Engineering Project Manager

A globally leading technology company is looking for a Engineering Project Manager (EPM), Color Design to join its innovative SoftGoods Engineering team, pioneering the use of textiles, silicone, soft polymers, and magnets in next-generation products. In this role, you ll collaborate closely with the Color Design team to lead color development across multiple materials and product lines from concept through production. You ll manage a diverse portfolio of products, balancing high SKU counts and fast-paced launch cycles. This is an exciting opportunity to bring precision, creativity, and technical excellence to the world of soft-material innovation we invite you to apply!

Job Responsibilities:

Enable team success by crafting and monitoring a streamlined development plan, managing critical path, and driving timely issue resolution.
Lead team meetings, document action items, drive follow-up, and be accountable for communicating development and schedule status to senior management.
Coordinate with Product Design, Industrial Design (ID), Operations, Reliability and other key cross functional teams.
Understand technical issues and drive them to closure by bringing together key partners and facilitating problem solving and decision-making.
Be empowered to build great relationships across high-energy teams
Work closely with material suppliers and manufacturing partners.
The role will require international travel to support material vendors in Asia and Europe.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor s Degree in Design, Material Science, Industrial or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
At least 5 years of experience managing multiple programs in the consumer product space or a related field
You have exceptional experience with developing materials in color
Strong experience fostering relationships with manufacturing suppliers and driving materials to development builds at scale
Experience working closely with product design and other cross functional teams to drive closure of technical issues and communicate risk
You are someone who is analytical, professionally assertive, and exhibits excellent attention to detail
Strong verbal & written communication and executive level presentation skills
You exhibit a deeply curious mindset about new ideas

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience as a practicing engineer or related product development role prior to becoming a project manager
Experience working with industrial designers or other similarly creative product developers
Experience working with soft goods materials and processes (synthetics, textiles, coatings/films)
Experience traveling internationally to work closely with suppliers
Experience managing development schedules, working with Industrial Design and Product Design teams to release designs to vendors on time
Experience collaborating and facilitating communication across engineering, operations, marketing, and external partners to meet very aggressive cost, schedule, and quality goals
Understanding of different coloration methods (package dyeing, pigment dyeing, etc.)
Exceptional understanding of soft goods assembly process (bonding, cutting, stitching).

Type: Contract
Duration: 7 months (with extension possible)
Work Location: Cupertino, CA (on-site)
Pay range: $ 64.00 - $ 79.00 (DOE)