Senior Program Manager (m/f/x)

Company Profile

JOB DESCRIPTION

Coherent empowers market innovators to define the future through breakthrough technologies, from materials to systems. We deliver innovations that resonate with our customers in diversified applications for the industrial, communications, electronics, and instrumentation markets. Headquartered in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, Coherent has research and development, manufacturing, sales, service, and distribution facilities worldwide. As a global leader in optoelectronic solutions Coherent masters a vertically manufacturing chain and develops innovative products for diversified applications in the industrial, optical communications, aerospace & defense, life sciences, semiconductor capital equipment, and consumer markets. Founded in 1971 as II-VI Inc. Coherent today has more than 27,000 employees worldwide.

The Coherent IC design center in Braunschweig, Germany develops high speed System-on-Chip devices in latest CMOS technology nodes for our industry-leading optical products including transceivers, transponders and ROADM line cards.

Job Description

• Coordinate R&D program requirements, internal resources and third-party suppliers for the flawless execution of SoC design projects from the early concept phase to mass production
• Develop and manage the overall project plan spanning the entire SoC development cycle closely with the functional team leaders, product architects, product line management and management stakeholders.
• Identify schedule and program risks and drive its mitigation and resolution
• Align deliverables from internal teams and external partners such as silicon manufacturing, soft/hard IP, packaging, assembly and test, qualification, volume production
• Create project tracking indicators and drive technical and commercial project milestone reviews with management
• Assist the R&D and procurement teams in vendor selection and 3rd party outsourcing engagements
• Manage the project development cost estimation and monitor actuals within agreed budgets
• Co-manage 3rd party IP insourcing with respect to commercial, contractual and schedule aspects together with the engineering and architecture leads
• Coordinate the post-silicon activities among internal teams and external vendors through the phases of wafer test and assembly, validation, HV test development and qualification and ensure seamless hand-over to volume production
  
  

Qualification

• Master’s degree (Dipl.-Ing.) or PhD in electrical engineering or computer science
• Proven working experience in project management for complex SOC designs and/or a related area of the SOC development
• Solid understanding of the SOC development and manufacturing cycle, preferably with state-of-the-art silicon technologies
• Solid organizational skills, proven ability to drive complex development programs across multiple teams in an international and interdisciplinary environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English is a must
• Experience in SOC quality engineering is a plus
• Experience in working with COT foundries and OSATs is a plus
• Certification of Project Management Professional (PMP) / PRINCE II is a plus
  
  

Your Chance

We offer an interesting and diversified opportunity in an internationally-minded IC Engineering department of a market-leading high-tech company in the field of high-speed optoelectronic components. You will find a creative and productive work atmosphere that can be characterized by a shared desire to succeed and a fascination for challenges and technological progress.

Contact

If you are interested, then please apply using the button below. We are looking forward to hearing from you.

Feel free to contact Lisa Weiland (HR) at lisa.weiland@ii-vi.com or Karl-Heinz Mundt (Engineering) at karl-heinz.mundt@coherent.com and +49 170 5705608 for further information.

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