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PCB Manufacturing Technical Program Manager

Meta· Program Management
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Redmond, WA$108k - $164kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

As a PCB Manufacturing Technical Program Manager, you will manage end-to-end PCB fabrication, assembly, and delivery for Meta Reality Labs Research, partnering with researchers, hardware, sourcing, legal, and external fabrication partners to drive schedules, vendor engagement, IP protection, and manufacturing handoff in a fast-changing environment.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end program management for PCB fabrication and assembly, from design release through delivery, across a portfolio of concurrent research builds
  • Build, maintain, and communicate schedules across multiple teams and suppliers; set milestones, report statuses, and surface and resolve risks early
  • Manage external PCB fabrication and assembly partners: capability assessment, quoting, NPI readiness, build tracking, escalation, and performance review
  • Partner with engineering and sourcing on supplier evaluation, selection, qualification, and security protocol
  • Implement and improve practices that protect Meta Reality Labs Research's intellectual property and any confidential data shared with third parties
  • Work closely with internal customers to understand their goals, requirements, and build priorities, and translate them into executable manufacturing plans
  • Drive quality and yield improvement with suppliers and internal stakeholders; support root-cause analysis and corrective action on build issues
  • Develop and scale best practices, tools, and processes for design release, documentation, and manufacturing handoff in a fast-changing environment
  • Drive effective teamwork, communication, and commitment across disparate groups with competing priorities
  • Proactively identify technical, legal, procedural, logistical, and communications issues, and drive creative solutions to manage risk

Qualifications

  • B.S. degree or equivalent practical experience
  • 4+ years of program or project management experience in hardware, research, or consumer product development
  • Proven track record of managing PCB fabrication and/or assembly programs with external manufacturing partners
  • Demonstrated ability to build and maintain schedules across multiple teams, allocate and manage shared resources, and partner with legal on IP and related matters
  • Experience in owning and managing a team's budget, including forecasting, tracking spend, and reporting against plan
  • Skilled at translating complex technical information into clear terms for non-technical audiences
  • Experience organizing and planning complex, multi-workstream programs, including defining milestones, tracking deliverables, and managing dependencies
  • Effective interpersonal skills, with experience in navigating and resolving conflict
  • Experience working autonomously and driving alignment across multiple teams

Skills

Required:Program managementSchedule managementVendor managementBudgeting and forecastingIP/security collaborationCommunicationQuality and root-cause analysisDesign release and handoffRisk management
Nice to have:Continuous improvement

Benefits

  • Bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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