Technical Program Manager - NPI Backplanes & Enclosures

Sanmina Corporation; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Sanmina Corporation’s Fremont, CA facility seeks a Program Manager to lead backplane and enclosure product development from concept through volume manufacturing. You will coordinate design, prototype, qualification, and ramp planning while guiding cross-functional teams and customer engagements.

Reporting to the VP Business Operations, this role requires strong communication, PM discipline, and experience with NPI processes and government-related contracts. Occasional travel may be needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering and 2–4 years of direct, relevant program management or product development experience.
• Experience with electro-mechanical solutions and manufacturing processes.
• Understanding of the product development process from concept to volume manufacturing and qualification.
• Experience transferring complex products to manufacturing and using project management tools.

Responsibilities

• Understand customer needs and leverage Sanmina capabilities to enable solutions.
• Partner with sales to drive design wins, margins, and market share.
• Develop relationships with customer engineers and present to technical teams.
• Lead design, development, and manufacturing coordination for backplane and subsystems.
• Support proposals in response to RFIs/RFQs and communicate requirements to teams.
• Define development programs with our Product Development Process and ensure on-time execution.
• Provide initial design concepts and research new components.
• May travel for customer engagements and project meetings.

Skills

Customer requirements

Communication

Project management

Backplane knowledge

OpenVPX

U.S. Government contracts

Excel

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Tools

Excel

PM tools

Job description

Sanmina Corporation’s Fremont, CA facility seeks a Program Manager to lead backplane and enclosure product development from concept through volume manufacturing. You will coordinate design, prototype, qualification, and ramp planning while guiding cross-functional teams and customer engagements.

Reporting to the VP Business Operations, this role requires strong communication, PM discipline, and experience with NPI processes and government-related contracts. Occasional travel may be needed.