Technical Program Manager, Central Test Engineering

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 8 years of experience in program management.
  
• Experience with building, performing failure analysis, and launching consumer electronics products.

Preferred qualifications:

• MBA or Master's degree in Engineering.
• 8 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience with hardware testing, system bring up, and design validation.
• Experience in working with CM.
• Ability to travel up to 15% of the time as needed.

A problem isn’t truly solved until it’s solved for all. That’s why Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you’ll use your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You’ll work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. You're equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers.

Our goal is to build a Google that looks like the world around us — and we want Googlers to stay and grow when they join us. As part of our efforts to build a Google for everyone, we build diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and we aim to cultivate a sense of belonging throughout the company.

Manage factory test stations development and maturity from concept to mass production. Test TPM is the Test POC to internal test engineers/leads, Operations/Engineering partners and CM/vendor teams. Test TPM manages overall test readiness, identifies risks, manages CapEx and the communication to internal and cross-functional teams.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $168,000-$252,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

• Serve as conduit between the Test Engineering team and PM counterparts. Be responsible for factory software deployment, coordination strategy, and test station qualification.
• Standardize and optimize the test process across the entire production line, including sub-assembly, IPQC, (inline and offline) OQC, OBA and Reliability.
• Drive yield and operational issues for the test line. Ensure operational test readiness for all phases of the product development.
• Work with CM on test related SOP, test fixtures, cycle time/UPH, and line balance. Manage schedules and plan for all test engineering deliverables (data collection features/solutions, test framework software drops, etc.).
• Collaborate with suppliers and engineering teams in developing test blueprint including assessment of process flow, equipment/fixture designs, process controls, factory test and data infrastructure and test reporting, implementation schedules, and validation plans prior to any engineering build.