Engineering Program Manager

Engineering Program Manager

  

This role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office.

Job Description:

   

Engineering Program Manager

Location (HYBRID): Sunnyvale, CA

Contributes specialized subject‑matter expertise to solve common and moderately complex technical challenges, recommending alternative approaches when necessary. May serve as a project lead and provide guidance to junior team members. Exercises sound independent judgment and collaborates with stakeholders to determine the most effective methods for achieving program goals and deliverables.

Program Leadership & Execution

• Lead and manage programs spanning one or more functions and project teams to drive engineering development and implementation for a subsystem or component of a product or service.

• Own end‑to‑end delivery of Software NPI programs, ensuring clearly defined scope, realistic schedules, and strong cost governance across all phases of the lifecycle.

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with Development, QA, Documentation, Release Management, and Product Management to ensure successful delivery of committed requirements and realization of program objectives.

NPI Lifecycle & Phase‑Gate Ownership

• Oversee the full NPI lifecycle—from concept through execution to release—ensuring compliance with phase‑gate criteria, cross‑functional readiness, and alignment across stakeholders.

Risk & Dependency Management

• Identify technical, resource, supplier, and schedule risks early; develop and execute structured mitigation plans.

Financial & Resource Planning

• Work with NPI leads to forecast resource requirements, ensure adequate staffing across releases, and support justification for additional budgets or vendor engagement as program needs evolve.

Quality, Compliance & Release Readiness

• Ensure adherence to software quality metrics, test coverage expectations, defect management processes, and release build readiness.

• Coordinate with manufacturing partners to support final software qualification and production upgrades.

• Collaborate with Product Managers to develop and support Beta programs for selected customers.

Executive Communication & Reporting

• Deliver clear, concise, data‑driven weekly status reports, dashboards, readiness summaries, risk escalations, and leadership updates with actionable insights.

Team Leadership

• Provide mentoring and guidance to less experienced team members.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Management, Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent.

• Minimum of 6 years of experience.

• Proficiency with project planning and tracking tools (e.g., Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, JIRA, Confluence).

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.

• Proven experience coordinating and directing matrixed teams.

• Ability to develop and manage program schedules, budgets, and resource allocation plans.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; fluency in English and local language.

• Strong ability to present program plans, proposals, and results, and to negotiate with management stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience with networking products (hardware, firmware, operating systems), ideally including management of SONiC development and testing.

• PMP/PMI Certification

Accountability, Accountability, Action Planning, Active Learning, Active Listening, Agile Methodology, Agile Scrum Development, Analytical Thinking, Bias, Coaching, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Data Analysis Management, Data Collection Management (Inactive), Data Controls, Design, Design Thinking, Empathy, Follow-Through, Group Problem Solving, Growth Mindset, Intellectual Curiosity (Inactive), Long Term Planning, Managing Ambiguity {+ 5 more}

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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Job:

Engineering

Job Level:

TCP_03

    

"The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level.
– United States of America: Annual Salary USD 105,500 - 213,500 in California
The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered."

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