Senior Technical Project Manager

About the role

The Senior Project Manager will oversee and execute engineering solutions for both commercial and defense customers. They will manage cross-functional teams and ensure successful project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with software, systems, autonomy, hardware, operations, and testing teams to achieve program-level activities and milestones.
• Identify, capture, and develop program needs.
• Manage direct labor, profit, and earned value across project timelines.
• Lead the execution of tasks within functional areas.
• Manage the full lifecycle of robotics programs.
• Support the team in coordinating and tracking various projects and providing detailed reports.
• Ensure successful iteration execution and communicate with management, team, and customers.
• Facilitate iteration planning, reviews, and meetings, scope/requirement discussions with technical teams and customers.
• Guide team in estimating work and facilitating time estimation.
• Coordinate project staff rotations during international travel, including documentation, approvals, and scheduling.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Computer Science, Robotics, or related field; and equivalent practical experience.
• At least 5 years of experience with project management, controlling budgets, and resource and task management.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in the robotics or autonomy domain areas.
• Knowledge of general autonomous system software and hardware, including perception, simulation methods and hardware.
• Strong experience with software development lifecycles, delivery, and integration cycle.
• Strong experience with Microsoft Office Suite, software configuration tools, and management systems.
• Strong teamwork, communication, and presentation skills.
• Strong ability to engage and manage tasking of cross-functional teams of varying skills and experience.
• Superb written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to identify gaps, remove obstacles, prioritize, multitask, work within deadlines.

Qualifications

• This position requires use of information that is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).
• Non-U.S. persons selected must meet eligibility requirements for access to export-restricted information.

Skills

• PMP certification is strongly preferred.
• Experience in the mining industry or with mining-related autonomous systems is preferred.
• Willing to travel within the US and internationally at least 15% of the year.
• Demonstrated ability to coach and mentor junior team members.
• Some experience writing production-quality object-oriented code in C++, using a git-based workflow in a Linux environment is preferred.
• Previous experience in agile methodology preferred.

Benefits

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan and 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust.
• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits.
• Life, disability and accident plans.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Programs to help balance personal and professional life.
• Incentives to reward and recognize service and outstanding work.