Senior Program Technical Director - Downstream

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).