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Redmond or Sunnyvale - Onsite

Must-Have Skills             

• Mechanical engineering experience in consumer electronics
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently.
• The ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, product, and operations teams to drive hardware projects from concept through to mass production

Nice-to-have Skills          

• Mechanical design background.
• Experience with Fitbit or similar wearable technology.

Years of overall experience required?    

• 3 + years experience as a Program Manager managing PDE programs from concept to mass production, preferably for consumer

Job Description

• Work closely across engineering, product management, architecture, industrial design, operations and other teams, driving and tracking the investigation, definition and delivery of next generation products.
• Create development, delivery and qualification strategies and schedules based on system and PDE parts requirements, technical challenges, lead times and business needs.
• Manage communication within and between internal engineering and external vendor teams.
• Work with teams to set milestones, communicate program status and identify/ address potential setbacks.
• Drive engineering teams to bring technical issues to closure.
• Work cross-functionally to develop best practices and technology development processes in a quickly changing and dynamic environment to ensure on time delivery.
• Manage engineering builds from early prototyping through qualification builds.
• Ensure program documents are complete, current and available for staff and leadership review.
• Contribute to resource planning and budget management to ensure program success.

Minimum qualifications:

• BS in Engineering field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience with phase gate approach to technology development projects.
• Experience with component and module qualification, validation and characterization processes.
• Knowledge of program issue/ bug tracking and risk management.

Surrounding team & key projects            

• As a Technical Program Manager in the Wearables Hardware Team, you will lead programs through the NPI process to develop the next generation of AI Glasses.
• You will establish requirements with internal and external customers, manage program schedules, identify risks and associated mitigation plans, and clearly communicate to program stakeholders.
• We look for program managers who are natural motivators, cross-functional relationship builders, and champions for driving the right level of process to ensure smooth and edictable program execution in a fast-paced innovative environment..