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Technical Program Manager

NXP Semiconductors

NXP Semiconductors

IT, Operations
Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Posted 6+ months ago

The future starts here! Ready to join NXP in Technical Program Management !

Be an integral member of a global, highly-experienced team in R&D that drives the planning and execution of advanced microcontroller and microprocessors. We are part of MCU/MPU Engineering, a central design organization within NXP, developing products for multiple business lines in Automotive, Internet of Things (IoT), Networking, and Radio Frequency products, with expertise in hardware engineering, including architecture, IP, and full SoC Design.

As a Technical Program Manager your challenge will be to lead effective core teams with diverse technical leaders, helping them prioritize activities and communicate clearly while influencing peers and managers, and holding everyone accountable. You will drive strict project pace by accurately identifying technical risks for appropriate and timely closure.

Responsibilities:

As a Technical Program Manager you are responsible for:

  • Leading all phases of SoC projects from architectural definition to validation
  • Creating project plans with milestones, timelines, ownership, and drive delivery
  • Facilitating project calls with global cross-functional teams to drive progress and resolve issues
  • Facilitating project health check awareness and support executive/senior management reporting
  • Acting as the first line of contact for issue escalation
  • Providing balance in technical support for architectural approvals, development, documentation closure and source control management (quality control)
  • Ensuring that the team is effectively delivering on their objectives and all the plans are on track. Perform risk analysis, identify and execute on mitigation steps

Requirements:

To be successful in this role you have:

  • BEng or MEng in Electrical or Computer Engineering
  • Deep knowledge of project management
  • Management experience with proactive and solution-oriented approach
  • Experience with Project Management tools such as MS Project or similar
  • General understanding of system design and architectural definition

Furthermore, you should have:

  • Strong analytical skills and familiarity with complex environments
  • Proven strong leadership skills, team player, able to challenge the status quo and capable to switch between detail and helicopter view
  • Flexibility, be calm under pressure and comfortable taking ownership in ambiguous environments


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