Technical Program Manager I

Technical Program Manager I – Display Silicon & Hardware Programs 

Location: Onsite – Redmond, WA or Sunnyvale, CA
Schedule: Full-time | 40 hours per week
Contract Duration: 12 months with strong potential for extension or conversion
Pay Rate:$60–$69/hour (W2, Paid Weekly)
Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, and 401(k)

Job Overview 

Join Reality Labs as a Technical Program Manager (TPM) supporting next-generation uLED Display Silicon programs. In this role, you'll lead cross-functional program execution from early silicon development through high-volume manufacturing, partnering with engineering, sourcing, packaging, test teams, and external semiconductor vendors to drive milestones, manage dependencies, and ensure seamless collaboration. You'll play a critical role in delivering the innovative display technologies powering future AR and smart glasses products. 

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate cross-functional execution across display silicon, uLED, packaging, test engineering, and sourcing teams.
• Lead recurring program meetings, milestone reviews, and status updates with both internal stakeholders and external vendor partners.
• Build and maintain integrated project schedules, ensuring alignment between deliverables and vendor commitments.
• Track project milestones, action items, dependencies, and deliverables across multiple engineering teams.
• Identify schedule risks, technical challenges, and execution gaps early, driving mitigation plans with clear ownership.
• Maintain program dashboards, status trackers, and leadership reports for engineering and cross-functional teams.
• Facilitate communication between and foundry/silicon vendors to ensure timely execution and issue resolution.
• Document key decisions, communicate updates, and ensure all impacted teams remain aligned throughout the program lifecycle.
• Support leadership with concise program summaries, milestone reporting, and risk assessments.

Minimum Qualifications

• 1–3 years of Technical Program Management or equivalent project management experience in hardware or semiconductor development.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or a related engineering field (or equivalent experience).
• Experience coordinating work across multiple engineering disciplines such as silicon, hardware, test, packaging, or manufacturing.
• Experience translating high-level project goals into detailed schedules with owners, milestones, and deadlines.
• Experience working with external vendors, foundries, contract manufacturers, or semiconductor partners.
• Familiarity with hardware product development phases, including prototype, qualification, and mass production.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with experience presenting program updates to technical and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting semiconductor or silicon development programs involving foundries or OSAT partners.
• Familiarity with display silicon, uLED, or electro-optical technologies.
• Experience managing programs involving multiple external vendors.
• Experience collaborating with global teams across multiple time zones.
• Working knowledge of project management tools such as Jira or Smartsheet.
• Experience preparing executive-level program updates, milestone reports, and risk summaries.
• Experience supporting consumer hardware products from prototype through mass production. 

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.

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