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Impulse · 1 month ago

Hardware System Technical Program Manager

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$175K/yr - $185K/yr

3+ years exp

Impulse is a team of engineers, designers, and innovators dedicated to building high-performance products for whole-home electrification. The Hardware System Technical Program Manager will lead complex hardware systems integration and manage the entire product lifecycle, collaborating closely with various teams to ensure successful delivery and execution.

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Responsibilities

Lead the cross-functional delivery of complex hardware systems and their integration into innovative products

Manage the entire hardware product lifecycle, spanning from concept through production and launch

Work closely with Mechanical, Electrical and Firmware Engineers while integrating closely with Product Management, Finance, Tech Ops, Marketing and Impulse leadership

Serve as the backbone for hardware execution, working closely with the team at Impulse and with joint development partners

Manage and report the master schedule for hardware builds, proto-typing, and validation activities, ensuring alignment with overall product milestones

Represent hardware teams and its priorities across the organization, clearly communicating risks, status, and trade-offs

Work closely with counterparts outside of the hardware organization, including Product Management, Software, Manufacturing, and Operations

Oversee international partners to jointly develop and manufacture products, including overseeing the partner’s design, build, and test activities over the full product development life cycle

Qualification

Hardware product developmentSystems integrationCross-functional collaborationMaster schedule managementInternational partnership managementPhase-gate processesElectromechanical systemsAnalytical skillsMandarin languageCommunication

Required

3+ years of demonstrated experience with leading hardware product development teams with focus on the systems integration and cross-functional dependencies

Experience with managing and reporting of the master schedule for hardware builds, proto-typing, and validation activities, ensuring alignment with overall product milestones

Experience with representing hardware teams and its priorities across the organization, clearly communicating risks, status, and trade-offs. This should include the ability to represent technical disciplines that are outside your area of expertise

Demonstrated experience of working closely with counterparts outside of the hardware org that include Product Management, Software, Manufacturing, and Operations

At least 1 year of experience with international partners to jointly develop and manufacture products that includes overseeing the partner's design, build, and test activities over the full product development life cycle

Excellent written and verbal communication skills; you will be working within a globally-distributed team in different time zones and conciseness is key

Strong reasoning and analytical skills and the ability to make and explain difficult decisions; you'll be expected (and empowered!) to make decisions for the entire organization

Travel (10-15%) both domestically and internationally

Preferred

Experience with overseeing tools and processes for managing programs that include scheduling and management of tasks, issues and risks

Experience with building and managing phase-gate hardware product development processes from the ground up

Deep experience working with products that touch several of the following areas: electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, DFM/DFA, manufacturing processes, and product validation/testing

Experience working in consumer electronics, energy systems, or automotive industries is a plus

Prior systems or project engineering roles and experience with requirements definition and management for complex electromechanical systems is a plus

Ability to speak Mandarin is a plus