NPI Operations Project Manager (TERADYNE, North Reading, MA)

Teradyne•North Reading, MA

5d•$81,400 - $130,300•Onsite

About The Position

The NPI Operations team is seeking a Project Manager to join the team. NPI Operations Project Managers collaborate with their New Product Operations team members to transition our products from prototype to production release in a fast-paced development cycle. Prototype work is executed on-site in North Reading, giving you the opportunity to have hands-on experience in manufacturing a product. Transfer of the product to Low Cost Region production suppliers allows opportunity for travel overseas. Integrated System Level Test solutions are customer device-based, creating continuous new solutions and new products to enable quick customer ramp of semiconductor devices to the market.

Requirements

Minimum 3+ years of experience of project management in an Operations role, including knowledge of inventory, capacity, material gathering, engineering, and finance aspects of manufacturing and outsourcing of electromechanical systems and PCBAs
Ability to succeed in a highly agile environment that requires attention to detail while maintaining a broad scope of vision to implement sourcing/planning change
Candidates must be able to work without supervision
Skilled with presentation software tools are helpful
Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills are a necessity
A team player that has a high level of flexibility, and will work toward common goals inter-departmentally and cross-functionally
Nominal travel is a possibility (10%)
Demonstrated pre-emptive planning and spearheading skills as well as a proven ability to envision and implement change (problem identification and solution recommendation, and implementation)
Bachelors degree required

Responsibilities

Owning the project strategy for Supply Chain, Cost, Planning, Buying, Manufacturing processes and High Volume Product introduction
Managing the NPI team strategy for multi-level, large part count Bills of Materials for highly complex electro-mechanical products and system configuration
Managing Operations project headcount, project spend, project schedule and risk management
Representation of Operations NPI team on Core project teams, to enable required NPI deliverables, escalations, and risks at the project level
Coordinating all NPI activities to integrate with functional groups including Design Engineering, Supply Base Management, Test Development Engineering and Operations for a successful new product transfer
Responsible for first build, subsequent builds, and production build strategies, including capacity/resource planning
Collaborating with each functional group to identify, prioritize, and act on meeting project timelines and risk management
Fostering communications with the cost manager and Supply Line groups to develop, analyze, monitor, and meet cost structures and models
Spearhead the NPI Operations team and the Contract Manufacturer in developing and implementing product transfer plans to the low-cost region contract manufacturers
Ensuring development deliverables met to enable smooth transfer of New Product to High Volume team