Technical Program Manager, Supplier Development Engineering, Wearable Hardware
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience with technical program management, supplier quality, or process development.
- 2 years of experience with supplier quality, or module or mechanical parts process development in the consumer electronics industry or manufacturing field.
- Experience in watches/buds/wearable engineering, mechanical parts (enclosures), display, and audio modules development.
Preferred qualifications:
- 7 years of industry experience in the consumer electronics industry and launching new products in Contract Manufacturer or Module factories.
- Experience managing functional engineering or manufacturing teams.
- Working knowledge of quality and statistical tools and methods.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 30% of the time.
About the job
A problem isn’t truly solved until it’s solved for all. That’s why Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you’ll use your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You’ll work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. You're equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers.
The Supplier Development Engineering team is looking for a Technical Program Manager to represent the Supplier Development Engineering team and collaborate heavily with cross-functional stakeholders, aligning goals/objectives and expectations. Your responsibilities include ensuring module and mechanical parts meets plans and timelines by resolving problems, proactively identifying gaps, and escalating to management as needed.
Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people's lives better through technology.
Responsibilities
- Serve as Supplier Development Engineer representative in core teams and executive forums for all electrical, electromechanical modules and mechanical parts of a product line.
- Drive module resource planning, build and communicate manufacturing process development plans, schedules/milestones and readiness.
- Coordinate and support cross-functional development activities and issues to enforce Part-Level Phase Gate milestones and deliverables enabling highest levels of quality and reliability built into the modules.
- Support product NPI builds and works with onsite teams to resolve any module related issues. Anticipate problems and formulate efficient solutions for given circumstances so as not to impede progress of the project.
- Identify project risks and drive mitigation plans, prioritizing activities and influencing internal teams and vendors. Drive technically complex product and process issues with cross-functional teams maintaining timely and succinct information flow.
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