Program Management Engineer

Texas Instruments; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Instruments Radar team in Dallas seeks a Program Management Engineer to lead cross-functional efforts, drive ROI, and ensure flawless execution across design, fabrication, and validation stages. You will manage schedules, budgets, and external partners while delivering reliable, market-ready products.

The role emphasizes strong leadership, strategic planning, and clear communication with management, customers, and global teams in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering or related engineering degree.
• Minimum 3 years of experience with project engineering/ program management on highly complex products.
• Proven leadership capabilities in leading multifaceted global teams.
• Experience in indirect management and influence across organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams to release new products and ensure ROI.
• Coordinate with wafer fabrication, assembly & test sites to meet schedule, cost and quality.
• Plan projects end-to-end using MS Project and keep on budget.
• Provide clear direction to teams and external support like device fabrication.
• Drive team motivation to enable flawless execution of each product and project.
• Report weekly/monthly status updates to senior management.
• Interact with customers on status, milestones and deliveries.
• Perform product reliability and characterization to meet specs.
• Work with failure analysis to determine root causes.
• Maintain up-to-date project schedules with milestones.
• Develop and implement Qualification plans.
• Communicate status weekly to management.
• Coordinate material logistics and prioritization.
• Maintain Galileo system per new product development guidelines.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Cross-functional teams

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

MS Project

Job description

Job Description

Change the world. Love your job.
The Texas Instruments Radar team in Dallas is looking for an energetic, service minded leader, who enjoys helping others to succeed by providing team members with motivation and support in a positive and professional work environment as a Program Management Engineer. We are seeking a highly motivated individual who will challenge teammates to achieve flawless execution goals, while maintaining strong working relationships. Success in this role is measured by the ability to grow the number of new products and drive the forecasted return on investment. The Radar business unit is a performance innovator in integrated RFCMOS radar technology offering an industry leading 60GHz & 77GHz product portfolio. We have a very competent team with strong commitment and great team spirit.

Responsibilities Include

• Lead a cross functional team on the execution of releasing new products and ensuring successful return on investment for every development; the team consists of Design, Marketing, Systems & Applications, Validation, Product & Test Engineering, Firmware/Software Engineering, Manufacturing, Field, and Quality
• Work with wafer fabrication, assembly & test sites to guarantee schedule, cost and quality
• Plan the project using MS Project from Assess Opportunity Phase to Release to Market and is responsible to make sure the project comes in on budget
• Provide clear direction to both, team and external support organizations like device fabrication and assembly and test sites
• Drive and motivate all team members critical to the flawless execution of each product and project
• Provide weekly and monthly updates to senior management on status of projects, explaining the issues facing a project
• Interact with customers in support of project status, key milestones, and deliveries. This includes samples deliveries, special work requests, wafer lot starts and reliability tests
• Perform product reliability and characterization of integrated circuits to ensure they meet the product requirement specifications and manufacturing requirements
• Work with failure analysis (FA) to determine root cause of any reliability and qualification failures
• Maintain thorough and up-to-date project schedules with all related milestones
• Develop and implement Qualification plans
• Communicate weekly to management on status of each project
• Effectively coordinate material logistics and shipment/assembly/test prioritization
• Maintain Galileo system per new product development guidelines
• Success will be measured by the ability to grow the number of new products and drive the forecasted return on investment.
  

Qualifications

Minimum requirements:

• Bachelors in Electrical Engineering or related engineering degree
• Minimum 3 years of experience with project engineering/ program management experience on highly complex products/projects
• Proven leadership capabilities in leading multifaceted global teams
• Successful proven track record in indirect management and influence
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, and set realistic plans based on required tasks with available resources
• Ability to effectively coordinate and lead global development teams on projects that include design, silicon fabrications, production test development, qualification and production ramp; Programs will be driven out of multiple global locations
• Ability to provide clear direction to both internal teams and external support organizations like device fabrication and assembly sites
• Knowledge of device packaging and wafer fabrication process
• Knowledge of reliability requirements and tri-temp characterization methodology using statistical analysis
• Ability to work in a team environment and understand cross-functional team dynamics
• Ability to work with global customers to align project schedules with customers' key milestones
• Demonstrated strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work in teams and collaborate effectively with people in different functions
• Strong time management skills that enable on-time project delivery
• Demonstrated ability to build strong, influential relationships
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment
• Ability to take the initiative and drive for results
  

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About Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments Incorporated (Nasdaq: TXN) is a global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures and sells analog and embedded processing chips for markets such as industrial, automotive, data center, personal electronics and communications equipment. At our core, we have a passion to create a better world by making electronics more affordable through semiconductors. This passion is alive today as each generation of innovation builds upon the last to make our technology more reliable, more affordable and lower power, making it possible for semiconductors to go into electronics everywhere. Learn more at TI.com .

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