Technical Program Manager, Electrical

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. The Company’s three core products are Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world; Lens Studio, an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and its AR glasses, Spectacles.

Snap Lab is home to our hardware products with a world-class research & development team. We are focused on pushing the boundaries of what a camera can be, specifically overlaying computing on the real world. Next Generation Spectacles are our first pair of glasses that bring augmented reality to life. 

We’re looking for a Technical Program Manager to join the Snap Lab  team at Snap Inc!

What you’ll do:

• Partner with EE team to own and drive end to end schedule for critical decisions and deliverables that align with product requirements, technical challenges, tooling lead-times, and business needs while managing cross functional dependencies

• Manage PCB design and release processes, including PCBs, flex-PCBs, other EE design driven boards, cables, and development boards with global electromechanical/silicon suppliers. 

• Understand technical issues and bring together key stakeholders to quickly converge on a solution, including collaborating with product design, optical, NPI, firmware, and software engineering teams

• Coordinate and contribute to engineering deliverables such as architecture definition, product specifications, program schedules, data reviews, and test plans

• Support full scope design and execution of related accessory product programs as needed to ensure interoperability with Spectacles device ecosystem

• Identify and mitigate program risks by communicating needed information to drive issue resolution and pursuing alternate or parallel path solutions where appropriate.

• Filter and distill complex information to provide key updates and risks to engineering leadership

• Travel internationally up to 20%

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Create, optimize, and manage project schedules with multiple stakeholders

• Drive day-to-day activities to meet overall project objectives, including materials planning and lead times for hardware builds

• Ability to lead cross-functional communication between project teams and external vendors

• Skilled at risk identification and mitigation across hardware and software

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree in electrical, computer, mechanical, or system engineering or equivalent years of experience

• 3+ years of combined experience in program management and electrical/system engineering for consumer electronics products

• End-to-end knowledge of design, release, characterization, and validation processes for PCBs, flex-PCBs, rigid FPCBs, and development boards

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven track record of cross functional collaboration across disciplines including electrical, mechanical, optical, and software components

• Experience with project/issue tracking and version control software

• Experience driving complex programs to mass production in a fast-paced consumer electronics environment

• Familiarity with tooling development timelines 

• Self-motivating with strong critical thinking and communications skills

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and provide us some information.

"Default Together" Policy at Snap: At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a “default together” approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week. 

At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets.

Our Benefits: Snap Inc. is its own community, so we’ve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!

Compensation

In the United States, work locations are assigned a pay zone which determines the salary range for the position. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. The starting pay may be negotiable within the salary range for the position. These pay zones may be modified in the future.

Zone A (CA, WA, NYC):

The base salary range for this position is $152,000-$228,000 annually.

Zone B:

The base salary range for this position is $144,000-$217,000 annually.

Zone C:

The base salary range for this position is $129,000-$194,000 annually.

This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.