Technical Project Manager – Embedded Systems

Highbrow LLC; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology services company is seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to oversee projects in embedded systems. You will lead cross-functional teams, manage timelines, and drive resolution of program issues. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of project management experience in software development, strong leadership skills, and familiarity with Agile methodologies. A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Sciences or similar is required. This position is onsite in Dallas, TX.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in engineering development and project management required.
• Demonstrated understanding of project management processes and strategies.
• Experience working in high-level collaborative environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering team to deliver products and solutions for embedded systems.
• Identify risks and develop risk mitigation strategies.
• Communicate effectively with software engineers, product managers, and development teams.

Skills

Project Management processes

C++

Linux

Agile methodologies

Scrum

Kanban

Teamwork mentality

Time management

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

JIRA

Confluence

Bilingual English and Mandarin

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Sciences, Information Systems, or similar

Tools

Project management tools

Job description

Job Title :- Technical Project Manager – Embedded Systems

Employment Type :- W2

Duration :- Long Term

Visa Type :- All Visa applicable which are ready for W2

Location :- Dallas TX (Onsite)

Job Description

• Demonstrated understanding of Project Management processes, strategies, and methods
• Knowledge of operating system internals, embedded system development and bring-up, device drivers, and memory management for NPI programs.
• Familiarity with hardware virtualization technologies – CPU/GPU virtualization or device emulation
• C++ and Linux experience
• Solid understanding of Agile, Scrum, and Kanban development methodologies.
• Good understanding of OS systems, media, and system architecture
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Experience working in a high-level collaborative environment and promoting a teamwork mentality
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with many different personality types
• Experience in project management models including Agile, Waterfall, and Scrum
• 5+ years demonstrate ability in engineering development and project management are required
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Sciences, Information Systems, or similar
• Ability to work well in a fast-paced, multifaceted environment
• Excellent planning, time management, organizational and interpersonal skills
• Experience with a project management tool is necessary, experience with JIRA & Confluence.
• We are looking for someone to drive, own, and ship all aspects of large, multi-functional efforts and feature areas
• Partner with engineering teams throughout feature development from architecture, design, implementation, and validation.
• Proactively identify, prioritize, and drive resolution to program issues
• Present and communicate new feature initiatives, top issues, risks, and critical achievements to executive leadership
• Own roadmap, priorities, prioritization, and timelines for technologies
• Help the team with ongoing improvements to the program management processes
• Collaborate with Engineering, Quality, Operations, and Marketing teams
• The candidate is bilingual in English and Mandarin Chinese (is a plus)

Job Responsibilities

• Run and lead engineering team to deliver products and solutions for sophisticated embedded systems
• Provide outstanding leadership to program team to deliver projects/programs timely, with high quality while achieving excellent results
• Perform overall program-level planning & lead program execution of interdependent projects, and drive effective and accurate status reporting
• Be responsible for the identification of risks and issues, and development of risk mitigation strategies and associated processes
• Identify critical partners and required engagement model and handle effective decision- making with leadership/engineering teams
• Supervise overall roadmap, identify and report potential obstacles such as scope creep, resource and personnel shortfalls, and problems with schedule, and release delays
• Communicate with related parties with software engineers, product managers, and development teams.
• Conduct data analysis to deliver insights for Engineering Managers
• At least 5 years of program or project management in software development
• Driving multi-functional efforts across major technical fields: SW, HW, Product, and QA
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills to engineers, managers, and execs
• Identifying risks, developing mitigation strategies, and facilitating resolutions
• Sound technical foundation and a highly motivated self-starter
• Knowledge of software engineering standard methodologies and related dependencies
• Strong leadership skills and ability to inspire team members