Job Description:
NPI Build Bring Up Program Manager for Hardware Team with a Global Consumer Device Company in Cupertino, CA
Summary:
Seeking an Engineering Service candidate with strong project management skills, efficient communication, and an engineering background to help our team decompose and manage test station development and bring-up.
Responsibilities:
• Drive Test Engineering teams to identify their hardware and software development and validation dependencies; develop schedules for test solutions (fixture, software, validation) delivery, track delivery of dependencies and top-level product; highlight risks and escalate gaps
• Decompose test and calibration requirements into discrete features with specific dependencies, track deliverables against system milestones
• Schedule meetings between cross functional teams to discuss issues as required; Capture meeting notes and action items, and follow up at checkpoints
• Document and share learnings of build bring-up timelines and deliverables between CM partners
• Collaborate with TE internal logistics teams and cross functional EPM teams to coordinate logistics; collect hardware module, test fixture delivery schedules, and assess potential bring-up/validation risks
• Apply Project Management methodologies (e.g. critical path analysis, Gantt charting, risk registry) and tools (e.g. Radar, JIRA, Confluence, Wrike) to define a repeatable Build Bringup tracking process
Requirements:
• 2-5 years of Project Management experience in consumer electronics
• Ability to design and implement PM processes, decomposing objectives into discrete deliverables, and applying proper framework to track and manage progress
• Experience defining, collecting, and tracking system-level, hardware, and software requirements; history of working with cross functional partners
• Robust understanding of hardware NPI, XVT build cadences, and the role of factory test as it relates to System builds
• Track record of taking proactive steps to uncover, highlight, and bridge risks
• Clear and efficient English language communication, verbal and written
• Willingness to collaborate with remote teams during China-friendly hours
• Bonus: experience working with OEMs, expertise in test engineering for embedded products
Location: Cupertino, CA (Hybrid; Tues-Thurs onsite)
Duration: 12+ months
Pay Rate Range: $60 - $80/h (DOE)