Job Title: Product Design Engineering Program Manager Location: Cupertino, CA Hybrid (Monday/Friday remotely and Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday onsite) Duration: 5+ Months
Job Summary: The PD Engineering Program Manager is responsible for the technical management of engineering development projects within Product Design organization. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of enabling large cross-functional teams to deliver complex mechanically integrated consumer electronic systems quickly and with high quality. They will understand the who, what and how of hardware development, create and manage the program plan, and successfully execute it while balancing several competing objectives and aggressive deliverable timelines.
Qualifications:
Prior experience (ideally 2-5+ years) leading program management or mechanical engineering design of rapid development products comprising multiple materials of high aesthetic quality.
Strong technical background with knowledge of manufacturing processes and mechanical engineering fundamentals; prior experience with metal stamping, forging, machining (CNC), die casting, plastic injection and compression molding, metal injection molding (MIM) is highly desirable
Resilience and flexibility when faced with uncertainty and changes in direction
Self-motivated with strong critical thinking capabilities
Insane attention to detail and ability to effectively manage complexity
Excellent communication, organization, and leadership skills with the ability to inspire team members; ability to filter and distill relevant information for the right audience
Experience collaborating across disparate cross-functional teams spanning Mechanical Engineering and Design, Systems Engineering, Reliability, Operations, and Marketing
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, 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 stakeholders 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 aggressive schedules
Plan and execute prototype builds, directing factory operations and cross functional teams
Lead cross-functional communication between project teams and external vendors.
Education
BS ME degree required, MS or MBA desired
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Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.
Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation. At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $83.92/hr.
