Innovative Hardware Project Manager

HM Electronics Inc; Carlsbad (CA); On-site; USD 102,000 - 137,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

3 weeks paid vacation

Tuition reimbursement

Medical, vision, dental benefits

Life insurance

401K contributions

Pet insurance

Job summary

HM Electronics Inc. is recruiting a Project Manager to lead hardware development projects and cross-functional teams from initiation to production release. You will coordinate planning, risk management, and milestones while collaborating with Product Management, engineering, procurement, and manufacturing.

The role emphasizes process improvement, project economics, and delivering on time within budget. Bachelor’s degree and PM experience in electronics are required; PMP is preferred.

Qualifications

• Firm understanding of Project Management practices.
• Good knowledge of business practices and protocols.
• Experience in electronic product manufacturing, programming and test
• Excellent organizational, planning and time management skills.
• Technical skills relevant to project management.
• The ability to work well with others and lead a team.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong presentation and influence skills.
• Must be able to demonstrate good judgment and maintain a high level of confidentiality.
• Organizational, planning and detail follow-up skills required; demonstrated ability to plan a project and execute to a timeline.
• Ability to lead and influence in a matrix environment without direct authority over team members.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment while juggling multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Leads NPD or Sustaining project teams.
• Assists other Project Managers in managing large scale NPD projects.
• Leads or assists in planning and execution of development projects, from the initiation phase to production release with a focus on hardware development, test, procurement, manufacturing, and quality assurance.
• Suggests improvements to the New Product Development Process.
• Works with other project managers on the creation of standard tools, templates, metrics and dashboards to monitor projects.
• Details and confirms the project objectives with the customer (nominally the appropriate Product Manager & senior management).
• Creates the project plans for each approved product development effort. Confirms the timescales, costs and resources needed.
• Applies advanced project management skills to hardware, software and system projects.
• Establishes, maintains and communicates program milestones and timelines.
• Conducts risk assessment and manages risk including monitoring the program critical path and contingency planning; assists management with resource planning.
• Executes assigned project tasks including technical and business work products.
• Negotiates with and manages contractors for services as required.
• Completes projects within time, cost and performance constraints that are acceptable to internal and external customers.
• Ensures development teams meet interim and final deliverables.
• Prepares and presents project status to senior management staff, including progress, problems, project risk and potential risk mitigation plans.
• Implements product development process improvements with the goals of reducing project cycle times while continuing to meet internal needs.
• Assists with special projects as requested.

Skills

Project management practices

Business practices

Electronic product manufacturing

Organizational skills

Planning & time management

Technical PM skills

Team leadership

Interpersonal communication

Presentation & influence

Judgment & confidentiality

Timeline planning

Matrix leadership

Fast-paced environment

Education

BA or BS

PMP certificate

MA or MBA

Lean Product Development knowledge

Lean A3 Problem Solving knowledge

Job description

HM Electronics Inc. is recruiting a Project Manager to lead hardware development projects and cross-functional teams from initiation to production release. You will coordinate planning, risk management, and milestones while collaborating with Product Management, engineering, procurement, and manufacturing.

The role emphasizes process improvement, project economics, and delivering on time within budget. Bachelor’s degree and PM experience in electronics are required; PMP is preferred.