Description
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
– Support product definition and drive closure of architecture and technical opens in early stages of a project
– Establish and manage program feature baseline, scheduling, budget, critical paths, and technology risk areas for execution through final delivery of the product
– Identify and highlight technical risk areas and mitigation strategies in partnership with impacted teams
– Understand technical issues and drive them to closure by bringing together key partners for decision making
– Offer multiple levels of status across a wide spectrum of individual contributors to executive management
– Enable the development effort by creating and monitoring an efficient, streamlined process
– Drive drawing releases and tooling kickoff with PD Engineering team and the vendors to meet ambitious schedules
– Plan and implement prototype builds, directing factory operations and cross functional teams
– Lead communication between project teams and external vendors.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required (Mechanical preferred) with 5+ years industry work experience in hardware engineering program management.
Key Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
- Proven experience in hardware engineering program management or mechanical engineering design and leading multiple teams in new product development
- Strong technical background with knowledge of manufacturing processes and mechanical engineering fundamentals; solid knowledge of computer architecture is highly desirable
- Leadership skills and ability to build strong relationships across various product development teams and technologies and to inspire team members
- Excellent communication, presentation, and organizational skills and ability to navigate problem solving cross-functionally until full resolution is achieved
- Self-motivated and proactive with demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities with the ability to drive the team forward
- Understands and deals well with rapid development cycles and constant change and remains flexible and calm in the face of uncertainty while fostering a collaborative team environment
- Astonishing attention to detail and ability to effectively filter and distill relevant information for the right audience
Education & Experience
Additional Requirements
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