifaceted core technology team.
Perform daily and long-term project management tasks.
Participate in early planning of new projects, including resourcing and scheduling.
Assist with planning new project schedules, assigning ownership, planning resource metrics, and tracking them through completion.
Drive weekly schedule and communication meetings with upper management.
Ensure effective communication of project schedules and dependencies with dependent CAD, Design, Infrastructure, and Technology teams.
Compile a comprehensive view of the work needed to support a project from conception to completion.
Rally teams and engineers to achieve the breakthroughs needed for project success.
Collaborate with partners across different organizations to align on a unified operating plan.
Predict, plan, implement, and monitor project needs and requirements from an infrastructure perspective.
Supervise assigned work, highlight gaps promptly, and mitigate risks as needed.
Accommodate changes and update plans to meet project needs while maintaining the schedule.
Communicate status clearly across different management levels.
Drive continuous improvement by incorporating findings throughout the execution cycle.
Support the team with a variety of tasks as needed to prevent disruption to the project plan of record.

Desired Qualifications

Experience working in engineering environments related to electronic design automation or chip design is preferred.
Experience working with compute, storage, and network equipment deployed in large high-performance computing datacenters, or understanding electronic design automation tool, licensing, and operating-system dependencies, is preferred.
Program or project management experience on silicon or CAD projects, or a combination of program management and CAD design experience, is preferred.
Proficiency with Gantt charts and program management tracking tools is preferred.
The ability to communicate effectively, collaborate, and provide leadership is preferred.
The ability to encourage team members is preferred.
The ability to filter and distill relevant information for the appropriate audience is preferred.
The ability to work through rapid development cycles and remain flexible and calm amid uncertainty is preferred.

Summary

Apple's Hardware Technology Engineering Program Management Team is looking for an inventive, high-energy Engineering Program Manager (EPM) to support the Silicon Engineering CAD organization! In this all encompassing role, we will apply your technical skills to drive the technical execution of projects across a myriad of topics, including and not limited to: infrastructure of data center builds, storage roll-outs, operating system planning, coupled with supporting front-end and back-end silicon CAD design flows. The candidate will use program management abilities to own schedules and resolve issues across multiple projects, technology nodes and datacenters. By focusing on all aspects of a silicon project, we will work directly together with CAD, Infrastructure teams, Design teams and Technology teams to craft a project plan, identify/resolve blockers, and align CAD team work across multiple parallel projects and Datacenters ensuring all requirements are met!

Minimum Qualifications

BS + 3 years of proven experience. Chip design and/or CAD flow knowledge required. Experience in any of the following: Front-end (Logic design, Synthesis, DV, or DFT) or Back-end (PNR, STA, LVS, DRC, Extraction) CAD Tools/Flows.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working in engineering environments related to EDA or chip design Experience with at least one of the following areas: Working on Compute, Storage and Network equipment deployed in Large HPC Datacenter OR understands nuances related to EDA tools, licensing and operating system dependencies Program/project management experience working in Silicon projects/CAD Projects, or a combination of Program Management and CAD design experience. Proficient with Gantt chart and Program Management tracking tools Excellent communication, interpersonal, collaboration and leadership skills Self-motivated and phenomenal teammate with ability to encourage team members. Ability to filter and distill relevant information for the right audience Understands and deals well with rapid development cycles; remains flexible and calm in the face of uncertainty

Description

- Own and drive high-level achievements by focusing the CAD team on meeting near-term landmarks and unblock technical issues by pulling together the relevant multi-functional technical specialists. - Run and track project schedules by driving high-level achievement execution in a multifaceted core technology team. - Responsible for daily and long-term project management tasks. - Participate in early planning of new projects as well as resourcing and scheduling. - Assist with planning new project schedules, assign ownership, plan for right resource metrics and track them diligently to completion. - Drive weekly schedule and communication meetings with upper management. - Ensure effective project schedule and dependency communication with the dependent teams (CAD/Design/Infrastructure/technology/etc). - Rolling up your sleeves and doing what it takes to things done.

Responsibilities

Works on putting together a comprehensive view of needed work to support a project from conception to completion Rallies teams and engineers to meet the breakthroughs needed for project success Collaborate closely with all partners across different orgs to align on a unified plan of operation Predict, Plan, Implement and Monitor project needs and requirements from an infrastructure POV Supervise all work you're doing diligently, highlight any gaps immediately and mitigate risk as needed Accommodate changes and update plans to meet project needs, in keeping with schedule Communicate status clearly across different levels on management Focus on continuous improvements by incorporating findings in a detailed way during execution cycle Chip in to team by helping as needed on a variety of tasks to ensure non-disruption to project POR

About the Company

Apple

Designs phones, computers and their operating systems

Apple designs and sells consumer electronics, from iPhone smartphones and Mac computers to tablets and wearable devices. Its operating systems manage apps and built-in functions for communication and work, while iCloud stores files and synchronizes data across devices. Customers buy additional digital services through subscriptions such as Apple Music and Apple TV, and developers distribute software through the App Store. Apple earns money from hardware sales, subscriptions and digital transactions, selling directly to customers and through retailers and mobile carriers around the world. It was founded in 1976 and has its headquarters in Cupertino, California.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Cupertino, CA
Founded: 1976

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