Apple · 9 hours ago
CAD Engineering Program Manager
Austin, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$142K/yr - $259K/yr
3+ years expApple's Hardware Technology Engineering Program Management Team is seeking an inventive Engineering Program Manager to support the Silicon Engineering CAD organization. The role involves driving technical execution of projects, managing schedules, and collaborating with various teams to ensure project success across multiple datacenters.
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Responsibilities
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
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
Qualification
Required
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
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
Benefits
Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
Retirement benefits
A range of discounted products and free services
Reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
Relocation
Company
Apple
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10001+ employees
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