Engineer - Software Technical Project Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end software project delivery through quotation, planning, execution, integration, release, and post-launch stabilization.
• Define and control project scope, milestones, deliverables, assumptions, dependencies, and critical path.
• Build and maintain integrated project plans, resource plans, and capacity forecasts in alignment with program gates.
• Cook up cross-functional teams (Systems, SW Architecture, HW/EE, Validation, Quality, Manufacturing, Purchasing) to ensure technical and timing alignment.
• Establish project governance: operating rhythms, steering meetings, milestone reviews, and escalation pathways.
• Track and communicate project health using transparent metrics (schedule adherence, defect trends, risk exposure, requirement maturity, release readiness).
• Lead risk and opportunity management, including mitigation actions, owners, due dates, and residual risk tracking.
• Manage change requests and scope evolution while protecting committed delivery targets and product quality.
• Ensure development execution complies with software process and quality expectations (for example, ASPICE-oriented work products and traceability).
• Partner with technical leads to support integration planning, issue triage, and closure of blockers across internal and customer interfaces.
• Drive continuous improvement of planning standards, reporting templates, lessons learned, and delivery playbooks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electronics, Automotive Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of software project management experience in automotive and/or embedded systems.
• 3+ years of embedded software development experience, or equivalent strong technical background enabling credible technical coordination.
• Proven ability to manage complex software scope, schedules, dependencies, and cross-functional teams in multi-stakeholder environments.
• Solid understanding of software development lifecycles (Agile/Hybrid/V-model), release management, and quality gates.
• Experience preparing structured executive-level status reports including progress, risks, decisions needed, and recovery plans.
• Proficiency with delivery and collaboration tools (for example Jira/Confluence, MS Project or equivalent, Git/GitHub, Polarion/DOORS).
• Strong communication, negotiation, conflict resolution, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in electrified powertrain domains (inverter, motor control, BMS, charging, or related ECU software).
• Familiarity with ASPICE, AUTOSAR, and functional safety concepts (ISO 26262).
• Experience collaborating in customer-facing automotive programs and global distributed teams.
• Exposure to cybersecurity process integration in software programs (ISO/SAE 21434 concepts).
• PMP, IPMA, Scrum, or equivalent project management certification.