Senior Engineer - Program Management (NPI) Job Listing at Nextracker in United States of America (Job ID NX-966)

Description

Job Description:

The Senior Engineer - Program Management (NPI) position will be based in Hyderabad, India. In this position, you will report to the Senior Manager – Program Management and will be responsible for facilitating Nextracker's Product Development. He/she ensures that Nextracker's products and installation out-perform customer expectations, are of the highest quality possible, and develops customer loyalty by optimizing the product to meet customer needs and providing great technical support services on the Nextracker product.

We are looking for someone who demonstrates:

• Passionate drive to innovate and create
• Integrity to the core
• Enthusiastic customer focus
• Consistent interactive teamwork
• Desire for continuous improvement and top performance.

Here is a glimpse of what you will do:

• Coordinate the day-to-day activities required to deliver all projects and deliverables on time.
• Develop the overall prioritization, milestones, deliverables, and success criteria.
• Coordinate with cross functional teams (i.e. product management, engineering, quality, project engineering, applications engineering) and suppliers to formulate and review task plans and deliverable items.
• Providing recommendations based on product development expertise with focus guided by balancing quality, speed to market, cost reduction, and constructability.
• Host recurring project meetings and deliver status updates to all stakeholders
• Identifying potential failures, initiating appropriate corrective actions and managing risks to the program's successful outcome
• Checking for associated documents creation & transfer from owner to user.
• Ensuring material or part sample evaluation (FAI, Load Test & FFF) and new part qualification (FAA) completion.
• To check for all modifications reflected in system before moving to tooling / part ordering.
• Manage external dependencies and logistics
• Feasibility study, estimate, quote, evaluate, specify and purchase capital equipment and tooling for new programs or modifications to existing programs to budget.
• Support product development, sales, and marketing as requested

Here is some of what you will need (required):

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering / MBA in Operations or a related discipline.
• Overall (4-6) years of experience and minimum (2-3) years of experience in Program Management/Project Management in NPI domain.
• Experience in working with Global teams and suppliers.
• Knowledge of project management application JIRA is preferable.
• Strong interpersonal skills, Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Here are a few of our preferred experiences

• Demonstrated leadership capabilities with proven management experience
• Knowledge of PV technology and its applications is preferred
• Ability to work under high pressure and tight deadlines, excellent time management
• Self-starting mindset, attention to details.
• Intermediate to Advance excel skills (familiar with formula VLOOKUP, sum if, etc.), and PPT.

At Nextracker, we are leading in the energy transition, providing the most comprehensive portfolio of intelligent solar tracker and software solutions for solar power plants, as well as strategic services to capture the full value of solar power plants for our customers. Our talented worldwide teams are transforming PV plant performance every day with smart technology, data monitoring and analysis services.

For us at Nextracker, sustainability is not just a word. It's a core part of our business, values and our operations. Our sustainability efforts are based on five cornerstones: People, Community, Environment, Innovation, and Integrity. We are creative, collaborative and passionate problem-solvers from diverse backgrounds, driven by our shared mission to provide smart solar and software solutions for our customers and to mitigate climate change for future generations.