Program Management Engineer

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Texas Instruments (TI) is looking for an energetic, service minded leader, who enjoys helping others to succeed by providing team members and clients with motivation and support in a positive and professional work environment as a Software Program Management Engineer. We are seeking a highly motivated individual who will challenge teammates to achieve flawless execution goals, while maintaining strong working relationships. Success in this role is measured by the ability to deliver SW products to set scope, ontime and with quality and driving the SW teams to meet and exceed the business needs.

Responsibilities include:

• Own end-to-end SW program delivery – from scoping and planning through integration, verification, and customer ramp.
• Work across  Design, Marketing, Systems & Applications to align the SW scope and schedule needs as well as the priorities driving the tradeoff choices within the development cycle as the need arises
• Build and maintain program schedules; track milestones, monitor and manage external dependencies(including other functions and third parties), surface risks early, and drive resolution of blocking issues across teams.
• Coordinate development dependencies between various SW teams - middleware, tools, verification, and application engineering teams.
• Serve as the primary interface to customers for SW release plans, delivery commitments, and issue escalations.
• Drive ASPICE compliance across SW projects; prepare teams for internal and third-party audits, enable any necessary certifications.
• Lead program reviews and status reporting to senior leadership; translate engineering progress into clear, decision-ready summaries.
• Partner with technical leads to scope new feature requests, estimate effort, and align resource capacity with roadmap commitments.
• Identify process inefficiencies in the SW delivery flow and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Mentor project leads and engineers on program management practices, customer-facing communication as well as any other project specific planning and procurement needs

Minimum requirements:

• Bachelors in Electronics, Electrical or Computer Engineering or related engineering degree
• 5-12 years of experience with project engineering/management experience on complex SW products/projects (Baremetal and LLOS)
• Proven leadership capabilities in working across multifaceted global organizations
• Successful proven track record in indirect management and influence
• Strong combination of technical, communication, execution and leadership capabilities

Preferred qualifications:

• Strong understanding of embedded SW development – C programming, RTOS concepts, MCU architecture (ARM Cortex-M/R), and SW build/integration flows.
• Familiarity with AUTOSAR architecture (MCAL, BSW, RTE, application layers) and automotive SW development lifecycle.
• Experience with functional safety standards and process frameworks: ISO 26262, ASPICE (CL2 or higher).
• Proficiency with program tracking tools: Jira, Confluence, MS Project, or equivalent.
• Experience with defect triage processes, release management, and customer delivery workflows.Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, and set realistic plans based on required tasks with available resources
• Ability to effectively coordinate and lead global development teams on projects that include both New SW products, post production maintenance SW 
• Ability to provide clear direction to both internal teams and external support organizations on project priorities in alignment with the business needs
• Proven program management skills – schedule management, risk identification, dependency tracking, and milestone ownership across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Demonstrated strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience working with cross-functional teams including hardware, verification, tools, and customer applications.
• Strong time management skills that enable on-time project delivery
• Demonstrated ability to build strong, influential relationships
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment
• Ability to take the initiative and drive for results

Why TI?

• Engineer your future. We empower our employees to truly own their career and development. Come collaborate with some of the smartest people in the world to shape the future of electronics.
• We're different by design. Diverse backgrounds and perspectives are what push innovation forward and what make TI stronger. We value each and every voice, and look forward to hearing yours. Meet the people of TI
• Benefits that benefit you. We offer competitive pay and benefits designed to help you and your family live your best life. Your well-being is important to us. Please find our country-specific benefits here

About Texas Instruments Texas Instruments Incorporated (Nasdaq: TXN) is a global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures and sells analog and embedded processing chips for markets such as industrial, automotive, data center, personal electronics and communications equipment. At our core, we have a passion to create a better world by making electronics more affordable through semiconductors. This passion is alive today as each generation of innovation builds upon the last to make our technology more reliable, more affordable and lower power, making it possible for semiconductors to go into electronics everywhere. Learn more at TI.com.
Texas Instruments is an equal opportunity employer and supports a diverse, inclusive work environment.
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