Technical Project Manager

Company Description

The Technical Project Manager is responsible for leading the technical team to develop an automotive vehicle access system.  The ideal candidate would be highly self-motivated and have the experience and passion to dive deep into technical issues and solutions.  You will manage and work directly with a product development team including electronics hardware engineers, systems engineers, software developers, application / calibration engineers, system test engineers, and fellow project managers to develop state of the art vehicle access systems that use smart devices such as mobile phones.

Job Description

The Technical Project Manager (TPjM) acts as the technical counterpart to the Customer Project Manager (CPjM) and is responsible for making sure the technical team understands and fulfills the customer’s requirements on time.

This role will lead a project through DV, PV and production launch at global sites and will be responsible to coordinate and plan a local and global multi-disciplined engineering team to achieve that goal.

Responsible for evaluating customer specifications including support of translating the system requirements into Rational DOORS, change control board, evaluating requirement and test coverage, and support of issue tracking.

Responsible for evaluating customer specifications and change requests.

Establish, cultivate and maintain a positive customer relationship and internal development team as technical first point of contact and engineering lead for customer project(s).

Ensure system development, validation, and delivery are according to guidelines and processes (e.g. ISO 26262, ASPICE, IATF 16949).

Monitor, track, and drive to completion the technical list of open points.

Budget planning and reporting for project engineering, development and testing costs.

Regular reporting of project status (technical, budgetary, etc.) to management.

Support all continuous improvement and cost reduction efforts.

Work with the sales department in acquisition support for development efforts and technical descriptions.

Travel to customer sites within southeast Michigan.  Some domestic and international travel required (<20%).

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or related technical field.
• 5+ years experience in automotive product development and field (OEM, tier 1 Supplier).
• 5+ years of automotive experience
• 3+ Hardware, software or systems engineering experience.

Preferred

• Aptitude to work independently in an organized and structured fashion with strong analytical skills that supports a systematic approach to problem resolution and strong communication skills to discuss issues/challenges with global development teams and external customers.
• Knowledge to structure, moderate and promote collaboration with international teams, negotiate with customer, support global organization, and understanding with working in global multicultural projects.
• Knowledge of vehicle access technologies and functions, high interest to work on exciting new vehicle access technologies.
• Knowledge of smart mobile phone and device RF technology including; ultra wideband (UWB), Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and near-field communication (NFC).
• Hands on experience with real-time embedded microcontroller and/or microprocessor based products.
• Experience in some or all of the following design elements:  cybersecurity, automotive safety (ASIL) vehicle access, RF technology, RF homologation, UWB, BLE, NFC, CAN, LIN, analog and digital circuitry, power supplies, layout, EMC.
• Experience with vehicle and system test and release procedures in automotive or related industry.
• Experience in systems / requirements engineering.
• Familiar with FMEA.
• Familiar with IBM DOORS, RTC, ALM and Raphsody.
• Familiar with Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) specifications.
• Hands on experience with Agile development methods (Scrum, Kanban, Lean, etc.).
• Thorough and hands on understanding in the product development lifecycle.
• Good written / verbal communication and presentation skills to discuss issues / solutions with team and external customer.
• Experience with a safety critical product (ISO 26262).
• Proficient in creating and managing project development schedules, change management as well as problem management.

Additional Information

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