Senior Engineering Program Manager

Summary

Join Western Digital as a Project Manager and lead the execution of complex ASIC development projects. You will be responsible for comprehensive project planning, cross-functional team coordination, resource and budget management, risk mitigation, quality assurance, and stakeholder communication. The role demands strong project management skills, experience in managing complex technical projects, and proficiency in various project management tools. You will collaborate with multiple engineering teams, ensuring timely project delivery and adherence to quality standards. Western Digital offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, health insurance, retirement plan, and other perks.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
• Experience managing complex projects with detailed timelines and milestones
• Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., JIRA, MS Project, Confluence)
• Strong communication skills for coordinating across technical teams
• Experience organizing and leading regular team meetings
• Ability to resolve team dependencies and conflicts effectively
• Familiarity with allocating resources like tools, licenses, and hardware
• Experience managing procurement and ensuring documentation is up to date
• Experience managing project budgets, including tracking expenses
• Ability to identify cost-saving opportunities and forecast resource needs
• Ability to identify and mitigate risks in technical projects
• Experience adjusting plans to address evolving challenges
• Familiarity with industry standards and testing processes in development
• Experience overseeing design validation and compliance
• Strong skills in providing clear project updates and managing expectations
• Ability to gather feedback to ensure alignment with goals
• Experience conducting post-project reviews and applying improvements
• Encourages innovation and better practices within teams

Responsibilities

• Develop Comprehensive Project Plans: Create detailed plans outlining timelines, milestones, and deliverables for each phase of the ASIC development lifecycle
• Schedule alignment : Ensure alignment of schedules and milestones between teams, including ASIC, Hardware, Firmware, and System Test teams, to support synchronized and timely releases
• Monitor Progress: Regularly track the advancement of tasks across all teams, ensuring adherence to schedules and prompt identification of potential delays by working with project managers
• Adjust Plans as Needed: Adapt project plans in response to evolving requirements, resource constraints, or unforeseen challenges
• Facilitate Communication: Ensure seamless interaction among Architecture, RTL Design, Physical Design, Verification, Validation, Firmware, and Hardware Development teams
• Organize Regular Meetings: Conduct routine sync-ups to discuss progress, address issues, and align on project objectives
• Resolve Conflicts: Mediate and resolve any inter-team conflicts or dependencies that may arise
• Allocate Resources: Ensure teams have access to necessary tools, software licenses, and hardware resources
• Manage Licenses: Oversee the procurement and renewal of software licenses, ensuring compliance and optimal utilization by working with engineering and operations teams
• Maintain Documentation: Manage Confluence pages to keep all project documentation organized and up-to-date
• Monitor Expenditures: Track capital expenditures (Capex) for hardware and operational expenditures (Opex) for ongoing costs
• Optimize Spending: Identify opportunities for cost savings without compromising project quality or timelines
• Forecast Future Needs: Anticipate future financial requirements and help with planning budgets accordingly
• Identify Risks: Proactively recognize potential risks in design, verification, validation, or hardware development
• Develop Mitigation Strategies: Create and implement plans to address identified risks, minimizing their impact on the project
• Monitor and Adjust: Continuously assess risk factors and adjust mitigation strategies, as necessary
• Ensure Compliance: Verify that all development stages meet industry standards and regulatory requirements
• Oversee Testing: Supervise pre-silicon verification, FPGA validation, and post-silicon bring-up to ensure functionality and performance
• Implement Best Practices: Promote the adoption of best practices in design, testing, and documentation
• Provide Regular Updates: Keep stakeholders informed about project status, milestones achieved, and any issues encountered
• Manage Expectations: Set realistic expectations regarding project timelines, deliverables, and potential challenges
• Gather Feedback: Solicit input from stakeholders to ensure the project aligns with their needs and expectations
• Conduct Post-Mortems: After project milestones, analyze what went well and what could be improved
• Implement Improvements: Apply lessons learned to enhance processes and prevent recurring issues
• Encourage Innovation: Foster an environment where team members feel empowered to suggest and implement improvements

Preferred Qualifications

Strategic thinking, adaptability, and team leadership abilities

Benefits

• Paid vacation time
• Paid sick leave
• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• Life, accident and disability insurance
• Tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Employee assistance program
• Other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity
• Tuition reimbursement
• Transit
• The Applause Program
• Employee stock purchase plan
• The Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan
• Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan
• Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program