Senior NPI Project Manager

Halo Industries•Santa Clara, CA

About The Position

Halo Industries has invented a revolutionary technology to replace a decades-old semiconductor material slicing process. Our laser-based technology eliminates waste, improves material cost and performance, and drives advancements in high-growth markets like automotive, telecommunications, and power electronics. Founded in 2014 at Stanford University, Halo is well-funded and poised for rapid growth, engaging strategic customers and preparing for volume manufacturing. The evolution of Halo’s technology and equipment, growing from an R&D focus to a production manufacturing environment, has triggered the need for a Sr. NPI Project Manager who can help to coordinate the successful transition of its equipment manufacturing from the R&D engineering team to the NPI equipment build team.

Requirements

A Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Material Science, Physics, or related discipline
A minimum of 4 years of NPI project management experience for complex engineering systems, preferably in the semiconductor industry
Experience transitioning products from prototype to production/manufacturing scale
Experience leading teams comprising 5 to 10 NPI engineers
High proficiency with modern project management tools and collaborative productivity tools
Strong detail-oriented organizational skills
Strong technical communication skills with the capability to lead and collaborate effectively within a multidisciplinary team and communicate status to all stakeholders
Ability to work effectively in a highly dynamic environment where priorities and schedules are subject to change
Ownership mentality, with ability to work independently with minimal supervision
Ability to build and sustain cooperative working relationships with managers, colleagues, and external partners

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems
Experience with Arena PLM, Jira, Confluence, and Google Workspace applications (particularly Google Sheets)
Project management certification (e.g., PMP)
Experience in startup environments

Responsibilities

Manage detailed project schedules, risk registers, and status reports for equipment builds
Define project deliverables for NPI engineers, allocate and track tasks, and closely monitor progress
Proactively identify and overcome obstacles to timely delivery of equipment and knowledge transfer. This requires hands-on, detailed involvement in the daily work of the NPI engineering team.
Coordinate cross-functional collaboration to transfer knowledge, processes, and documents between the R&D engineering and NPI teams
Manage the NPI technical writing team’s development of all documents required for this transfer
Drive PLM phase gate readiness for product design and production release
Aid in determining the product or system requirements
Drive continuous improvement in NPI processes, equipment, and tooling
Coordinate the bringup of NPI equipment in halo’s international volume fabrication facilities
Present project status to the Halo management team and participate in strategic planning activity