What You'll Do

The Sr. Staff Technical Program Manager, NPI is responsible for leading the schedule and execution of new products programs in manufacturing to meet or exceed milestones as set forth by ZT. The Staff Technical Program Manager, NPI's scope of responsibility covers the end-to-end production process of new products and is ultimately responsible for factory readiness and the successful implementation of the program into production:

• Serve as the primary interface between global production sites, customer operations, and engineering teams in support of new product launch.
• Serve as the primary interface for the customer deliverables managed by NPI and resolve any conflicts that arise during the execution.
• Develop and execute launch plans to prepare the production system for new products, platforms, and customers.
• Lead the management of global site enablement for new products by creating a plan for factory readiness and driving conflict resolution to meeting the production timelines.
• Serve as the key interface between the customer and factory teams to drive enablement efforts across all ZT sites.
• Lead comprehensive manufacturing preparation activities, collaborating with manufacturing planning teams to create and implement effective timelines for new products, platforms, or customers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional manufacturing teams to align new product requirements with technical and professional resources.
• Identify gaps in new product launch processes across platforms and customers and drive continuous improvement projects to improve quality and accelerate time to market.
• Evaluate the technical requirements for new product programs and engage with engineering in developing manufacturing preparation plans.
• Engage NPI and manufacturing engineering in developing manufacturing risk assessments such as DFMs, Design for Test (DFT), and PFMEAs.
• Lead the global manufacturing readiness review process to evaluate the technical status of various NPI programs as they are transferred to each global production site.
• Coordinate the engineering & production testing activities which support product development and launch on a variety of parallel products or platforms.
• Drive engineering and management resources to ensure materials, equipment, training, and documentation are in place to support pre-production and production builds.
• Identify key program issues and coordinate technical resources between cross-functional teams in identifying, evaluating, and executing solutions.
• Coordinate internal resources from engineering, operations, and manufacturing teams in technical issue resolution and program schedule recovery planning.
• Assess, analyze, consolidate, and communicate risk & status clearly and succinctly to working level and executive audiences.
• Author project status, summary, and issue resolution tracking reports.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in engineering discipline (mechanical, electrical, or industrial preferred) and 8+ years technical program management experience in a manufacturing environment (alternatively a MS degree and 6+ years of experience)
• Experience with manufacturing processes, hardware development processes, and product launch
• Experience with continuous improvement / lean programs
• Knowledge of server hardware fundamentals.
• Knowledge of production testing and firmware fundamentals.
• Ability to use problem-solving techniques to evaluate and propose solutions.
• Experience with Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Excel, Word, and MS Project)

ZT Systems assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package is created for all our employees. The typical base salary for this position is expected to be between $116,500 and $155,000 annually. If hired, the final base salary will be determined on an individual basis taking into consideration experience, skills, knowledge, education and/or certifications.

Base salary is just one component of ZT Systems total rewards philosophy. We take pride in offering a wide range of benefits and perks that appeal to the variety of needs across our diverse employee base. Other rewards may include bonus, paid time off, generous 401k match, tuition reimbursement, wellbeing resources, and more.

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this opportunity but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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