Job Description

The Square Hardware team is looking for a full time employee to join the Factory Operations Program Management team. This individual will be responsible for taking a product from development to mass production and manage throughout its lifecycle, including sustaining operations. This individual will have the opportunity to gain strong operational management experience by taking full ownership of factory activities at our selected OEMs. This person will lead and manage the effort to take a program from ramp to end of life cycle, while working closely with Engineering, Supply Planners, and Quality to resolve supply, product, and process issues. You will be a part of a team distributed across the globe with a heavy presence in the United States and Asia. 

You will

• Work cross-functionally with engineering, planning, & product marketing to ensure that final product supply can meet demand.

• Collaborate with the same cross-functional team to coordinate product launch timing

• Build strong relationships with CM’s to ensure high quality and to ensure a predictable supply.

• Manage overall capacity plan, including coordination of equipment, fixture & materials for ramp

• Work closely with the engineering, quality, and product teams to identify risks and opportunities in manufacturing / production

• Be responsible for operational readiness of new production

• Provide initial assessment for manufacturability of early product designs

• Drive manufacturing efficiency and yield improvements for post-ramp products

• Work closely with GSMs to ensure component supply matches the build plan

• Work alongside the hardware engineering team during development to prepare for EVT, DVT, PVT & Ramp. This includes: factory support & build-readiness prep

Qualifications

You have

• Bachelor’s degree plus minimum 5 years experience in a supply chain or similar operations role.

• Product development or relevant engineering experience (preferred)

• Willingness to travel ~15% of the time