Project Manager

Position Summary

The Project Manager is responsible for leading cross-functional engineering teams through the successful planning, execution, and delivery of complex software and electro-mechanical product development projects. This role ensures projects are delivered on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with technical, quality, and customer requirements.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead software and electro-mechanical engineering projects from concept through product release using established project management methodologies and best practices.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, resource allocations, budgets, and risk management plans.
• Cook up cross-functional teams including software, embedded systems, electrical, mechanical, systems engineering, manufacturing, test engineering, and quality.
• Manage project scope, schedule, cost, risks, dependencies, and technical issues while driving projects to successful completion.
• Identify project risks early and develop mitigation strategies to minimize schedule, technical, and financial impacts.
• Monitor project performance using established metrics and provide regular status reports to leadership and stakeholders.
• Facilitate project meetings, design reviews, milestone reviews, and decision-making activities.
• Work closely with Program Managers, Engineering Managers, Product Management, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain to ensure successful product delivery.
• Support transition from engineering development into manufacturing and production while ensuring product readiness, quality, and schedule objectives are achieved.
• Maintain project documentation, action items, change requests, and project records in accordance with company processes.
• Foster collaboration across disciplines while promoting accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement.

Required Experience

• Minimum of 7 years of experience managing technical or engineering development projects.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary product development efforts involving software and hardware.
• Demonstrated success delivering projects on schedule, within budget, and within defined scope.
• Experience working in a structured engineering development environment.

Required Qualifications

• Strong understanding of engineering product development involving one or more of the following: Software applications, Embedded software, Electrical engineering, Mechanical engineering, Systems engineering.
• Experience applying project management principles including: Project planning and scheduling, Risk management, Resource planning, Cost and schedule management, Change management.
• Excellent organizational, leadership, and communication skills.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, technically complex environment.
• Experience using Microsoft Office applications, including Microsoft Project and Excel.
• Experience with project management and engineering collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, or equivalent.
• Experience with requirements management and defect tracking tools such as Jama Connect, IBM DOORS, Jira, or similar platforms.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline required.
• Advanced degree or additional certifications in Project Management, Systems Engineering, or Technical Leadership are considered a plus.