Hardware Engineering Program Manager

What you'll do:

• Own the integrated NPI program plan, milestones, critical path, dependencies, resources, risks, issues, decisions, and phase-gate readiness from architecture through production release.
• Drive EVT, DVT, PVT, pilot production, and mass-production readiness, including entry/exit criteria, build plans, go/no-go reviews, recovery plans, and executive reporting.
• Coordinate board spins, rework, engineering changes, defect triage, root-cause analysis, retest, and closure of critical hardware issues.
• Serve as the primary liaison between Hardware Engineering and Firmware, Software, FPGA, Systems, Mechanical, Thermal, Reliability, Quality, Manufacturing, Product Management, Supply Chain, and Product Operations.
• Lead requirements reviews, integration reviews, technical risk reviews, supplier checkpoints, build-readiness reviews, phase gates, and leadership updates.
• Manage JDM/OEM partners, contract manufacturers, PCB assembly suppliers, component suppliers, test laboratories, and other external technology providers.
• Track BOM/AVL readiness, long-lead components, capacity, tooling, manufacturing test, DFM/DFA, design-for-test, yield, quality issues, corrective actions, and production ramp readiness.
• Manage external hardware vendors, technical service agreements, tool subscriptions, certification vendors, and license renewals.
• Drive configuration management and controlled change processes for schematics, PCB layouts, FPGA releases, BOMs, mechanical drawings, firmware, test procedures, manufacturing documentation, and released products.

Hardware Compliance and Certification Requirements

• Own the hardware compliance plan, certification schedule, regulatory dependencies, and release evidence for applicable markets.
• Strong knowledge of applicable EMI/EMC requirements, product safety requirements, environmental and materials compliance requirements.
• Partner with Product Security and Engineering on applicable hardware security requirements, including secure boot, root of trust, key storage, debug-port controls, component provenance, and SBOM inputs.
• Coordinate pre-compliance assessments, formal testing, test-house activities, failure analysis, retesting, corrective actions, declarations of conformity, regulatory marks, certificates, and technical documentation.
• Maintain traceability between requirements, design evidence, test results, deviations, waivers, certification decisions, and engineering changes.
• Ensure PCB revisions, component substitutions, enclosure changes, firmware updates, and manufacturing-site changes are assessed for compliance and certification impact.

What you've done:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field; equivalent hardware or engineering program management experience may be considered.
• Significant experience range 10 to 14 years managing complex hardware development programs, preferably in networking, telecommunications, cloud infrastructure, or security products.
• Strong understanding of the complete hardware lifecycle: architecture, schematic and PCB development, FPGA verification, prototype builds, board bring-up, system integration, qualification, certification, production ramp, and sustaining engineering.
• Hands-on hardware lab experience, including troubleshooting boards and systems with engineering teams and driving issue resolution from observed data.
• Demonstrated experience bringing up at least one PCB or complex hardware platform from initial power-on through functional validation.
• Working knowledge of high-speed interfaces, power delivery, signal integrity, thermal management, chassis design, manufacturing test, reliability, and system validation.
• Experience coordinating EMI/EMC testing, product safety evaluation, environmental qualification, reliability testing, and regulatory certification.
• Expert knowledge of program management practices, including integrated planning, risk and issue management, dependency tracking, change control, stakeholder management, and executive communication.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams without direct authority and influence engineering, operations, suppliers, and leadership.
• Track record of delivering complex programs against challenging schedule, quality, cost, and performance targets in a large organization.