Facebook

Battery Technical Program Manager

Posted on: 6 Feb 2021

Menlo Park, CA

Job Description

As a Battery Technical Program Manager (TPM) for Facebook Reality Labs, you will lead multidisciplinary programs through the product development process to develop custom and semi-custom battery modules/subsystems to drive our industry-leading AR, VR, Portal, and Wearables HW systems. You will establish requirements with internal and external customers, manage program schedules, identify risks and associated mitigation plans, and clearly communicate to program stakeholders. We look for program managers who are natural motivators, cross-functional relationship builders, growth-minded, and champions for driving the right level of process to ensure smooth and predictable program execution in a fast-paced innovative environment.

Battery Technical Program Manager Responsibilities

* As part of the Battery HW module/subsystems TPM team, you will drive and track the investigation, definition and delivery of battery modules

* Create development, delivery, and qualification schedules based on system requirements, technical challenges, lead-times and business needs

* Manage communication within, and between, internal engineering and external vendor teams

* Assist engineering and sourcing teams with supplier evaluation and selection

* Work with teams to set milestones, communicate program statuses, and identify/address potential setbacks

* Work cross-functionally to develop best practices and technology development processes in a quickly-changing and dynamic environment to ensure on time delivery

* Manage delivery of samples and mass production parts for the different builds

* Organize meetings with vendors as needed (virtual and face-to-face)

* Coordinate engineering deliverables, including specifications, design options, and test plans

* Ensure program documents are complete, current and available for staff and leadership review

* Up to 20% travel

Minimum Qualifications

* Consumer electronics battery experience in engineering or program management or equivalent experience

* Understanding of phase gate approach to technology development projects

* Experience with component and module qualification, validation and characterization processes

* Communication, planning skills, and attention-to-detail

* Familiarity with program and issue tracking

* Proven experience operating autonomously across multiple teams and projects

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About the Facebook company

Facebook's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities we're just getting started.

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Facebook

Menlo Park, CA

Facebook, Inc. provides various products to connect and share through mobile devices, personal computers, and other surfaces worldwide. The company’s products include Facebook that enables people to connect, share, discover, and communicate with each other on mobile devices and personal computers; Instagram, a community for sharing photos, videos, and messages; Messenger, a messaging application for people to connect with friends, family, groups, and businesses across platforms and devices; and WhatsApp, a messaging application for use by people and businesses to communicate in a private way. It also provides Oculus, a hardware, software, and developer ecosystem, which allows people to come together and connect with each other through its Oculus virtual reality products. As of December 31, 2018, it had approximately 1.52 billion daily active users. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.