Technical Project Manager

Description

Onsite - US - WA - Redmond or US - CA - Sunnyvale

Top 3 Must-Have Skills  

• Technical understanding of silicon design flows, including ASIC design, RTL, physical design, analog and digital design fundamentals.
• Candidates should be able to clearly describe design flows and challenges in managing silicon/hardware projects.
• Direct vendor engagement and management experience. Specifically experience managing external design vendors (not just internal teams) is essential.
• Program Tracking Skills - Working with internal teams, usually heavily client (FTEs/Contractors). Keeping teams aligned. Experience with tools like Jira,
• Microsoft Project, SmartSheet, or equivalent.

Job Description:              

• Technical Program Management team is looking for a detail-oriented, high-energy Technical Program Manager to drive Silicon development programs.
• This role will require a self-driven individual with outstanding communication skills to manage Silicon and Hardware vendors to deliver material for complex builds on schedule.
• This position will work with cross-functional teams to consolidate internal material requirements and communicate them with vendor partners.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Manage Silicon vendors to deliver material for Engineering proto builds
• Create Engineering build matrix, schedule and scope and drive vendor to deliver
• Collaborate with Engineering leads to resolve technical, material and schedule issues and drive mitigation strategies.
• Scope change requests and drive team to approve/reject
• Drive communication between internal and external teams. Set up communication infrastructure (Jira, Gdrive) between internal/external vendors.
• Drive weekly meetings, setting agenda and recording meeting minutes.
• Manage internal and external documentation including Engineering Requirement Specs, Bill of Materials, Engineering collaterals (design files)
• Track Engineering budget spend and ensure alignment with budget forecast.
• Work with legal and business teams to ensure proper TPA/NDA agreements are in place to ramp up new vendors.
• Management of silicon material builds for Engineering builds on New Product Introduction (NPI) products
• Track wafers as they flow from the foundry through to downstream teams
• Work with different engineering teams to provide sample forecasts

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or 4+ years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and adept at driving multi-functional teams.
• Hardware/Silicon material management experience is a plus.
• Top-notch critical thinking skill set; big picture program understanding and details.

• Bachelors degree