NPI Staff Program Analyst

Qualcomm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 102,000 - 153,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Program Analyst in San Diego to manage New Product Introduction (NPI) operations across multiple business units.

You will coordinate cross-functional teams including Engineering, Program Management, and Supplier partners to support NPI from concept to Customer Sampling (CS) for an assigned device portfolio. The role emphasizes driving build plans with suppliers, monitoring milestones, and ensuring timely procurement of BOMs and materials, while

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a related field.
• Associate’s degree with 2+ years of relevant experience.
• High School Diploma with 4+ years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Understand the overall product lifecycle and key milestones.
• Generate build plans from cross-functional input and drive with suppliers.
• Identify material requirements and coordinate BOM procurement with lead times.
• Communicate build requests to suppliers and track progress to meet deadlines.
• Create purchase requisitions and monitor PO approvals; update PMs and Chip/Chipset teams.
• Monitor milestones, release dates, and quality issues; communicate impacts to the team.
• Lead Operations meetings to review status and coordinate planning.
• Identify critical paths and propose mitigations and contingency plans.
• Troubleshoot supplier issues and develop alternative schedules.

Skills

Cross-functional teamwork

Program management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration/Management/Engineering/Computer Science

Associate's degree + 2+ years of experience

High School Diploma + 4+ years of experience

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Operations Group, Operations Group > Program Analyst

General Summary:

Qualcomm is a company of inventors that unlocked 5G ushering in an age of rapid acceleration in connectivity and new possibilities that will transform industries, create jobs, and enrich lives. But this is just the beginning. It takes inventive minds with diverse skills, backgrounds, and cultures to transform 5G's potential into world-changing technologies and products. This is the Invention Age - and this is where you come in.

Position requires to be in San Diego, 5 days a week

This position is not eligible for Qualcomm immigration sponsorship.

QCT NPI Operations Team is looking for a Program Analyst in San Diego with a drive to self-succeed and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment. This role is a focal point in the organization for the management, coordination, execution and communication of all New Product Introduction (NPI) operations activities across various business units. This person will work cross-functionally with Engineers, Program Management, Business Operations, Product Marketing and other internal organizations as well as with multiple external suppliers to perform a full range of activities in support of New Product Introduction (NPI) all the way through Customer Sampling (CS) for an assigned portfolio of devices.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Understand the overall product lifecycle as well as the requirements to meet each key milestone.
• Generate build plans based on demand gathered from cross-functional engineering and business teams. Drive these build plans with suppliers over the course of the NPI lifecycle to meet demand.
• Identify material and hardware requirements and work with suppliers in ensuring BOMs are procured with consideration to lead time.
• Communicate build requests to suppliers in a timely and accurate fashion. Track and expedite material & WIP at suppliers as needed to ensure the program deadlines are met.
• Create purchase requisitions, track PO approval status, monitor build progress, and communicate status back to the PM's and Chip/Chipset teams.
• Monitor critical program milestones, test HW/SW release dates, product revisions, and quality issues, communicate to suppliers as needed and minimize the impact to the overall program schedule.
• Lead Operations meetings with Program Management and other engineering & business cross-functional teams to review the status of the program and coordinate seamless planning and execution with key stakeholders.
• Identify critical paths and analyze potential changes to the program. Communicate this to the core team along with proposed mitigation and contingency plans.
• Troubleshoot supplier issues and help develop alternative schedules, milestones, processes etc. to resolve supply issues.
• Work with production teams in ensuring a smooth transition from NPI to production.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Management, Computer Science, Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• OR
• Associate's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of relevant work experience.
• OR
• High School Diploma or equivalent and 4+ years of relevant work experience.

Applicants: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer.

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EEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$101,800.00 - $152,800.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer - and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.