Yu-Chien Chang

Not long ago I left PaintJet (aka. Foreman Technologies), a robotics and material sciences company (simply backed by venture capital on its financing), a start-up player in painting industrial facilities with "the push of a button", addressing the systemic labor shortage by implementing advanced robotics to paint large scale industrial warehouses, marine ships and wind turbines. I served as Sr. Hardware Program Manager for nearly 3 months dealing w/ NPI EE/ ME mat'l planning, BOM consolidation and constructure, immediate assistance on new speciality product (or mat'l) vendor sourcing, proper task assignation among engineers and daily progress bar control, running the ongoing new designs all merged w/ the most reasonable solution (also still w/ other new springing-up bugs that are still in discussion and unable to judge if that counts a "bug")... etc.

I served as HW NPI PM position at Aeolus Robotics (https://aeolusbot.com) from Oct. 2020 ~ Jul 2023. Aeolus is a fast-growing robotics company deployingrobotic services in a broad range of industries, building the hardware andsoftware to launch a fully-autonomous 2-arm robot in human environments. As a HW NPI PM, my R&R includes: -Drive all projects to mat'l wise & success-oriented, also deliver quality products to site customers. -Manage projects with a holistic approach, from PoC to make-it-happen. -Help w/ the global product development plans collaboratively with all project stakeholders. -Foresee/ identify the critical and near-critical paths in the project andcoordinate the action plans to mitigate the impacts. -Contain and keep project risks in check. -Drive decision management process and arbitrate disagreements among function teams. -Coordinate w/ technical managers to define and acquire the sources needed soas to meet the goals of their projects (incl. headcounts/ equipments/ externalservices... etc).

Before entering Aeolus Robotics I engaged by AndroVideo, which provides thestrong computing hardware in every scene to add value on industry, also makesmart AI turn into reality. I was working as NPI PM to manage the SW development schedule control, planning, execution, coordination, risk assessment; SW spec/ feature convergence; surveillance camera PVT process management... etc.

I had been working at Pegatron as NPI PM since 2011 until Feb 2020. First 2 years to take care of hp's desktop mfg. at Mexico site in Ciudad Juarez, thentransfer to deal w/ MSFT's surface line, MR Hololens, and XBOX projectsmanufactured in Suzhou, China. Mainly focus on NPI mat'ls readiness at PCBAlevel, and made all parts positioned on time to start the build in every NPI stagethat earned customer's highly praise, no shortages and well managed theemergencies to secure the PCBA build can go smoothly, I'm able to work underhigh pressure and time limitation situations (incl. crisis management so as tomitigate the problems at sight). You can feel free and welcome to contact Mrs. Melody Garcia (Principal HW ProgramManager @ MSFT Mt. View or SVC Campus, been working there for nearly 25 years) for my background ref. check. Experience over: -NPI work order planning & schedule arrangement/ adjustment. -Coordination w/ factory's operation team management, such as mat'l ctrl team,IQC, purchasers, MTE, EE RD, FPM, FA, MFG... etc. -NRE recording & calculation. -BOM error check & feedback, and follow thru to secure BOM accuracy. -Mfg. issue report & solution discussion (for the path forward). -New component design-in & launch schedule ctrl to meet up NPI planning. -Contract/ confidential pricing extension. -Build matrix check & management. -Rework management for exposure mitigation. -ECO & ECN introduction & management [UTE (Use to Exhaust)/ UTR (Use toReplace)]. -IQC progress. -Excess & obsolete management. -PV risk buy & GREEN/ RoHS management (incl. approval sheet). -2nd source & alternative components introduction... etc.

From Mar. '09 ~ Jul. '11 I worked for Anadem Information Inc for nearly 2.5 years, Anadem was Compal's authorized distributor in White Box Business in Asia market. I was responsible for all DOA/ RMA & After-Sales service affairs, cooperation with the overseas repair depot, and warranty policy customization for each customer. Main customers in China such as Founder/ Tong-Fang/ GreatWall/ Hedy/ Haier... etc, I'm also familiar with the sales agreement discussion & consolidation, and also the email communication. In the early period I also used to contact with Compal's QA & SVC Dept. to help organize & solve customer's various product quality issues.

At Cal-Comp I took charge of hp's AIO printers. My job duty includes English email communication with hp Shanghai & Singapore's Procurement Dept., various reports maintenance & update, forecast & weekly shipment plan follow-thru & fulfillment, MRP system operation, monthly quotation calculation & submission, NRE and rework charge calculation, AP/ AR management & follow-up, and interdepartmental communication w/ other function teams... etc.