Engineering Program Manager

Advanced Energy (Nasdaq: AEIS) is a global leader in the design and manufacturing of highly engineered, precision power conversion, measurement and control solutions for mission-critical applications and processes.

AE’s power solutions enable customer innovation in complex applications for a wide range of industries including semiconductor equipment, industrial, manufacturing, telecommunications, data center computing and healthcare. With engineering know-how and responsive service and support around the globe, the company builds collaborative partnerships to meet technology advances, propel growth for its customers and innovate the future of power. Advanced Energy has devoted four decades to perfecting power for its global customers and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

The Program Manager ensures on-time delivery of products to finished goods as scheduled by Advanced Energy’s committed shipment date, improves Advanced Energy’s ability to meet customer delivery requirements by understanding Plasma Power capacity, identifying constraints, risks, and actively reducing lead times (availability), and minimizes Advanced Energy’s investment in raw and finished material inventory where appropriate.

• Leads a cross-functional project team through all phases of New Product Development (NPD) of Plasma Power
• Supports marketing and design engineering in preparing RFQ (Request for Quote) or program development proposals
• Plans and manages NPD Schedules and resource plans to deliver products ON TIME and within budget
• Manages projects according to Product Development Process (PDP) and ensures that any scope changes or changes to the financial targets are raised with recommendations for the appropriate action
• Is accountable for project Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): schedule, product and project cost targets, quality, compliance, and customer Satisfaction
• Provides overall direction and ownership to programs, including Risk Mitigation Plans, escalations, and issue resolution
• Acts as a primary point of contact working with customer project and design representatives
• Works with manufacturing and procurement teams to ensure material and factory build readiness
• Coordinates with design and manufacturing engineering to ensure DFM, manufacturing cycle-time and quality targets are met
• Ensures a smooth mass production product launch
• Prepares reports and updates for presentation to customers, senior management, and internal stakeholders
• Is responsible for documenting all aspects of the project development and ensuring that data is captured and used as lessons learned to drive continuous improvement

• Works in a standard office environment

• Strong analytical and problem-solving tools
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Capable of team building (external & internal) to drive cross-functional collaboration
• Ability and desire to meet project, tasks and/or assignment deadlines
• Assertive, Analytical, with strong communication, presentation and organizational skills
• Experience with PCBA design and/or manufacturing
• Familiarity with Agile or Scrum processes
  
  Project Management Professional Certification

• Experience as Program Manager or with a proven track-record of project management

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science

As required by multiple state pay transparency laws, Advanced Energy provides a reasonable range of compensation for each job posting. Actual compensation is influenced by an array of factors including, but not limited to, skill set, level of experience, and specific office location. The range of starting pay for this role is $115,000 to $145,000 per year.

As part of our total rewards philosophy, we believe in offering and maintaining competitive compensation and benefits programs for our employees to attract and retain a talented, highly engaged workforce.

Our compensation programs are focused on equitable, fair pay practices including market-based base pay, an annual pay-for-performance incentive plan, and discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

In addition to our competitive compensation practices, we offer a strong…