Job Description
A globally leading consumer device company headquartered in Cupertino, CA is looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Engineering Project Manager (EPM) with a proven consumer product development track record to work cross functionally with Softgoods Product Design Team.
\n
\n
Job Responsibilities:
\n
- \n
- Drive the day-to-day activities to meet the overall program objectives related to mechanical design, development, and engineering validation.
- Build and maintain project schedules, assess and mitigate risk, and lead cross functional teams via great communication and diligent oversight.
- Enable team success by crafting and monitoring a streamlined development plan, managing critical path, and driving timely issue resolution.
- Lead team meetings, document action items, drive follow-up, and be accountable for communicating development and schedule status to senior management.
- Coordinate with Product Design, Industrial Design (ID), Operations, Reliability and other key cross functional teams.
- Understand technical issues and drive them to closure by bringing together key partners and facilitating problem solving and decision making.
- Build great relationships across high-energy teams and work closely with manufacturing suppliers and OEM partners.
- The role will require international travel to support manufacturing builds in Asia.
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
Minimum Qualifications:
\n
\n
• BS ME or equivalent
\n
• Project management experience related to developing computer accessories or related consumer products
\n
• Experience working closely with product design and other cross functional teams to drive closure of technical issues and communicate risk
\n
• Experience creating schedules
\n
• You are someone who is analytical, professionally assertive, and exhibit excellent attention to detail
\n
• Strong verbal & written communication and executive level
\n
presentation skills
\n
• You exhibit a deeply curious mindset about new ideas
\n
\n
Preferred Qualifications:
\n
\n
• Experience as a practicing mechanical engineer or related product development role prior to becoming a project manager
\n
• Experience working with industrial designers or other similarly creative product developers
\n
• Experience fostering relationships with manufacturing suppliers and coordinating development builds
\n
• Experience managing program finances and tracking budget
\n
• Prior experience working with soft goods materials and processes (synthetics, textiles)
\n
• Prior experience traveling internationally to work closely with manufacturing suppliers
\n
\n
\n
Type: Contract
\n
Duration: 7 months with extension
\n
Work Location: Cupertino, CA (hybrid)
\n
Pay range: $ 64.00 - $ 79.00 (DOE)