Best Practices, Color Management, Communication Skills, Consumer Electronics, Cross-Functional, Delivery Management, Industrial Design, Leadership, Machine Tool, Mass Production, Mechanical Engineering, Multitasking, Product Design, Product Development, Product Engineering, Product/Service Launch, Project/Program Management, Requirements Management, Schedule Development, Systems Reliability, Technical Leadership, Technical/Engineering Design, Textile Industry, Time Management, United States Department of Energy (DOE), Validation Plan, Vendor/Supplier Planning
Technical Program Manager - CMF Design12 monthsSeattle, WA (Hybrid)Job Description
- Partner with the Industrial Design, Color Material Finish, Product Design Engineering teams to enable the definition and execution of next generation hardware products, New Technology Introductions and Special Edition products
- Advocate for the Industrial Design (ID), Color Material and Finish (CMF) vision by partnering closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the ID CMF point of view is authentically represented and meaningfully integrated into the product development process.
Key Projects/Day-to-Day Responsibilities:
- Coordinate and drive Industrial design deliverables including specifications, DOE and validation plans across multiple concurrent projects
- Work with cross-functional teams (Industrial Design, CMF, SME's, System PD, Reliability, Operations) and other cross-functional teams to develop best practices and technology development processes in a fast-paced environment
- Manage delivery of ID CMF Configurations for development builds and drive qualification to meet mass production timelines
- Create development, delivery, and qualification schedules based on program requirements, technical challenges, lead-times and business needs
- Manage program structure to optimize clarity and efficiency for program teams, leadership, and external customers
- Communicate program statuses, identifying potential setbacks, including vendor tooling schedules and CMF design sprints.
- Manage communication within and between internal cross functional
- Ensure program documents are complete, current, and available for staff and leadership review
- Contribute to resource planning to ensure program success
Must have skills:
- 7+ years experience working in a mechanical engineering or industrial design field
- Experience in 1P and/or 2P product development, defining requirements and program constraints, and collaborating with both internal and external stakeholders
- Experience in colors, plastics/textiles color managing experience, understanding of color palette, managing color schedule, communications with ID/PD teams to keep projects on time.
Nice to have Skills:
- Has worked in big tech
- Worked in fast pace environment.
- Experience in - Consumer electronics, Hardware, Mechanical products.
- Has worked in big tech
- Worked in fast pace environment.
- Experience in - Consumer electronics, Hardware, Mechanical products.
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