Technical Program Manager, Multimedia & Platform

Alten Technology USA; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

ALTEN Technology USA is hiring a Technical Program Manager to own the multimedia and platform software scope for upcoming infotainment programs.

The role covers two closely coupled areas: the multimedia stack the customer experiences directly, spanning audio, video, media playback, tuner and streaming sources, and the board support package underneath it, spanning SoC bring-up, kernel and driver delivery, hardware abstraction layers, power management and platform integration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or CS.
• 5+ years in technical program management for embedded or platform software.
• Experience delivering on a third-party delivery schedule.
• Strong communication with engineering managers on technical topics.
• Experience managing silicon vendors or Tier-1 suppliers.
• Ability to decompose requirements into work tasks and manage cross-boundary triage.

Responsibilities

• Create program timing plans for multimedia features across audio, video, media playback, tuner and streaming sources.
• Decompose requirements into consumable work tasks for developers and testers.
• Drive cross-functional execution between multimedia software, audio, HMI, integration and validation teams.
• Prioritize defects to meet software release timing and lead triage.
• Evaluate incoming feature requests against program capacity.
• Own the BSP delivery schedule with the silicon vendor and Tier-1 suppliers.
• Track platform defects and non-functional targets (boot time, latency, power).
• Run vendor program reviews and escalate decisions to PMO.

Skills

Embedded software

Program management

Vendor management

Communication

Requirements analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a related technical field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Jama

Git workflows

Dashboards

Job description

ALTEN Technology USA is hiring a Technical Program Manager to own the multimedia and platform software scope for upcoming infotainment programs.

The role covers two closely coupled areas: the multimedia stack the customer experiences directly, spanning audio, video, media playback, tuner and streaming sources, and the board support package underneath it, spanning SoC bring-up, kernel and driver delivery, hardware abstraction layers, power management and platform integration.