Senior Manager, Technical Projects

Who We Are:

Lumileds International is a global leader in LED technology, innovation, and solutions for the automotive, display, illumination, mobile, and other markets where light sources are essential. Our approximately 3,300 employees operate in over 15 countries to partner with our customers to deliver solutions for lighting, safety, and well-being.

The Lumileds environment is fast-paced, cutting-edge, intelligent and fun We are looking for exceptional talent to join our team To learn more, visit

Who You Are:

Responsible for coordinating successful launch into production & volume ramp of LED products and/or technologies according to Business Creation Process (APQP).  Scope of effort is worldwide / multi-regional, and spans multiple functions across the corporation.  The position requires a technically grounded individual with a broad-based and varied skill set / experience, with priority on communication, multi-tasking, and issue resolution.

Position Summary:

Lumileds is seeking a highly-qualified Technical Project Lead (Senior Manager) to take responsibility for Development Life Cycle for Automotive/Non-Automotive Industry.

In this role, you will develop & support product development activities for new product/package/technology.

What You Will Do:

1. Technical Project Lead (TPL) to define; plan and executive Automotive Product (And non-Automotive) Development program from earlier concept/prototyping, through design and development, NPI/transfer to manufacturing and product release (MPR).
2. Technical Project management encompassing internal functional groups (Worldwide Integrated Project Manager; Product Marketing; Operation), possibly suppliers & supply chain partners, and possibly customer(s) on an international scope.
3. Significant involvement with product development, manufacturing, supply chain, and other functional groups for purpose of scheduling and issues resolution in ramping new product to high volume, yield stabilization and improvement.
4. Define, document, & communicate the critical path, timeline, issues lists.
5. Chair cross-functional meetings to drive milestones – typically spanning multiple locations / geographic regions.
6. Ensure readiness of documentation; Manufacturing Environment System (Part number creation; process routing); component piece part development experience - drawings, specification, qualification, documentation related to internal manufacturing and external vendor/subcon operations
7. DFx experience - Design For Assembly, DFQuality, DFManufacturability, DFTest, DFCost
8. Reliability testing & qualification involvement during product development.
9. Cost model discussion & validation with regards to product development.
10. Utilise manufacturing process development experience - parameters of significance, typical document types, industrial engineering fundamentals, etc.
11. Manufacturing experience across product and process types (not singular focus), "dock to stock" (from incoming materials thru finished goods inventorying)
12. Semiconductor manufacturing process familiarity
13. NPI materials coordination involvement.
14. Adopting Business Creation Process (BCP) comprehensive understanding - lifecycle phases, phase gate review elements, etc.
15. Adopting applicable practice of Quality Systems to product development.
16. Willingness to travel internationally.
17. Complies with environment, security, health and safety requirements.

What You Will Bring (Required Qualifications):

• Strong hands-on experience Automotive Quality Core Tools
• Demonstrated capability with both technical and logistical risk assessment & risk mitigation, critical path assessment and contingency planning, "forward vision" issues identification and avoidance planning
• Proven ability to take decisive action and deliver tangible results in a fast-paced cross-functional organization and highly competitive industry
• Excellent internal and external communication & interpersonal skills; experience developing and delivering executive level & customer presentations

Education (Minimum Level)

• Bachelor's

Field of Study

• BS Degree in Electronics, Optics, Physics, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent, Masters or MBA a plus

Years of Experience (Minimum)

• 12-15 years

Lumileds is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer