Apple’s chief hardware engineering resigns to focus on new project

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FILE PHOTO: The Apple Inc logo hangs at the entrance to the Apple Store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, New York, USA October 16, 2019. REUTERS / Mike Segar

(Reuters) – Apple Inc’s head of hardware engineering Dan Riccio will step down to oversee a new project, the iPhone maker said on Monday, providing some details on the longtime CEO’s latest role.

Riccio will report to CEO Tim Cook, Apple said in a statement. He will be replaced by company veteran John Ternus, who will join the management team as senior vice president of hardware engineering.

Riccio, who joined Apple over two decades ago as vice president of product design, was named vice president of iPad hardware engineering in 2010 and leads the Mac, iPhone, iPhone engineering teams, iPad and iPod.

The company is focusing on more recent projects and moving forward with self-driving car technology, targeting 2024 to produce a passenger vehicle that could include its own breakthrough battery technology, Reuters reported last month. (reut.rs/3oimk75)

Report by Akanksha Rana in Bengaluru; Editing by Vinay Dwivedi

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