Electrical Technical Program Manager II (PCB)

Ascendion

• $135K — $208K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and 3+ years of related experience required
  • Full lifecycle Technical Program Management experience overseeing hardware design through 'OK to Fab'
  • Electrical engineering experience managing teams and scheduling milestones
  • Strong vendor management and stakeholder communication skills up to executive leadership
  • Experience managing overseas contract manufacturing vendors and program management
  • Proven track record in managing cross-functional programs and risk management frameworks.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver programs within defined scope, quality, schedule, and budget constraints
  • Lead cross-functional, multi-project initiatives requiring broad alignment across teams
  • Manage overseas contract manufacturing vendors and oversee program management
  • Oversee all phases from design through 'OK to Fab', including hardware design processes
  • Ensure effective implementation planning and project tracking in large-scale environments
  • Provide program-level strategic planning and partner with executive leadership
  • Foster strong team collaboration and drive issue resolution.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Long-term and short-term disability insurance
  • 5 personal days accrued each calendar year
  • 10-15 days of paid vacation time
  • 6 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday per year
  • Access to Ascendion Learning Management System
Full Job Description
About The Role:
  • We are looking for a Technical Program Manager to work on wearables electrical engineering hardware device project.

Job Title: Electrical Technical Program Manager II (PCB)

Key Responsibilities:
  • Deliver programs within defined scope, quality, schedule, and budget constraints, navigating moderate-probability and moderate-impact risk factors
  • Lead cross-functional, multi-project initiatives requiring broad alignment and coordination across engineering, operations, and vendor teams
  • Manage overseas contract manufacturing vendors, interfacing with them and their engineering team, overseeing program management.
  • Oversee all phases from design through "OK to Fab," including work with flexes, rigid boards, and hardware design processes.
  • Ensure effective implementation planning and project tracking in large-scale enterprise environments.
  • Provide program-level strategic planning and partner with executive-level leadership for direction-setting and status communication.
  • Manage and influence internal exempt employees, matrixed teams, and contractors to deliver high-quality systems and enhancements.
  • Foster strong team collaboration, uphold accountability, and drive issue resolution.
  • Engage with vendors, ensuring expectations, schedules, and deliverables are clearly aligned and managed.
  • Lead scope definition, requirements gathering, documentation, and timeline estimation.
  • Develop and maintain detailed project schedules, status reports, and communication plans across multiple organizational levels.
  • Oversee budget management, resource allocation, contingency planning, and risk mitigation strategies.
  • Drive the use of program-level issue/bug tracking and risk management tools.
  • Manage creation and maintenance of build matrixes across multiple configurations.

Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and 3+ years of related experience required
  • Full lifecycle Technical Program Management experience overseeing hardware design through "OK to Fab" (including flexes and rigid boards)
  • Electrical engineering experience, primarily interfacing with managing electrical engineering team, scheduling milestones, upleveling key issues & risks from the engineering team
  • Strong vendor management, matrixed team leadership, and stakeholder communication skills up to executive leadership.
  • Experience managing overseas contract manufacturing vendors, interfacing with them and their engineering team, overseeing program management.
  • Proven track record managing cross-functional programs, complex schedules,risk management frameworks, and bug/issue tracking in large organizations.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • MBA or a related advanced degree preferred
  • Mandarin language proficiency.
  • PMP or PMI certification preferred
  • Prior FAANG or Big Tech a plus

Location: Redmond, WA or Sunnyvale, CA [Onsite]

Salary Range: The salary for this position is between $135,000 - $208,000 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: [medical insurance] [dental insurance] [vision insurance] [401(k) retirement plan] [long-term disability insurance] [short-term disability insurance] [5 personal days accrued each calendar year. The Paid time off benefits meet the paid sick and safe time laws that pertains to the City/ State] [10-15 days of paid vacation time] [6 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday per calendar year] [Ascendion Learning Management System]

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Preferred Skills

Electrical Engineering
  • Technical Project Management
  • Technical Program Management
  • Vendor Management
  • Budget Management


Job details

Job ID 333095

Role Electrical Technical Program Manager II (PCB)

Location Redmond, Washington, US

Job type Direct Hire

Recruiter Chirag

Email [email protected]

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