About The Role
The Senior Technical Program Manager supports the Principal Engineer and program leadership in coordinating technical scope, schedule, and risk across a multi-package industrial automation program. The role bridges engineering and program management, ensuring technical milestones are tracked, technical risks are visible, and cross-vendor technical dependencies are managed.
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Key Responsibilities
- Support the Principal Engineer in tracking technical scope, deliverables, and dependencies across automation packages
- Maintain the technical schedule and RAID log (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies) for engineering deliverables
- Coordinate technical inputs from multiple vendors and internal engineering leads into a single program view
- Prepare technical status reports and dashboards for program and client reviews
- Support planning and tracking of design reviews, FAT, SAT, and other engineering milestones
- Support change management for technical scope changes, coordinating impact assessment with engineering
- Act as a coordination point between engineering, procurement, and delivery functions
- Support development and maintenance of technical documentation and program governance records
- Coordinate between client stakeholders (engineering, IT, Infrastructure, digital transformation lead) and vendor technical teams
- Track timely delivery of materials to the shopfloor, from supplier through to the client
- Follow up on program milestones to ensure delivery on time
- Support early identification and nomination of technical risks, working with the technical team to define mitigation plans
- Hold technical meetings with the client engineering team to align on and adopt recommended changes
- Document and communicate all program assumptions, dependencies, and exclusions throughout delivery
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or a related technical field
- 10+ years of experience in technical program or project management within industrial automation, manufacturing, or systems integration environments
- Implementation of full dark factory or multiple lines automation including painting, assembly, machining, packaging, etc.
- Strong understanding of the engineering delivery lifecycle (design, procurement, manufacturing, installation, commissioning)
- Experience coordinating multi-vendor technical deliverables
Preferred Qualifications
- Preferred background: robotics, control systems, mechanics
- Experience in defense, aerospace, or other regulated manufacturing environments
- Familiarity with MES / digital manufacturing platforms
- Experience supporting FAT/SAT coordination on large capital projects.
Benefits
We provide a competitive, tax-free salary and a comprehensive benefits package in a collaborative, innovative, and inclusive work environment. Our benefits include:
- Education allowance
- Free on-site meals
- Annual flight allowance
- Health coverage
- Relocation support (if applicable)
- Access to well-being activities such as sports and recreational events
Join us to drive innovation and shape the future of technology!
