Title: Senior Technical Program Director – Downstream

Job Location: Santa Clara, Ca 

Job Term: Full-time

Travel: < 10%

Flexible Vacation Policy

 

The Opportunity:

Picarro, Inc. is looking for a ‘Senior Technical Program Director - Downstream’ to join their Environmental Solutions team.  In this role, you will guide and document product transitions out of engineering and into operations while maintaining all product technical information.  Additionally, any non-standard releases or batch manufacturing needs will be executed under your direct supervision.

 

The successful candidate will need to be personable, have a strong product engineering background, and hold exceptional organizational / documentation skills.

 

 

Primary Duties

Develop a thorough understanding of the technical aspects of all products and their subsystems. Organize and maintain documentation and specifications for all products and subsystems. Collaborate with Engineering and Operations to ensure hardware tests effectively reveal real-world failure modes. Work with software teams to compile accurate revision histories and release notes as needed. Support the software QA team in testing new software releases on compatible hardware.

 

 

General Expectations:

Be flexible and ready to tackle a variety of technical challenges beyond your specialized niche. Provide opinions with regards to design when warranted . Provide emergency support (possibly onsite) for field engineers if needed. Stay informed about customer and regulatory requirements affecting system design. Create presentations for internal or external use when needed. Train new employees when necessary.

 

 

Qualifications:

Approximately 20+ years of experience in an industrial role as product oriented engineer / scientist. Proficiency in any computer-aided design platform, preferably Solidworks. Ability to interpret and create multiple types of technical documentation and drawings. Ability to travel approximately < 10% of the time. Strong interpersonal communications skills and ability to thrive in a team setting. Ability to stay current on best practices, emerging technologies, and industry trends by self-learning. Bachelors degree in any technical discipline (i.e. basic sciences and or engineering).