About The Position
The Robotics Delivery and Packaging Innovation (RDPI) Global Engineering Hardware Development team drives product development for advanced packaging and sortation automation solutions throughout the Concept, Alpha, and Beta phases of the Product Development Process (PDP). In this role, you will be responsible for end-to-end ownership of hardware development programs, managing development schedules, prioritizing workstreams, and coordinating deliverables with both upstream planning and downstream production teams to ensure seamless transitions between PDP phase gates. As a Hardware Development Technical Program Manager, you will enable engineering disciplines to focus on design and testing by leading technical reviews, tracking progress against functional requirements, owning key milestone reviews and maintaining a robust risk management framework that proactively identifies and mitigates potential issues before they impact schedules or deliverables. You will partner with Engineering Technical Leads and Product Management Teams to influence the development process and deliver transformative solutions by balancing schedule constraints, technical requirements, and cost optimization, while focusing on the long-term success and adoption of our innovations. This role requires a unique blend of technical depth, program management expertise, and leadership skills to successfully drive hardware development programs from concept to completion while maintaining strong alignment with business objectives and customer needs. You are expected to work independently with a strong sense of ownership in a complex, fast-paced, and high-ambiguity environment where multi-tasking is required.
Requirements
- 5+ years of technical product or program management experience
- 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
- 5+ years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams experience
- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or an equivalent engineering science
- 6+ years of experience designing and/or supporting robotics or automation systems
- Experience advising Senior Managers and Directors on technical program strategy
- Experience operating independently with limited guidance in highly ambiguous environments where business problems, program strategy, and technology solutions may not yet be defined
Nice To Haves
- 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
- Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules
- Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership
- Master's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or a related field
- Experience with product lifecycle management (PLM) or End-of-Life Management
- Experience managing new hardware implementation projects from concept through Alpha phases
- Experience managing technology programs through significant scaling challenges in fulfillment or manufacturing environments
Responsibilities
- End-to-end ownership of hardware development through Concept, Alpha and Beta phases
- Drive technical reviews and milestone completions
- Manage development schedules and prioritize workstreams
- Coordinate seamless transitions between PDP phase gates
- Track progress against business and functional requirements
- Lead key milestone reviews in Concept, Alpha, and Beta phases at the Executive Leadership level.
- Manage program resources and capacity planning
- Drive cost optimization without compromising schedules
- Maintain robust risk tracking and mitigation frameworks
- Evaluate and escalate risks appropriately
- Coordinate cross-functional risk response
- Own risk documentation and reporting to RDPI Leadership
- Partner with Engineering Technical Leads and Product Management Teams
- Facilitate cross-functional collaboration across Hardware, Controls, Software, Test Engineering, Reliability, and Deployment teams
- Drive effective communication across all levels
- Maintain integrated schedules in program management tools
- Track milestones and dependencies
- Manage resource allocation and constraints
- Own weekly/bi-weekly program reviews
- Prepare and present at Global Engineering Monthly Business Reviews
- Maintain program documentation and metrics
- Contribute to Product Roadmap key milestones reporting
Benefits
- health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
- 401(k) matching
- paid time off
- parental leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
