Engineer - Software Technical Project Manager

Schaeffler; Auburn Hills (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Life insurance and 401(k) with up to 6% company match

Employee appreciation events

Job summary

Schaeffler in Auburn Hills, Michigan is seeking a Software Technical Project Manager Engineer to lead embedded automotive software programs from quotation to launch stabilization. This role requires orchestrating cross-functional execution across various teams to deliver high-quality outcomes.

The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of project management experience in the automotive industry and a strong education in a related field. Additionally, familiarity with tools like Jira and MS Project is essential for success.

Medical, dental, and vision insurance, along with a 401(k) plan and employee appreciation events, are part of Schaeffler's offerings.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software project management experience in automotive and/or embedded systems.
• 3+ years of embedded software development experience or strong technical background.
• Proven ability to manage complex software scope, schedules, and dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end software project delivery including planning, execution, and launch stabilization.
• Define project scope, milestones, deliverables, and critical path.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on technical and timing aspects.

Skills

Software project management

Embedded systems

Communication skills

Agile/Hybrid/V-model

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electronics, Automotive Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field

Tools

Jira

MS Project

Git/GitHub

Job description

General Information: As a Software Technical Project Manager Engineer, you will lead embedded automotive software programs from quotation and planning to release and launch stabilization. You will orchestrate cross‑functional execution across software, systems, hardware, validation, and quality teams to deliver predictable outcomes for customer and business commitments. You will combine technical understanding with strong project leadership to drive schedule performance, risk reduction, and high‑quality releases in a safety‑ and process‑driven environment.

Your 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.
• Coordinate 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.

Your 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.

Our Offering

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Life insurance and 401(k) eligible with up to 6% company match
• Regular employee appreciation and company events
• Please see all our benefit offerings at Schaeffler Benefits

Schaeffler is an equal employment opportunity / affirmative action employer. All qualified candidates will receive equal employment opportunities and consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.

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Contact

Schaeffler Motion Tech US
Kenneth R Cummings