Senior Consumer Hardware Sustaining Program Lead

Socket.dev; San Bruno (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Equity potential

Job summary

Mill is seeking an experienced Sustaining Program Manager to own the day-to-day program management of Mill's Consumer hardware line as it scales from launch into steady-state production.

You will drive sustaining engineering, supply chain activities end to end, engineering changes (ECOs), cost-down initiatives, and alternate-supply qualification, while aligning with engineering, quality, supply chain, legal and finance partners.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of program or operations program management experience in hardware, consumer electronics, or appliances.
• Experience managing contract manufacturers/EMS partners from mass production through end of life, including PO, pricing, and cost-variance management.
• Experience leading engineering change orders (ECOs) and coordinating cross-functional approvals and rollout.

Responsibilities

• Sustaining Program Ownership: Own end-to-end program management for live Consumer products, running the Sustaining Core review and maintaining a tiered priority list across launch-risk, supply-stability, and cost-down workstreams.
• Engineering Change Management: Drive ECOs from proposal through approval, requalification, and production cutover, coordinating timing with contract manufacturers to avoid disruption.
• Contract Manufacturer & Supply Chain Oversight: Hold accountability for CM/supplier execution, partnering with Head of Manufacturing and Head of Supply Chain.
• Finance Partnership: Act as the point of contact for Finance on COGS projections and variances, keeping cost models and forecasts current.
• End-of-Life & Inventory Risk Management: Lead EOL planning and dead-stock risk analysis to minimize financial exposure.
• Cost-Down Leadership: Lead cost-down and alternate-supply qualification initiatives cross-functionally from idea to implementation.

Skills

Program management

Hardware experience

Contract manufacturers

Cross-functional leadership

Financial acumen

Education

BS in Engineering/Operations

Job description

Mill is seeking an experienced Sustaining Program Manager to own the day-to-day program management of Mill's Consumer hardware line as it scales from launch into steady-state production.

You will drive sustaining engineering, supply chain activities end to end, engineering changes (ECOs), cost-down initiatives, and alternate-supply qualification, while aligning with engineering, quality, supply chain, legal and finance partners.