Senior Project Manager

What you will do

• Lead the engineering development of new and complex products. Be responsible to plan, monitor, and coordinate the technical execution portion of a development project.
• Lead one or more of the functional disciplines (i.e. embedded software, digital hardware, mechanical, systems design, etc.) on a complex project throughout the project lifecycle.
• Plan, monitor, and control software requirements, implementation, and testing for internal and external customer deliverables
• Coordinate communication, issues, and tasks between software functional groups and customers - both internal and external
• Execute software development milestone and related processes.

You will be responsible to:

• Create the engineering plans for product development programs
• Coordinate the establishment of detailed validation plans for new programs and ensures product meets customer and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate regular technical project launch meetings with the cross functional engineering teams and documents status with detailed notes
• Ensure customer and internal requirements are documented, planned, implemented, and tested
• Responsible for communication and escalation of key issues affecting: cost, quality, timing, resources, risk, technical trade-offs, etc. to management
• Manage engineering scope changes
• Meet key internal and customer milestone dates
• Attend and support program meetings
• Lead multi-discipline project team meetings (Scrums and Release Planning)
• Participate in software and hardware technical reviews
• Perform and manage the relevant tasks of internal development processes to meet SPICE (where required)
• Develop and manage the completion of customer documentation for software deliverables
• Pull and maintain software component part numbers
• Verification and approval of Prototype builds
• Verification and approval of First Part Approvals
• General process development compliance

What you need to get the job done

• Four-year degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
• At least 5 years of experience in a software environment
• High level of organizational and administration skills and attention to detail
• Skills in communication, project scheduling, and management of software
• Demonstrate ability to lead multiple complex projects
• Experience with mature software development processes
• Maintain high level of honesty, integrity, and confidentiality with respect to company matters.
• Comply with all Company policies and procedures, safety regulations, company safety policies and safely perform all duties, including but not limited to, promoting a safe workplace
• Willing to be a team player, dependable, self-motivated, problem solver, and customer oriented
• Willing to follow company guidelines and maintain confidentiality, honesty, and integrity
• High level of communication and interpersonal skills

What will make us REALLY love you

• Experience working in automotive industry
• Familiarity and practical experience applying with ASPICE methodology
• Self-organized and driven to help the team get organized and be more effective
• Experience in Business Analysis techniques for eliciting client requirements
• Contributing business and end user perspective to the project team
• PMP or CSM certification
• Making the client’s and the team’s success your own success
• A friendly willingness to collaborate and play nice with others
• A passion for project-based work and staying on top of your technical game
• Drive and willingness to explore and master areas outside of your expertise