Program Management Engineer, MPP

Job Title

Program Management Engineer, MPP

Role Summary

Lead cross‑functional teams to deliver new semiconductor products from opportunity assessment through market release, ensuring schedule, cost, quality, and forecasted return on investment.

Work with internal design, validation, manufacturing, test, and quality groups and with external wafer fabrication and assembly/test sites; provide status updates to senior management and interface with customers on milestones and deliveries.

Experience Level

Mid-level. Requires approximately 5 years of project engineering/management experience on complex products.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include technical program planning, execution, and cross‑functional coordination.

• Lead cross‑functional teams (Design, Marketing, Validation, Product & Test Engineering, Firmware/Software, Manufacturing, Field, Quality) to release new products and meet ROI targets.
• Coordinate with wafer fabrication, assembly, and test sites to meet schedule, cost, and quality objectives.
• Plan and maintain project schedules and budgets (MS Project) from Assess Opportunity to Release to Market.
• Provide regular status reports to senior management; explain and drive resolution of project issues.
• Interact with customers on project status, sample deliveries, special work requests, and key milestones.
• Perform product reliability and characterization testing; develop and implement qualification plans.
• Work with failure analysis to determine root causes of reliability/qualification failures.
• Coordinate material logistics, shipment, and test prioritization; maintain project records in the Galileo system per new‑product guidelines.

Requirements

Must‑have skills and experience followed by preferred (nice‑to‑have) items.

• Must have: Minimum 5 years of project engineering/management experience on highly complex products or projects.
• Must have: Proven leadership in leading multifaceted global organizations and influencing without direct authority.
• Must have: Demonstrated ability to plan realistic schedules, track budgets, and drive teams to on‑time project delivery.
• Must have: Strong verbal and written communication skills and experience reporting status to senior management and customers.
• Preferred: Experience coordinating global development across design, silicon fabrication, production test, qualification, and production ramp.
• Preferred: Knowledge of device packaging and wafer fabrication processes.
• Preferred: Familiarity with reliability requirements and tri‑temp characterization methodology and statistical analysis.
• Preferred: Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills; ability to manage multiple projects and work in a fast‑paced environment.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering field (posting specifies Bachelor's degree requirement).

About the Company

Company: Texas Instruments

Headquarters: Dallas, Texas, USA

Texas Instruments is a global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures, and sells analog and embedded processing chips for various markets including industrial, automotive, and personal electronics. The company's innovations aim to make electronics more affordable and reliable, fostering advancements in technology through each generation of semiconductors.