Be involved at product concept to ensure products are manufacturable, and conduct Design for Manufacture reviews Ensure approval of vendor process, process flow and equipment for new devices Manage new process introduction and special projects, such as new testers Identify and audit manufacturers for new product development Ensure device vendors are conforming to Apple specs and requirements Organize three way meetings with device vendors and module integrators to get feedback on downstream issues and to ensure smooth co-working. Assist and arbitrate as needed Regularly provide status reporting updates to executives and escalation when needed Close coordination with device design team, module design team and operations team Collaborate with reliability engineering and system quality engineers Manage a new product ramp, from initial design validation to mass production phase Work with Cupertino NPI team to drive ramp readiness with engineering, operations and contract manufacturers, focus in overall capacity planning, manufacturing process scalability and overall bring up plan of multiple factory sites that includes factory space, labor hiring, training and production lines qualifications Support Engineering and Cupertino EPM teams in executing design development builds in Asia Drive Engineering, Operations and Contract Manufacturers on design for manufacturing to enable continued volume growth at the best product quality