Project Manager 2, Engineering

If you are looking for a challenging and exciting career in the world of technology, then look no further. Skyworks is an innovator of high-performance analog semiconductors whose solutions are powering the wireless networking revolution.

Through our broad technology expertise and one of the most extensive product portfolios in the industry, we are Connecting Everyone and Everything, All the Time .

At Skyworks, you will find a fast-paced environment with a strong focus on global collaboration, minimal layers of management, and the freedom to make meaningful contributions in a setting that encourages creative thinking.

We value open communication, mutual trust, and respect. We are excited about the opportunity to work with you and glad you want to be part of a team of talented individuals who together are changing the way the world communicates.

Job Description

If you are a motivated and skilled program manager with interest in managing complex interdependent programs resulting in products that will be used in most of cellphones sold today, Skyworks’ design team is looking for you!

As a part of the company’s acoustic filter design team, you would plan and coordinate work of a few different teams to ensure timely delivery of final products to Skyworks customers.

The candidate is expected to have daily alignment meetings with members of the filter design team. The job requires assessing progress of various projects against the established flow, identifying risks to a project’s schedule, and communicating those risks to team leaders in order to take timely corrective actions.

This individual will have close working relationships with his / her peers in manufacturing and technology teams. The candidate would monitor the development of new technologies and delivery of design collaterals (PDK, models, design rules) to ensure their on-time availability and thus avoiding any negative impact on filters cycle time.

A key responsibility of this candidate is working with manufacturing PM team to ensure the design timeline and the production timeline are in agreement with product delivery deadlines.

In this capacity, this program manager explores various scheduling trade-offs to keep aforementioned deadlines intact.

Job Responsibilities

• Plan, de-risk and monitor all filter developments according to established product development flow
• Daily report of deviations from the plan to design team leadership
• Track development of new technologies from concept to qualification to ensure readiness for product development
• Manage delivery schedule of design collaterals by NPI and EDA teams to ensure no impact on product development schedule
• Coordinate with manufacturing program management to guarantee design and production plans meet the product delivery date
• Maintain and present a list of all projects pertinent to MSB filter team (actual filter products, EDA / NPI deliveries, modeling projects, new technology development)
• Lessen the cognitive load and PM FTE for content heavy programs (ie high FTE programs such as TX DSM)
• Direct engagement with BU, Filter PM Team, and TMG (Quality, NTI, On-shore and offshore assembly Ops) to align groups to achieve Skyworks wide KPIs.

These can include quarterly alignment meetings chaired by this person to ensure feedback into relevant groups is in closed loop format to drive actionable results with planning and execution in place to align to the KPIs

• Coordinate technical inputs to align with Product NPI module milestones
• Spec alignment with filter activity to customer delivery milestone
• Elevate resource constraints to senior management to ensure both design and layout activities are operating smoothly and aligned to the module program needs
• Ensure quality requirements are adhered to and planned against in a timely manner to reduce the number of surprises for key milestones
• This may include coordinating with Ops / NTI PMs and module PMs to plan early builds for quality or pipe cleaners
• Consolidate inputs from Japan / SG PMs for deliveries
• At a minimum funnel this info into PMs / MAs this should get better over time with IT enhancements
• Ensure recovery lots are started for critical milestones where impacted
• Ensure Executive direction on module program is achieved through tapeout planning and validation with clear benchmarks this should help lessen the load on filter DE liaisons
• Regularly scheduled meeting cadence with filter liasons and management

Qualifications

• BS and 8 / MS and 6 years of experience in planning and scheduling product development in very compressed timelines
• Strong program management skills including identification of critical paths and de-risking a project by having redundancies
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• A positive, can-do attitude
• Preferred Qualifications :
• Basic understanding of RF design

The typical base pay range for this role across the $112,500 - $215,900 per year. Starting base pay will depend on relevant experience and skills, training and education, business needs, market demands, the ultimate job duties and requirements, and work location.

Skyworks has different base pay ranges for different work locations in the Benefits include access to healthcare benefits (including a premium-free medical plan option), a 401(k) plan and company match, an employee stock purchase plan, paid time off (including vacation, sick / wellness, parental leave), among others.

Employees are eligible to participate in an incentive plan, and certain roles are also eligible for additional awards, including recognition and stock.

These incentives and awards are based on individual and / or company performance.