Program Manager II

  • Cupertino, CA
  • Posted 13 hours ago | Updated 1 hour ago

Overview

On Site
Full Time

Skills

Product Design
IT Management
Scheduling
Budget
IT Risk Management
IT Risk
Collaboration
Partnership
Drawing
Pure Data
Spectrum
Project Management
Product Development
Manufacturing
Machining
Injection Molding
Communication
Presentations
Leadership
Critical Thinking
Attention To Detail
Management
Mechanical Engineering
Systems Engineering
Marketing

Job Details

Position: Program Manager II
Location: Cupertino, CA
Duration: 8 months to start with

Job Summary:
As a Product Design Engineering Program Manager, you will be responsible for the technical management of the development and implementation process for the mechanical components of one of our Input Devices product development teams.
In this role you will drive the day-to-day activities to meet the overall program objectives focusing on engineering, development planning and validation cycles.
This involves engaging with large cross functional teams to balance several competing objectives and meet aggressive deliverable timelines.

Description:
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 to help drive them to closure.
Enable development effort by creating and monitoring an efficient, streamlined process.
Drive drawing releases and tooling kickoff with PD Engineering and the vendors to meet aggressive schedules.
Plan and execute prototype builds by understanding system-level part interactions to be able to direct OEM partners. Lead cross functional communication between project teams and external vendors.
Drive day-to-day activities to meet overall project objectives including calling and running meetings among engineering stakeholders.
Offer multiple levels of status across a wide spectrum of individual contributors to executive management via written and verbal communication.

Minimum Qualifications:
BS degree desired
Prior experience (ideally 3+ years) project management experience

Preferred Qualifications:
Knowledge of product development processes as well as an understanding of manufacturing processes, mechanical engineering fundamentals.
Prior experience with metal stamping, forging, machining (CNC), die casting, plastic injection and metal injection molding (MIM) is highly desirable.
Excellent communication, organizational, presentation and leadership skills
Self-motivated and proactive with demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities
Understands and deals well with rapid development cycles; remains flexible when faced with uncertainty and changes in direction
Strong attention to detail and ability to effectively manage complex design strategies
Experience interfacing with cross functional teams including Mechanical Engineering and Design, Systems Engineering, Reliability, Operations, and Marketing.
Ability to travel internationally to support builds (up to 30%)

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