Engineering Program Manager

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Engineering Program Manager

Location (HYBRID):
Sunnyvale, CA

Contributes specialized subject‑matter expertise to solve common and moderately complex technical challenges, recommending alternative approaches when necessary. May serve as a project lead and provide guidance to junior team members. Exercises sound independent judgment and collaborates with stakeholders to determine the most effective methods for achieving program goals and deliverables.

• Lead and manage programs spanning one or more functions and project teams to drive engineering development and implementation for a subsystem or component of a product or service.
• Own end‑to‑end delivery of Software NPI programs, ensuring clearly defined scope, realistic schedules, and strong cost governance across all phases of the lifecycle.

• Partner closely with Development, QA, Documentation, Release Management, and Product Management to ensure successful delivery of committed requirements and realization of program objectives.

• Oversee the full NPI lifecycle—from concept through execution to release—ensuring compliance with phase‑gate criteria, cross‑functional readiness, and alignment across stakeholders.

• Identify technical, resource, supplier, and schedule risks early; develop and execute structured mitigation plans.

• Work with NPI leads to forecast resource requirements, ensure adequate staffing across releases, and support justification for additional budgets or vendor engagement as program needs evolve.

• Ensure adherence to software quality metrics, test coverage expectations, defect management processes, and release build readiness.
• Coordinate with manufacturing partners to support final software qualification and production upgrades.
• Collaborate with Product Managers to develop and support Beta programs for selected customers.

• Deliver clear, concise, data‑driven weekly status reports, dashboards, readiness summaries, risk escalations, and leadership updates with actionable insights.

• Provide mentoring and guidance to less experienced team members.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Management, Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent.
• Minimum of 6 years of experience.
• Proficiency with project planning and tracking tools (e.g., Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, JIRA, Confluence).
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Proven experience coordinating and directing matrixed teams.
• Ability to develop and manage program schedules, budgets, and resource allocation plans.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; fluency in English and local language.
• Strong ability to present program plans, proposals, and results, and to negotiate with management stakeholders.

• Prior experience with networking products (hardware, firmware, operating systems), ideally including management of SONiC development and testing.
• PMP/PMI Certification

Accountability, Accountability, Action Planning, Active Learning, Active Listening, Agile Methodology, Agile Scrum Development, Analytical Thinking, Bias, Coaching, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Data Analysis Management, Data Collection Management (Inactive), Data Controls, Design, Design…