Sr Staff Engineer, Program/Project Mgmt

Summary

Capital Equipment (CE) Engineering Product Managers (EPMs) are accountable for maintaining the viability of Celestica designs that are also manufactured by Celestica.  The CE products primarily include Equipment Front End Modules (EFEM) for semiconductor process equipment.

The Manager of CE Product Sustaining Engineering performs as an EPM and also manages a team of EPMs. Deep understanding of CE products, legacy designs, and customer requirements will be necessary over time.  

Customers of the EPM function certainly include the OEMs and End Users of the CE designs. On a daily basis, the internal customer list also includes Customer Focus Teams (CFTs), Site Operations, Design Engineering, Project Management Office (PMO), Supply Chain, and Quality.  The Manager must maintain collaborative and cross-functional relationships with all these “customers” to enable EPM success.

Detailed Description

The Essential functions of the EPMs include:

• Serve as the reliable and well-informed technical liaison between customers, engineering, and operations.
• Track all change requests from suppliers, operations, and customers. 
• Ensure customer notifications and approvals are logged for all product changes.
• Orchestrate activities to define and execute changes (via tasks or projects) as required.  
• Maintain product roadmaps and drive activities to sustain design viability.

In addition to EPM responsibilities, the Manager performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

•    Prioritize engineering revenue generation and product risk management in all EPM activities.
•    Serve as the escalation point for changes that affect multiple products and customers.   
•    Develop and maintain processes, tools, reports, and strategies to continuously improve EPM effectiveness, efficiency and overall performance.
•    Manage EPM associates- including staffing, capacity, objectives, and performance.
•    Provide guidance and coaching for EPMs related to Celestica CE design history. 
•    Build and maintain collaborative relationships with Celestica departments critical to EPM success- in particular: Engineering, CFT, and Supply Chain.
•    Be an escalation point for EPMs when tasks owned by other groups are not being effectively managed
•    Continuous improvement of processes

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Lead/develop company wide, cross functional or complex process initiatives or business strategies as required.
• Demonstrate ability to grow cross functional team members by identifying development opportunities and coaching Program Core Team members.
• Recognized expert (go to person) in 3 or more skills associated with EPM role. Refer to Enabling Competencies below.
• Present and communicate status to the business leaders and customers.  Review and interpret customer specifications and provides customer feedback.

Enabling Competencies:

• Semiconductor manufacturing equipment familiarity, including Copy Exact, cleanroom particle control, wafer handling/ automation.
• Engineering Change Control, PDM, and product structures for complex assemblies
• Material Requirements Planning (MRP) experience- with understanding of supply chain and production environments.
• Mechanical design and manufacturing familiarity: metal fabrication, airflow, pneumatics, robots and automation
• Electrical design and manufacturing familiarity: basic schematics, cables and harnesses
• Project Management - Ability to manage/lead complex technical projects to develop/implement process improvements, resolve high level problems, or execute cross functional tasks.  Project Management is a growth path for this position.
• Leadership - Demonstrate "People & Team Leadership Behaviors" as per Celestica Leadership Imperatives.
• Financial Acumen / Business Planning - managing and reporting of EPM department performance requires familiarity with Celestica “ways of work”, project P&L, revenue, costs, and margins.
• The following competencies may also be required: Coaching/Mentoring; Communication/Negotiation/Presentation; Creative Problem Solving; Customer Interaction/Stakeholder Management; Quality & Lean; Working Effectively with Others; D/PFMEA; 8D/Corrective Action; Equipment Safety; Design of Experiments (DOE). 

Physical Demands

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data. 
• Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.
• Occasional travel may be required.

Typical Experience

• 11 to 14 years of relevant experience.

Typical Education

• Bachelor degree in engineering (mechanical, manufacturing, or electrical preferred) or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.