Engineering Program Manager - Software

Luminar (Nasdaq: LAZR) is a global automotive technology company ushering in a new era of vehicle safety and autonomy. For the past decade, Luminar has built an advanced hardware and software platform to enable its more than 50 industry partners, including the majority of global automotive OEMs. From Volvo Cars, SAIC and Mercedes-Benz for consumer vehicles and Daimler Trucks for commercial trucks, to additional customer wins include Pony.ai and Airbus UpNext and tech partners NVIDIA and Intel’s Mobileye, Luminar is poised to be the first automotive technology company to enable next-generation safety and autonomous capabilities for production vehicles. Founded in 2012, Luminar employs approximately 600 with offices in Palo Alto, Orlando, Colorado Springs, Detroit, and Munich.

 

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Team Overview

Luminar Technologies is seeking an Engineering Program Manager to lead Perception and Autonomous Driving software development projects through all phases of the software lifecycle. This role oversees technical engagement cross-functionally within Luminar and ensures successful development and value delivery to customers. Far too many lives are lost in vehicle accidents each year. We just signed an industry-first standardization deal with Volvo Cars to bring autonomy to a highway near you by 2022 - come join the mission of a lifetime. Visit us @ https://www.luminartech.com/ to find out more.

 

Responsibilities

• Engage with other EPMs and represent Perception and Autonomous Driving software in all technical aspects of development.
• Evaluate new opportunities and help establish engineering contacts, helping to launch new projects, seeking to generate new business value.
• Market and demonstrate our software products to internal stakeholders, supporting business development and product management efforts for opportunistic markets.
• Oversee all technical alignment within Luminar’s software development program including systems engineering and architecture, requirements management, safety plans and software integration architecture in compliance with ASPICE.
• Create and take ownership of technical project plans from early stages until series production.
• Estimate required resources and determine headcount for staffing plans.
• Coordinate feature roll out plans and software release plans between the customer and the internal software development.
• Track results of all required tests, analyze release blockers, and enable successful resolution.
• Continuously evaluate the efficiency of existing processes and procedures of change and release management to improve best practices.
• Ensure all features are delivered with the highest quality and meet all requirements.
• Identify any team/process gaps and collaborate with internal product and technology teams to define the necessary development to support solution delivery.
• Identify and manage project risks.
• Prepare and disseminate project status reports, including KPIs.
• Drive implementation activities and work cross-functionally with other software engineers.
• Expected to travel up to 10% of the time, for customer project development and execution.

Preferred Qualifications

• BS, MS in Computer Science & Engineering, Engineering Management, or a related field
• PMP, CSM certification preferred
• 5+ years of work experience in automotive industry
• 3-5 years of technical project management experience including shipping products
• Knowledge of automotive and safety development standards (AutoSAR, ASPICE, ISO26262)
• Knowledge of waterfall and agile project management methodologies and tools
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to motivate others, drive collaboration, and quickly resolve conflicts
• Enjoy working within a dynamic and continuously evolving environment
• Able to work successfully in cross-functional teams, especially across organizational and geographical boundaries

 

Industry: Autonomous vehicles, automotive, project management

Employment Type: Full-time

Job Functions: Project Management

 

 

 

 

Luminar is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. We will make reasonable accommodation for any qualified applicant with a disabil