Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Fountain Group is hiring a Hardware NPI Program Manager to lead end-to-end server and cloud infrastructure hardware programs from EVT through mass-production ramp. The role owns program schedules, coordinates cross-functional execution, tracks build readiness, and applies technical knowledge of hardware assembly, integration, testing, and validation to resolve risks and blockers.
Responsibilities
- Build, own, and maintain the master program schedule across EVT, DVT, PVT, and ramp milestones
- Independently structure and lead schedule/build reviews; identify slippage risk before it becomes critical
- Create and maintain detailed tracking artifacts (spreadsheets, dashboards, RAID logs) — this is hands-on execution, not delegated
- Understand server assembly processes, rack-and-stack integration, and system-level test/validation well enough to troubleshoot and make technical tradeoff calls with engineering
- Read and work from BOMs, engineering drawings, and build specs
- Coordinate SLT (system-level test), DFx, and qualification activities across builds
- Drive alignment across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality through each NPI gate
- Resolve day-to-day build blockers directly — pulling in the right people same-day rather than queuing issues for weekly syncs
- Work closely with sourcing/procurement to understand material readiness, long-lead risk, and supplier constraints as they affect the schedule
- Enough sourcing fluency to ask the right questions and flag risk early — not to run RFQs or own supplier negotiations
Skills
- 3–7 years in hardware NPI program management, ideally in servers, cloud infrastructure, or data center hardware
- Demonstrated ability to independently own and drive a program schedule — not just contribute to one
- Working technical understanding of server/system assembly, rack-and-stack processes, and hardware test/validation
- Strong command of EVT/DVT/PVT structure and can speak fluently and specifically to how each phase was executed in past roles (this will be tested via situational interview questions)
- Comfortable being hands-on with spreadsheets, schedules, and tracking tools daily — this is not a delegate-and-oversee role
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- Experience specifically with cloud/server hardware programs (vs. other electronics categories)
- Exposure to sourcing/procurement processes (RFQs, BOM cost tracking, supplier readiness) — as a collaborator, not as primary owner
- Lean Six Sigma, PMP, or similar certification
- Experience operating in high-bandwidth, fast-moving teams where you're expected to lead without a long ramp period
Benefits
- 100% Remote Position
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