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Block · 1 week ago

Hardware Engineering Program Manager

San Francisco Bay Area

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$198K/yr - $297K/yr

8+ years exp

Block is a company focused on economic empowerment through various foundational teams. The Hardware Engineering Program Manager will drive complex hardware engineering design, development, and certification activities while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure successful product launches.

Financial Services

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Create and maintain a hardware development plan, schedule and budget for a complex consumer electronics hardware product in partnership with engineering managers, technical leads and individual contributors

Work with Electrical Engineering, Product Design, Product Management, Software Engineering Program Management, Operations Program Management and other key program teams to coordinate critical cross-functional work and convergence dates

Partner with Global Supply Management and Business Operations teams to establish and manage 3rd party vendor relationships

Identify key technical risk areas and develop actionable mitigation strategies

Communicate key developments, updates, and problems to teams and stakeholders (technical and non-technical)

Drive certification activities in partnership with regulatory and certification experts

Discern and implement process improvements that facilitate self-organization and enable our engineers to do their best work

Qualification

Hardware development planningNPI build managementEmbedded systems experienceElectrical EngineeringProduct DesignRegulatory certificationCommunicationOrganizational skillsLeadership skillsCreative thinkingCritical thinking

Required

8+ years of relevant industry experience

BS degree in ME/EE/CE or related field of study or equivalent practical experience

Familiarity with JDM and CM development models and experience managing complex NPI builds

Experience with the common challenges and interdependencies in embedded systems and the cross-functional development of custom hardware

The ability to understand and deal well with rapid development cycles and to remain flexible in the face of uncertainty

Demonstrated experience managing trade-offs given specific constraints

Excellent communication, organizational and leadership skills; ability to inspire team members

Proactive attitude with demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities

Ability to work across multiple time zones and travel internationally to Block offices and manufacturing locations

Benefits

Remote work

Medical insurance

Flexible time off

Retirement savings plans

Modern family planning

Company

Block

Glassdoor3.9

Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment.

Founded in 1990

Oakland, California, US

10001+ employees

https://block.xyz/

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