Engineering Project Management

A globally leading consumer device company headquartered in Cupertino, CA is looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Engineering Project Manager (EPM) with a proven consumer product development track record to work cross functionally with Softgoods Product Design Team.

Job Responsibilities:

• Drive the day-to-day activities to meet the overall program objectives related to mechanical design, development, and engineering validation. 
• Build and maintain project schedules, assess and mitigate risk, and lead cross functional teams via great communication and diligent oversight.
• 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.
• Build great relationships across high-energy teams and work closely with manufacturing suppliers and OEM partners.
• The role will require international travel to support manufacturing builds in Asia.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS ME or equivalent
• Project management experience related to developing computer accessories or related consumer products
• Experience working closely with product design and other cross functional teams to drive closure of technical issues and communicate risk
• Experience creating schedules
• You are someone who is analytical, professionally assertive, and exhibit 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 mechanical engineer or related product development role prior to becoming a project manager
• Experience working with industrial designers or other similarly creative product developers
• Experience fostering relationships with manufacturing suppliers and coordinating development builds
• Experience managing program finances and tracking budget
• Prior experience working with soft goods materials and processes (synthetics, textiles)
• Prior experience traveling internationally to work closely with manufacturing suppliers


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