Hardware Project Manager (Opto-Mechanical focus)
About the role
What You'll Do
In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise.
Lead and coordinate Opto-Mechanical (OptoMech) development activities across BBP programs, ensuring project schedules, materials, and supplier activities are managed effectively to enable successful product development and manufacturing readiness.
Program Planning & Execution
- Lead and coordinate OptoMech development activities across multiple projects.
- Define, track, and drive project milestones, deliverables, and schedules.
- Identify schedule risks and work with engineering leads to develop mitigation plans.
- Provide regular project status updates to management and stakeholders.
Material Tracking & Build Readiness
- Own material tracking across all active projects.
- Monitor procurement status, lead times, shortages, and delivery schedules.
- Coordinate with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Engineering teams to ensure build readiness.
- Drive resolution of material-related schedule impacts
Vendor & Supplier Management
- Assess, qualify, and onboard new machine shop and component suppliers.
- Manage supplier performance related to quality, cost, and delivery.
- Coordinate RFQs, quote reviews, and supplier selection activities.
- Maintain strong relationships with strategic vendors to support development and ramp needs.
Cross-Functional Coordination
- Work closely with OptoMech, Optics, Electrical, Software, Systems, Manufacturing, and Program teams.
- Facilitate communication between engineering teams and external suppliers.
- Track action items, risks, and dependencies across projects.
- Support engineering change implementation and hardware release activities.
Metrics & Reporting
- Develop and maintain dashboards for schedule, material, supplier, and project status.
- Identify bottlenecks and drive continuous process improvements.
- Present program status, risks, and mitigation plans to leadership.
Desired Qualifications
- Technical degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Engineering Management, or related field.
- Experience managing complex hardware development programs.
- Strong project scheduling and milestone tracking skills.
- Experience with supply chain, manufacturing operations, and material planning.
- Supplier qualification and vendor management experience.
- Excellent communication and cross-functional leadership skills.
- Semiconductor capital equipment experience preferred.
Minimum Qualifications
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