Engineering Project Manager

Robotics Prcocess Automation, LLC; Culver City (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION LLC is seeking an Engineering Project Manager to bridge business, product, and engineering teams and drive complex programs from inception to completion.

You will lead cross-functional collaboration, manage timelines and budgets, and continuously improve SDLC processes while coordinating teams across multiple time zones and regions.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to manage complex, cross-functional engineering projects.
• Strong understanding of SDLC processes and their improvement.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary liaison between business, product, and engineering teams.
• Manage projects to meet deadlines, budgets, and quality standards.
• Foster collaboration among product management, engineering, QA, and operations.
• Identify and mitigate risks and issues impacting timelines.
• Coordinate resources with technical leads for project needs.
• Maintain up-to-date project plans, status reports, and minutes.
• Communicate project status to stakeholders regularly.
• Coordinate with distributed teams across different time zones.
• Support informed decision making based on technical and business priorities.
• Help define and implement SDLC process improvements.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional coordination

SDLC knowledge

Risk management

Time zone coordination

Effective communication

Job description

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Engineering Project Manager to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will be a critical bridge between our business, product, and engineering teams, ensuring seamless communication and successful execution of complex projects. You will leverage your technical understanding and strong organizational skills to drive projects from inception to completion, while also contributing to the continuous improvement of our software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes. This role requires a proactive individual who can operate independently, manage teams across different time zones, and confidently navigate challenging situations to deliver high-quality results.

Responsibilities

• Technical Liaison: Serve as the primary point of contact between business, product, and engineering teams. Understand and interpret business requirements, translate them into actionable engineering tasks, and communicate technical details, options, and limitations back to product and business stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.
• Project Management: Independently manage complex, cross-functional engineering projects with tight deadlines, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.
• Communication & Collaboration: Facilitate effective communication and collaboration between cross-functional teams, including product management, engineering, QA, and operations.
• Risk Management: Identify, assess, and mitigate potential risks and issues that could impact project timelines or deliverables.
• Resource Management: Work with technical leads to ensure appropriate resource allocation for projects.
• Documentation: Maintain accurate and up-to-date project documentation, including project plans, status reports, and meeting minutes.
• Stakeholder Management: Effectively manage stakeholder expectations and communicate project status updates on a regular basis.
• Time Zone Management: Effectively manage and coordinate with engineering teams located in different time zones, ensuring efficient workflow and communication.
• Decision Making: Help the teams make informed decisions based on technical understanding, business priorities, and project requirements.
• SDLC Process Improvement: Help define, implement, and continuously improve our SDLC processes, ensuring efficiency, transparency, and collaboration across teams.

ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION LLC is an equal opportunity employer inclusive of female, minority, disability and veterans, (M/F/D/V). Hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination and all other employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, veteran status or any other protected status. ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION LLC will not make any posting or employment decision that does not comply with applicable laws relating to labor and employment, equal opportunity, employment eligibility requirements or related matters. Nor will ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION LLC require in a posting or otherwise U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency in the U.S. as a condition of employment except as necessary to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or federal, state, or local government contract.