Job Description
Technical Program Manager – Display Silicon (uLED Backplane)
Location: Redmond, WA or Sunnyvale, CA
Work Arrangement: Onsite, 5 days/week
Contract Duration: 12 Months (with potential for extension and conversion)
Pay Rate: $105/hour on W2
Benefits: Dental, Health, Vision, 401K, PTO
About the Role
We are looking for a Technical Program Manager (TPM) to drive execution of complex uLED backplane silicon programs from early development through high-volume manufacturing. This role will coordinate closely with Meta’s display silicon organization, cross-functional engineering teams, and external foundry and silicon vendor partners.
The TPM will translate high-level program and vendor milestones into detailed execution plans, manage cross-functional dependencies, track risks and decisions, and ensure clear two-way and three-way communication across internal teams and external partners.
This is a highly collaborative role requiring strong program ownership, technical understanding, stakeholder management, and the ability to drive execution in an ambiguous, fast-moving hardware development environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Internal Cross-Functional Coordination
Must Have Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, qualified applicants will be considered for assignment with arrest and conviction records. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness, meet client expectations, standards, and accompanying requirements, and safeguard business operations and company reputation. #TMMT
Location: Redmond, WA or Sunnyvale, CA
Work Arrangement: Onsite, 5 days/week
Contract Duration: 12 Months (with potential for extension and conversion)
Pay Rate: $105/hour on W2
Benefits: Dental, Health, Vision, 401K, PTO
About the Role
We are looking for a Technical Program Manager (TPM) to drive execution of complex uLED backplane silicon programs from early development through high-volume manufacturing. This role will coordinate closely with Meta’s display silicon organization, cross-functional engineering teams, and external foundry and silicon vendor partners.
The TPM will translate high-level program and vendor milestones into detailed execution plans, manage cross-functional dependencies, track risks and decisions, and ensure clear two-way and three-way communication across internal teams and external partners.
This is a highly collaborative role requiring strong program ownership, technical understanding, stakeholder management, and the ability to drive execution in an ambiguous, fast-moving hardware development environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Internal Cross-Functional Coordination
- Lead recurring program meetings, working sessions, and milestone reviews across uLED, silicon, test, packaging, product engineering, and sourcing teams.
- Track decisions, dependencies, action items, and ownership across multiple engineering workstreams.
- Identify execution gaps and resolve cross-functional issues before they require escalation.
- Ensure key technical and program decisions are communicated to all impacted stakeholders.
- Serve as a key program interface with external foundries, silicon vendors, and manufacturing partners.
- Lead joint working sessions, milestone reviews, program reviews, and vendor meetings.
- Drive external partners against Meta-defined requirements, milestones, and deliverables.
- Maintain integrated schedules connecting Meta milestones with vendor commitments.
- Identify schedule, execution, and dependency misalignment early and drive corrective actions.
- Maintain authoritative program trackers covering internal and external workstreams.
- Translate high-level milestones into detailed schedules with defined owners, deliverables, dependencies, and dates.
- Provide regular program status updates, milestone readouts, and decision summaries to engineering leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Maintain visibility into program health, critical path activities, and outstanding decisions.
- Maintain a comprehensive, continuously updated risk and issue register.
- Identify and manage risks related to technical execution, vendor delivery, schedule, IP/confidentiality, and cross-functional dependencies.
- Develop mitigation and contingency plans with clear owners and resolution dates.
- Escalate critical risks appropriately and provide concise risk summaries for leadership reviews.
Must Have Qualifications:
- 8+ years of experience as a Technical Program Manager, Program Manager, Project Manager, or equivalent experience in a hardware or silicon development environment.
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or a related engineering discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- Demonstrated experience coordinating execution across multiple engineering teams, such as silicon, hardware, test, packaging, and product engineering.
- Proven ability to translate high-level technical or vendor commitments into actionable schedules with owners, milestones, dependencies, and dates.
- Experience working directly with external vendors, contract manufacturers, foundries, or silicon suppliers.
- Experience supporting hardware development phases including prototype development, qualification, validation, and mass production.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting program status, risks, and decisions to engineering and cross-functional leadership.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to drive decisions and execution despite incomplete or changing information.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and complex dependencies.
- Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-paced environments with shifting requirements and aggressive product timelines.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience supporting semiconductor programs involving foundry, OSAT, silicon vendor, or manufacturing interfaces.
- Familiarity with display silicon, uLED/microLED, backplane technology, or related electro-optical technologies.
- Experience managing programs involving multiple external vendors or technology partners.
- Experience working across time zones with international foundry, OSAT, silicon, or manufacturing partners.
- Working knowledge of program management and milestone tracking tools such as Smartsheet, Jira, or equivalent platforms.
- Experience translating complex engineering status, dependencies, and risks into concise briefings for engineering, sourcing, and executive leadership.
- Experience supporting consumer electronics or connected-device programs from prototype validation through mass production.
- Experience working with silicon architecture, test engineering, product engineering, packaging, sourcing, or manufacturing organizations.
- Prior experience supporting AR/VR, smart glasses, wearable, display, or other advanced consumer hardware programs.
Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, qualified applicants will be considered for assignment with arrest and conviction records. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness, meet client expectations, standards, and accompanying requirements, and safeguard business operations and company reputation. #TMMT
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Redmond, WA |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $107.56 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 1,000 to 1,499 employees |
| Year Founded | 1968 |
| Website | https://www.tailoredmanagement.com/ |
About Company
CONNECTING TOP TALENT WITH TOP-TIER OPPORTUNITIES
Tailored Management is a global staffing firm that specializes in partnering with large organizations that run their contingent labor program in a VMS/MSP environment. We have the unique capacity to support programs across all scopes and geographic locations from a single headquarters, successfully elevating program performance across the board and minimizing costs, miscommunication and delivery times. But what do we really do? We bring together the best talent with the greatest opportunities.
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