NPI PCB Technical Program Manager

Join Our Team at NVIDIA as a NPI PCB Technical Program Manager within the OPS Quick Turn PCB Engineering Service Team. We are seeking a highly motivated, technically grounded program leader to drive complex, cross-functional NPI PCB programs from concept through production. In this role, you will be a partner with engineering, product leaders, and supplier R&D teams to plan, execute, and de-risk advanced PCB and system bring-up programs that are critical to NVIDIA’s product roadmap.

What you will be doing:

• Lead internal and external cross-functional teams (Engineering, SI/PI, DFM, Quality, and PCB/Material suppliers) to execute NPI programs on time, on cost, and to technical requirements.

• Own end-to-end technical program management for advanced PCB builds (high-density-interconnect, high-layer-count) – from stack-up review and DFM through pre-order material, fabrication, and delivery to engineering teams.

• Drive technical decision-making on trade-offs across schedule, cost, yield, and design risk; review stack-ups, impedance, materials, and panel utilization with suppliers and NV design teams.

• Build and maintain detailed program schedules, critical paths, and risk registers. Lead just-in-time risk-buy strategy and proactively resolve schedule, capacity, and technical escalations with PCB suppliers and internal NV teams.

• Track and communicate full-path PCB ordering status (order placement through goods receipt) to engineering requesters and leadership; publish clear, data-driven status to executive stakeholders.

• Define, instrument, and monitor KPIs (cycle time, on-time delivery, yield, NPI quality) for internal teams and supplier performance. Drive continuous improvement of tools, workflows, and processes to scale the team’s output.

• Run technical program reviews, gate meetings, and post-mortems; capture lessons learned and translate them into repeatable playbooks for future NPI programs.

What we need to see:

• 8+ years of recent experience as Project Manager, Materials Manager, or equivalent responsibilities in NPI field.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

• Strong technical fluency in PCB design and manufacturing fundamentals: stack-up, materials (CCL, prepreg), HDI / HLC processes, DFM, impedance, and panel utilization.

• Proven ability to lead cross-functional, geographically distributed teams and to coordinate with both local and offshore suppliers; capable of prioritizing competing tasks under high pressure with minimal supervision.

• Track record of managing multiple concurrent programs with shifting requirements and tight timelines; comfortable owning critical-path schedules and driving risk mitigation.

• Strong analytical and structured-problem-solving skills; able to collect, organize, and communicate large amounts of technical and program data accurately and at the right level of detail for the audience.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present technical trade-offs and program status to engineering leaders and executives

• Hands-on experience with SAP PRD and PDP / Windchill (or comparable PLM / ERP systems).

Ways to stand out from the crowd: 

• Recent experience driving NPI activities on advanced compute, GPU, networking, or AI hardware platforms.

• Deep hands-on experience with HLC and HDI PCBs, complex multi-supplier builds, and SI/PI or DFM trade-offs.

• Experience defining program KPIs and building dashboards / automation that scale a global NPI operations team.

• Hands-on experience leveraging leading-edge AI tools (e.g., Claude, Codex, Cursor) to accelerate program management workflows, automate reporting, and drive productivity gains across cross-functional NPI teams.

• Ability to thrive in a rapidly changing, highly technical, and multifaceted business environment.

With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the most desirable employers in the world. We have some of the most brilliant and talented people in the world working for us. If you are creative, autonomous and love a challenge, we want to hear from you. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.