Technical Project Manager

KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions Ltd; Newtownabbey; Hybrid; GBP 83,000 - 96,000; Part time

Job summary

KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions Ltd seeks a Technical Project Manager for a 6-month contract in Belfast. You will own the end-to-end hardware and embedded software product delivery, run weekly customer meetings, and align internal engineering teams to hit milestones on a safety-critical ASPICE-aligned programme.

Engage directly with customers and cross-functional teams, track risks, and support production readiness activities including samples and line trials.

Qualifications

• Proven track record as a Technical Project Manager or Technical Program Manager for hardware and embedded software product developments.
• Comfortable working to safety-critical / functional safety requirements.
• Confident engaging directly with customers and cross-functional engineering teams.
• Experience with ASPICE and automotive product development is a bonus.
• Familiarity with Jira and Confluence is useful.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end hardware and embedded software product delivery.
• Lead weekly customer-facing meetings and clarify scope and timing.
• Align software and hardware engineering teams internally.
• Track progress, risks and issues against the project plan.
• Support production readiness activities, including samples and line trials.

Skills

Technical PM

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Risk management

Customer facing

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Technical Project Manager - Contract - Embedded Software / Electronics - Belfast

We're recruiting a Technical Project Manager for a 6 month contract with our client, a global electronics business operating in automotive electronic devices and electrification, based in Belfast.

This is a genuinely technical Project Manager role, overseeing a hardware and embedded software product through its full lifecycle - from concept and requirements, through validation and production readiness, to launch.

You'll be the key point of contact for the customer, aligning internal hardware and software engineering teams, tracking progress against the plan, and ensuring milestones are hit on a safety-critical, ASPICE-aligned programme.

The Role:

• Owning delivery of a hardware and embedded software product programme, end-to-end
• Running weekly customer-facing meetings, clarifying scope and timing
• Aligning software and hardware engineering teams internally
• Tracking progress, risks and issues against the project plan
• Supporting production readiness activities, including samples and line trials

About You:

• Proven track record as a Technical Project Manager or Technical Program Manager, managing hardware and embedded software product developments, from concept through to production
• Comfortable working to safety-critical / functional safety requirements
• Confident engaging directly with customers and cross-functional engineering teams
• Experience with ASPICE and/or automotive product development is a nice-to-have, not essential
• Experience with Jira and Confluence is useful

Details:

• Location: Belfast (hybrid - 1-2 days per week onsite, or week on/week off)
• Rate: Up to £65 per hour, outside IR35
• Contract length: 6 months initially, with strong potential to extend
• Start date: ASAP