Technical Program Manager

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ALTEN Group, our parent company, has been a leader in engineering and information technology for more than 30 years. ALTEN Group operates in 30 countries across Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East and employs more than 36,000 people, 88% of whom are engineers. The company covers the whole development cycle and offers a choice of service levels, from technology consulting to complete project outsourcing.
 
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Technical Program Manager - Vehicle System Integration

As the Vehicle System Integration Technical  Program Manager (TPM), you will develop the Electrical Architecture and System Integration tasks road maps, identify the required workload  required for execution, align timeline with stakeholders and download customers , identify roadblocks (related to  timing ,resources or missing inputs), escalate issue  for reconciliation and finally support the tasks owners on the execution progress providing weekly status on program management forums. This is a highly cross-functional role, requiring constant communication with firmware, hardware, product, and mission planning teams.

One key task is to propagate lessons learned among these teams to improve efficiency and execution of subsequent development phases.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of Electrical Architecture and System Integration deliverables  plans.
• You will be responsible to drive regular  meetings with task owners,  to confirm progress, identify roadblocks and its required actions to bring the timeline back to track. 
• You will communicate challenges and identify program risks while proactively developing mitigation plans
• You will develop new or improve existing processes to overcome unique and unforeseen challenges.
• You will work with cross-functional teams, both internal and external, to drive open questions or issues to closure.
• You will establish standard reports to provide concise and effective communications to key stakeholders on program status, issues/risks, and accomplishments and present them to the executive team.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in an engineering discipline or equivalent experience (Control, EE or Mechatronics, preferably)
• At least 5 years experience managing automotive firmware development 
• At least 3 years of experience with vehicle control function validation 
• Track record in managing complex cross-functional projects
• Proficient in tools required to manage complex projects (i.e., JIRA, Gantt charts)
• Ability to keep the big picture in focus and to provide clear, well-structured, and concise communications tailored to each appropriate audience
• SW development methodology , i.e., ASPICE 
• AGILE Base knowledge

Bonus Qualifications

• Automotive application control function developer experience 
• Base SW structure knowledge
• Experience with CAN, LIN, or ethernet and/or bring-up of complicated systems
• Passion for electric, autonomous mobility
• AGILE Certification

Salary Range: $120,000 - $144,000

The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate’s combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications,