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Engineering Hardware Program Manager

A leading technology company is looking for an Engineering Hardware Program Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for working on a variety of technical problems of standard scope. The ideal candidate is passionate, results-driven, and intellectually curious and understands the importance, high-quality standards, and comprehensive qualification processes required for developing cloud hardware. The company offers a great work environment!

Engineering Hardware Program Manager Pay and Benefits:

• Hourly pay: $45/hr
• Worksite: Leading technology and data solutions company
• W2 Employment, Group Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement Savings Program
• 40 hours/week, 6 Month Assignment

Engineering Hardware Program Manager Responsibilities:

• Perform program management activities within a program team.
• Collaborate and communicate across multiple teams and functions within the organization.
• Work with Microsoft engineering teams, business teams, and external technology partners to support server hardware programs and underlying technical building blocks from a set of written requirements to product launch. • Adeptly, drive planning and execution rigor cross-organizationally.
• Define requirements, and actions, and prioritize deliverables with the Customer in mind to deliver the product within the allotted time period and with expected quality.
• Successfully meet or exceed committed Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).
• Personally navigate and skillfully lead others through complex, interrelated technical challenges and business issues to deliver impactful results.
• Provide timely reporting of program status with all necessary supporting details to the appropriate internal and external stakeholders.
• Exercise technical judgment and influence to ensure alignment with related products and technology.
• Combine demonstrable strong problem-solving and analytical skills with a passion for cloud-scale services.
• Work directly with partner teams to ensure multi-sourcing new server products (subsystems/full system) meet production specifications for high volume cloud hardware deployments.
• Ensure delivery of the highest quality standard to our customers.

Engineering Hardware Program Manager Qualifications:

• 5 years of experience in hardware product development, preferably in the server or rack infrastructure industry.
• 5 years of Technical Program Management experience.
• 5 years of Program Management in Hardware Development.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent relevant discipline, with practical experience in hardware or software design, sustaining engineering, reliability testing, platform system engineering and/or technical analysis.
• Experience and years spent in HW Development organizations and with Program Management that involves Supplier (ODM) engagement.
• Proven experience prioritizing and executing tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven program management experience from New Product Introduction (NPI) to post-product launch.
• Proven program leadership and problem-solving skills.
• Proven interpersonal and communication skills, and experience working effectively with cross-functional teams.