Senior Software Engineering Manager – Manufacturing Intelligence, Agentic Systems & Physical AI

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, great ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job, and there is no telling what you could accomplish.

Apple’s Manufacturing and Product Operations organization is looking for a hands-on, technically accomplished Senior Software Engineering Manager to lead multiple software engineering teams building the next generation of intelligent manufacturing systems.

This organization develops the software platforms, agentic workflows, data infrastructure, and AI-powered applications that support complex manufacturing operations at global scale. The work spans manufacturing process optimization, production planning, quality inspection, equipment intelligence, supply and material workflows, and the emerging use of embodied and physical AI on the factory floor.

In this role, you will lead multiple teams responsible for building highly scalable, reliable, and secure systems that connect enterprise applications, manufacturing data, AI models, industrial equipment, and human decision-making. You will establish a cohesive technical strategy across these teams and work closely with manufacturing, operations, quality, test, automation, robotics, machine learning, and data engineering organizations to turn emerging technologies into dependable production capabilities.

Building intelligent systems for manufacturing introduces unique challenges: heterogeneous data, rapidly changing factory conditions, high reliability requirements, physical-world constraints, and decisions that can directly affect production. We are looking for an experienced organizational leader with strong software engineering depth, architectural judgment, manufacturing awareness, and a demonstrated ability to build, scale, and align high-performing engineering teams.