Senior / Staff Program Manager - HW Engineering

Team Charter
The Smart Hardware Engineering department at NIO is responsible for developing advanced technologies and delivering highly available, high quality systems to enable NIO’s Autonomous driving vehicles.
Our mission is to provide the next generation of hardware, software and algorithmic solutions. This includes but not limited to sensing, compute, storage as well as vehicle controls and safety system compute.

Responsibilities

• Define large & complex programs, drive engineering teams to plan, develop and ship products
• Design, development, integration, and test of autonomous compute and sensing hardware
• Align senior leadership and key stakeholders around program roadmap
• Manage cross-functional teams and programs
• Prioritize projects based on impact to NIO and users with data driven approaches
• Unblock teams and enable them to stay focused on top priorities
• Provide reliable project management during all project phases
• Manage dependencies between teams and components
• Own measurement of success of programs
• Oversee scheduling and production of vehicle autonomous systems
• Establish strong partnerships across multi-disciplinary teams and demonstrated critical thinking
• Strong “CAN DO” attitude, and able to work effectively in a fast pace environment with competing resources and priorities
• Data driven strategic thinker who is capable of conveying ideas through detailed specs
• Create project plan and schedule, lead milestone reviews
• Highlight risks and compile ideas for mitigation

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field
• 4+ years of program management experience
• Experience in electrical sub-systems or products comprising of mechanical enclosures, PCBA’s, and software
• Solid understanding of product development lifecycles
• Experience with leading technical programs from conception to production launch
• Experience with working with oversea teams and manufacturing
• Working experience with breaking down large & complex projects into multiple working streams with clear definitions of inter-dependency, priorities, milestones, and resource allocation
• Strong capability of driving on-time delivery of complex programs end to end, including thorough planning, sprint management, sorting out dependencies, identifying potential risks, and helping the team unblock blockers, etc.
• An outstanding communicator both technical and program, verbal & written
• Track key HW/FW bugs and blocker issues (manage JIRA dashboards, track ticket velocities)
• A self-starter with high degree of self-direction and independent drive

About NIO    NIO Inc. is a pioneer in China’s premium smart electric vehicle market. Founded in November 2014, NIO’s mission is to shape a joyful lifestyle. NIO aims to build a community starting with smart electric vehicles to share joy and grow together with users. NIO designs, jointly manufactures, and sells smart premium electric vehicles, driving innovations in next-generation technologies in connectivity, autonomous driving, and artificial intelligence. Redefining the user experience, NIO provides users with comprehensive and convenient power solutions, innovative Battery as a Service (BaaS) program, and other user-centric services. NIO began deliveries of the ES8, a 7-seater flagship premium electric SUV, in China in June 2018, and its variant, the 6-seater ES8, in March 2019. NIO officially launched the ES6, a 5-seater high-performance premium electric SUV, in December 2018 and began deliveries of the ES6 in June 2019. NIO officially launched the EC6, a 5-seater premium electric coupe SUV, in December 2019 and began deliveries of the EC6 in September 2020.
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