Engineering Program Manager
The Role
D3 Embedded is seeking an Engineering Program Manager to lead a team in designing and developing cutting-edge embedded systems. The systems incorporate sensors, cameras, mmWave Radar, connectivity, embedded processing, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) for performance-critical applications.
Responsibilities
- Lead a project team to develop and implement an embedded system
- Collaborate with key stakeholders to define program scope, timing, and deliverables and execute the program while tracking progress
- Coordinate multi-disciplinary project team leads
- Manage project to milestones (schedule and outcomes)
- Manage resources including teams, budgets, and schedules to maximize customer satisfaction and project profitability
- Identify, assess, and mitigate risks that may affect program delivery
- Act as the technical decision maker driving complex technical decisions across multiple teams
- Provide primary technical communication with project team and project stakeholders
- Maintain effective communication channels to keep stakeholders updated on project progress and changes
- Facilitate technical and stakeholder meetings
- Responsible for making sure the right people are on each task and the tasks are understood by the team
- Collaborate with management and technical teams on product strategies
- Prep and lead gate/design reviews and provide technical oversight
- Develop and finalize requirements
- Develop electrical and mechanical block diagrams, and high-level software architectures to meet requirements and guide design trade-off decisions
- Provide estimations for next phases of a current project using change requests
- Maintain project documentation, including plans, schedules, budgets, and status reports
- Requestor for Materials purchases and shipments for projects
- Approver for Design Releases (Arena ECOs)
- Own the full life cycle of new products/solutions from proof of concept to integration with other components and teams
- Lead and/or participate in all phases of the product development cycle including: requirements definition and architecture, software design and development, implementing software, software/hardware integration, verification and validation, and customer support
- Develop & identify tools / methods for better design reuse & process improvement
- Mentor junior engineers
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience working as a Technical Lead, Technical Project Manager, or Program Manager for both hardware/software projects
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field
- 5+ years of industry experience
- Experience with System Requirements Documentation, Requirements Allocation, Requirements Traceability, and Test Case development and execution. Experience with product and component-level FMEAs
- Self-driven personality
- Solid technical leadership skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Qualifications
- Master of Science or PhD in Computer Vision, Machine/Deep Learning, Computer Science, Computer/Electrical/Software Engineering, or a related field
- Experience with autonomous/industrial robotic platforms and applications
- Experience with embedded and edge processing platforms (Nvidia Jetson devices, Qualcomm Snapdragon devices, and Texas Instrument Jacinto devices in particular)
- Experience with edge AI (accelerators, integration, model conversions, deployment, profiling, etc.)
- Knowledge of intrinsic and extrinsic calibration procedures for multi-modal sensor systems
- Experience with sensor fusion techniques (calibration, early, mid, late fusion, etc.)
- Knowledge of camera optics and computational geometry
- Gstreamer experience
- Robot Operating System (ROS) experience
- Experience with version control systems such as GIT and DVC
- Experience with GPU programming frameworks such as OpenCL and CUDA
- Experience with Embedded Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) and Embedded Linux
Benefits
- Competitive total compensation
- Medical and dental coverage
- Employer paid basic life, short-term disability, and identity theft coverage
- Voluntary vision, life, long-term disability, accident, critical illness coverage
- 401k retirement contribution
- Paid holidays, time-off, and sick time
- Tuition assistance and employer paid professional development
- Flexible work schedules
- Remote opportunities available
- Complimentary snacks and beverages
- Employer sponsored social events
About the Company
Founded in 1999, D3 Embedded drives innovation in high-performance embedded systems development. We leverage our expertise in autonomous machines, sensors, imaging, optics, edge computing, algorithms, robotics, and electrification to provide cutting-edge engineering design and low-volume manufacturing services. Headquartered in Rochester, NY, we serve a global network of customers and are connected with many technology leaders and Fortune 500 companies. We are interested in bright, creative, and team-oriented individuals who are excited about transforming the world through frontier technologies.
Equal Opportunity Employer
We consider and hire applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local law.
E-Verify Participation
D3 Embedded participates in E-Verify, a federal program that confirms employment eligibility upon hire.