Program Manager - Signal Generator NPI

Originally posted 13 November 2026 by the employer.

About the role

As a Program Manager for Signal Generator NPI, you will own the end-to-end planning and execution of multiple concurrent signal generator development programs from concept through development, verification, manufacturing readiness, and production release.

What you'll do

• Define program scope, integrated schedules, milestones, phase-gate deliverables, and resource plans aligned with product roadmaps and business commitments.
• Run program governance, including core-team meetings, phase-gate reviews, milestone tracking, and cross-functional dependency management across hardware, firmware, software, mechanical, and manufacturing workstreams.
• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate schedule, technical, supply, and resource risks while maintaining risk registers and recovery plans.
• Coordinate verification and validation, regulatory compliance activities, manufacturing readiness, proto and pilot builds, and release-to-production handoffs.
• Define and track program health indicators across scope, schedule, cost, and quality, publishing status updates and escalation paths to engineering and division leadership.
• Manage scope, schedule, and requirement changes through disciplined change-control processes.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's or master's degree in an engineering field.
• 8+ years of experience in program or project management in a hardware product development or new product introduction environment.
• Demonstrated experience planning and delivering complex hardware programs through an NPI process, including critical-path management, resource planning, and risk management.
• Working knowledge of the hardware development life cycle, including design verification, manufacturing readiness, and release to production.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools and experience with Microsoft Project or an equivalent scheduling tool.
• PMP certification.

Nice to have

• Experience in test and measurement, RF/microwave, or signal generator product development.
• Working knowledge of RF and microwave instrument architecture and test.
• Experience working with manufacturing, supply chain, and quality teams on pilot builds and production ramp.
• Familiarity with Agile practices for firmware and software workstreams within a hardware program.

Skills: program manager, NPI, signal generator, hardware development, RF microwave

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