- Location
- Santa Clara, California, United States · published
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Operations
- Seniority
- Manager
- Source
- Workable
Description
The Company
Halo Industries has invented a revolutionary technology to replace a decades-old semiconductor material slicing process. Our laser-based technology eliminates waste, improves material cost and performance, and drives advancements in high-growth markets like automotive, telecommunications, and power electronics. Founded in 2014 at Stanford University, Halo is well-funded and poised for rapid growth, engaging strategic customers and preparing for volume manufacturing.
The Opportunity
The evolution of Halo’s technology and equipment, growing from an R&D focus to a production manufacturing environment, has triggered the need for a Sr. NPI Project Manager who can help to coordinate the successful transition of its equipment manufacturing from the R&D engineering team to the NPI equipment build team.
Job Description
The Sr. NPI Project Manager will coordinate the transfer of equipment build responsibilities to the NPI team and the timely and successful deployment of that equipment into production. Responsibilities include:
- Manage detailed project schedules, risk registers, and status reports for equipment builds
- Define project deliverables for NPI engineers, allocate and track tasks, and closely monitor progress
- Proactively identify and overcome obstacles to timely delivery of equipment and knowledge transfer. This requires hands-on, detailed involvement in the daily work of the NPI engineering team.
- Coordinate cross-functional collaboration to transfer knowledge, processes, and documents between the R&D engineering and NPI teams
- Manage the NPI technical writing team’s development of all documents required for this transfer
- Drive PLM phase gate readiness for product design and production release
- Aid in determining the product or system requirements
- Drive continuous improvement in NPI processes, equipment, and tooling
- Coordinate the bringup of NPI equipment in halo’s international volume fabrication facilities
- Present project status to the Halo management team and participate in strategic planning activity