New Product Introduction Project Manager

Job Title: Project Manager 1 / NPI Project Manager

Location: San Jose, CA

Duration: 09 months on W2 contract

Job Description

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WHAT YOU DO AT CLIENT CHANGES EVERYTHI

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We care deeply about transforming lives with Client technology to enrich our industry, our communities, and the world. Our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences – the building blocks for the data center, artificial intelligence, PCs, gaming and embedded. Underpinning our mission is the Client culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world's most important challenges. We strive for execution excellence while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectiv

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THE

ROLE:
The Product Development Group is looking for an NPI Program Manager focused on Adaptive and Embedded Computing products, with a strong emphasis on engineering execution for board and silicon orders across the product lifecycle. In this role, you will drive technical readiness for engineering builds, silicon availability, board bring-up, and qualification activities by partnering closely with design, validation, planning, operations, and manufacturing teams to ensure boards and silicon are delivered in alignment with development and release miles

tones.
THE

PERSON:
The ideal candidate combines strong technical program management skills with hands-on understanding of board development, silicon readiness, and NPI execution. This role requires experience coordinating engineering demand, managing board and silicon order priorities, tracking build dependencies, and driving cross-functional alignment across design, validation, operations, and manufacturing teams. Strong communication, problem solving, and end-to-end ownership are es

sential.
KEY RESPONSI

• BILITIES:Own board and silicon order execution across the NPI lifecycle, aligning engineering demand with prototype builds, bring-up activities, validation needs, and key development mi
• lestones.Drive execution of board and silicon orders to support engineering schedules by partnering with design, validation, planning, and operations teams on priorities, constraints, and readine
• ss plans.Manage board and silicon demand signals, monitor material and component availability, and coordinate resolution of technical and supply constraints that may impact board assembly, bring-up, validation, and quali
• fication.Establish and improve engineering order management processes for boards and silicon, including build planning inputs, status reviews, escalation paths, and change control to maintain alignment across technical and operational stak
• eholders.Coordinate with engineering, operations, and fulfillment teams to ensure board and silicon orders support prototype builds, lab validation, qualification milestones, and production ramp r
• eadiness.Lead readiness reviews for board and silicon order execution, including supply status, build readiness, technical risks, validation dependencies, and stakeholder alignment prior to major engineering mi

lestones.
Quali

• fications:Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field, with 7 years of experience in hardware development, electronics manufacturing, NPI, or technical program m
• anagement.Demonstrated experience managing board or silicon order execution in support of engineering builds, validation activities, and cross-functional hardware development
• schedules.Strong understanding of board development, silicon lifecycle, validation flows, and operational processes required to support engineering execution through NPI and p
• roduction.Demonstrated ability in strategic planning, risk management, change management, project
• managementExperience working with quality management approaches, techniques, and principles to ensu
• re qualityAble to manage and organize multiple projects i
• n parallelSelf-motivated individual that enjoys establishing processes to improve the overall efficiency o
• f the teamStrong knowledge of project and productivity tools including Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Office
• Suite etc.PMP certification