Program Management Engineer | MPP

Texas Instruments
Dallas, TX
On-site

Who this role is best for

Geared toward candidates with cross-functional leadership experience comfortable with managing global semiconductor product development timelines and budgets.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 5+ years managing complex semiconductor product launches and cross-functional teams
    — “5 years of experience with project engineering/management experience on highly complex products/projects”
  • Individuals who have led global development teams across design, fabrication, and qualification phases
    — “Ability to effectively coordinate and lead global development teams on projects that include design, silicon fabrications, production test development, qualification and production ramp”
  • Professionals with proven ability to influence teams and drive problem-solving in product execution
    — “Expectation is not just for reporting the issues, but also what you are influencing teams to help solve the problem”

Things to consider

  • Requires managing external support organizations like device fabrication and assembly sites
    — “Provide clear direction to both, team and external support organizations like device fabrication and assembly and test sites”
  • Involves regular interaction with global customers and alignment with their milestones
    — “Ability to work with global customers to align project schedules with customers' key milestones”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience leading product launches from opportunity assessment to market release
    — “Plan the project using MS Project from Assess Opportunity Phase to Release to Market”
  • Demonstrate expertise in reliability testing and qualification planning for integrated circuits
    — “Develop and implement Qualification plans”
  • Showcase ability to maintain accurate project schedules with all related milestones
    — “Maintain thorough and up-to-date project schedules with all related milestones”
  • Emphasize experience with failure analysis and root cause determination for reliability issues
    — “Work with failure analysis (FA) to determine root cause of any reliability and qualification failures”
  • Demonstrate strong communication skills with both internal and external stakeholders
    — “Interact with customers in support of project status, key milestones, and deliveries”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • successful product releases
  • forecasted return on investment
Typical background
electrical engineeringproject management

Skills & requirements

Required

Project ManagementCross-functional Team LeadershipBudget ManagementSchedule ManagementProduct ReliabilityQualification PlansFailure AnalysisMaterial Logistics

Preferred

Multiple Project ManagementGlobal Development CoordinationDevice PackagingWafer Fabrication ProcessReliability Requirements

Stack & domain

Project ManagementMS ProjectDevice FabricationAssembly And TestReliability TestingGalileo SystemLeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingTeamworkEngineeringManufacturing

About the role

Original posting from Texas Instruments

Change the world. Love your job.

Texas Instruments (TI) is looking for an energetic, service minded leader, who enjoys helping others to succeed by providing team members and clients with motivation and support in a positive and professional work environment as a Program Management Engineer. We are seeking a highly motivated individual who will challenge teammates to achieve flawless execution goals, while maintaining strong working relationships. Success in this role is measured by the ability to grow the number of new products and drive the forecasted return on investment.

Responsibilities include:

Lead a cross functional team on the execution of releasing new products and ensuring successful return on investment for every development; the team consists of Design, Marketing, Systems& Applications, Validation, Product& Test Engineering, Firmware/Software Engineering, Manufacturing, Field, and Quality

Work with wafer fabrication, assembly& test sites to guarantee schedule, cost and quality

Plan the project using MS Project from Assess Opportunity Phase to Release to Market and is responsible to make sure the project comes in on budget

Provide clear direction to both, team and external support organizations like device fabrication and assembly and test sites

Drive and motivate all team members critical to the flawless execution of each product and project

Provide weekly and monthly updates to senior management on status of projects, explaining the issues facing a project

Interact with customers in support of project status, key milestones, and deliveries. This includes samples deliveries, special work requests, wafer lot starts and reliability tests

Perform product reliability and characterization of integrated circuits to ensure they meet the product requirement specifications and manufacturing requirements

Work with failure analysis (FA) to determine root cause of any reliability and qualification failures

Maintain thorough and up-to-date project schedules with all related milestones

Develop and implement Qualification plans

Communicate weekly to management on status of each project

Effectively coordinate material logistics and shipment/assembly/test prioritization

Maintain Galileo system per new product development guidelines

Success will be measured by the ability to grow the number of new products and drive the forecasted return on investment.

Minimum requirements:

Bachelors in Electrical Engineering, or related engineering degree

5 years of experience with project engineering/management experience on highly complex products/projects

Expectation is not just for reporting the issues, but also what you are influencing teams to help solve the problem

Proven leadership capabilities in leading multifaceted global organizations

Successful proven track record in indirect management and influence

Preferred qualifications:

Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, and set realistic plans based on required tasks with available resources

Ability to effectively coordinate and lead global development teams on projects that include design, silicon fabrications, production test development, qualification and production ramp; Programs will be driven out of multiple global locations

Ability to provide clear direction to both internal teams and external support organizations like device fabrication and assembly sites

Knowledge of device packaging and wafer fabrication process

Knowledge of reliability requirements and tri-temp characterization methodology using statistical analysis

Ability to work in a team environment and understand cross-functional team dynamics

Ability to work with global customers to align project schedules with customers' key milestones

Demonstrated strong analytical and problem solving skills

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Ability to work in teams and collaborate effectively with people in different functions

Strong time management skills that enable on-time project delivery

Demonstrated ability to build strong, influential relationships

Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment

Ability to take the initiative and drive for results

Why TI?

Engineer your future. We empower our employees to truly own their career and development. Come collaborate with some of the smartest people in the world to shape the future of electronics.

We're different by design. Diverse backgrounds and perspectives are what push innovation forward and what make TI stronger. We value each and every voice, and look forward to hearing yours. Meet the people of TI

Benefits that benefit you. We offer competitive pay and benefits designed to help you and your family live your best life. Your well-being is important to us. Please find our country-specific benefits here

About Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments Incorporated (Nasdaq: TXN) is a global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures and sells analog and embedded processing chips for markets such as industrial, automotive, data center, personal electronics and communications equipment. At our core, we have a passion to create a better world by making electronics more affordable through semiconductors. This passion is alive today as each generation of innovation builds upon the last to make our technology more reliable, more affordable and lower power, making it possible for semiconductors to go into electronics everywhere. Learn more at TI.com.

Texas Instruments is an equal opportunity employer and supports a diverse, inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, disability, genetic information, national origin, gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

If you are interested in this position, please apply to this requisition.

Source: Texas Instruments careers

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