Program Manager Ii Manufacturing Test Engineering
Redmond, Washington, Us
Served as Program Manager the development of innovative test strategies in a high-volume manufacturing environment for Xbox accessories, wearable fitness devices, HoloLens wave guide modules testing, Surface Pro, laptops, and foldables.Identified improvements for testing, which enhanced product quality and reduced costs by 10%. Managed cross-functional teams across global locations, communicated technical engineering requirements, established scope of work and budgets, and performed design reviews. Oversaw the NPI process from planning stages to production release, led design specifications, delivered RFPs, created and reviewed scope of work with partners, conducted risk assessments, approved prototypes, oversaw the production change list, and released BOMs and CADs.Managed vendor and supplier relationships in Germany, Finland, Denmark, China, Taiwan, Canada,South Korea, the U.S., and Mexico, which included organizing vendor kickoff meetings.Conducted weekly focus reviews with the senior leadership team, communicated schedules, issues, and mitigation plans, and requested resources and support for product development.Delivered 31 Optical test stations across four global locations from SOW to product validation, which enabled the release of a HoloLens augmented reality customer product.Consolidated production line test strategy and drove the development of the Common Test Platform for audio, optical, display calibration, defective pixels, sensors, and RF testing. Deployed equipment to device production lines, which reduced testers from 12 to 7. Established priority evaluations and reporting on test designs and development for senior leadership to reduce risk exposure, which included risk analysis for test functionality and production flow.
