Sr. Staff Technical Project Manager (Product Engineering)

42dot, Inc

$163K — $226K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of technical project management in embedded systems or automotive platforms.
  • 10+ years in engineering or technical roles related to embedded systems.
  • Hands-on experience with agile methodologies, including sprint planning and retrospectives.
  • Successful history of defining PRDs, MRDs, and ERS documents in growing organizational structures.
  • Expertise in V-Model lifecycle frameworks and adherence to ISO standards.
  • Experience managing vendor partnerships and technical deliverables.
  • Proficient with collaboration tools like Jira and Confluence, including modern AI efficiencies.

Responsibilities

  • Drive complex hardware, firmware, and software projects for next-gen SDV platform.
  • Facilitate cross-functional requirements development with engineering and business teams.
  • Lead agile ceremonies to enhance team productivity and project velocity.
  • Monitor program progress through V-Model lifecycle, ensuring validation compliance.
  • Manage supplier engagements and development budgets to optimize product costs.
  • Translate technical information into high-level reports for non-technical stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Strong focus on career development and opportunities for advancement.
  • Emphasis on innovative project work within cutting-edge technology.
  • Collaborative culture promoting cross-functional teamwork.
  • Access to advanced tools and resources to aid in project management.
  • Commitment to diversity and inclusion in hiring practices.
Full Job Description
About the Role

As a Sr. Staff Technical Project Manager (TPM), you will lead the delivery of complex hardware, firmware, and software projects for our next-generation Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) platform. You will serve as the core link between internal engineering teams, global stakeholders, and top-tier suppliers. Operating effectively in ambiguous environments, you will steer programs from concept through validation, ensuring both technical milestones and corporate goals are met.

Responsibilities
  • Program Execution: Drive concurrent, complex HW, FW, and SW engineering tracks for safety-critical SDV architectures.
  • Requirements Coordination: Facilitate cross-functional development of key control documents (such as PRDs, MRDs, and ERS) by aligning Engineering with Business Development and PMO teams.
  • Agile Cadence: Lead weekly team meetings, facilitate sprints, coordinate planning sessions, and conduct retrospectives to maintain development velocity.
  • V-Model Tracking: Monitor program progression through the V-model lifecycle, ensuring engineering execution aligns with validation (V&V) processes and ISO standards (e.g., ISO 26262, ISO 21434).
  • Supplier & Budget Management: Conduct technical deep dives with silicon and software suppliers, manage development budgets, and drive product cost optimization.
  • Cross-Functional Communication: Distill complex technical updates, architectures, and blockers into actionable, high-level milestones for non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications
  • Experience: 6+ years of technical project management experience driving complex embedded systems, semiconductor, or automotive platforms.
  • 10+ years in engineering or technical roles Technical Depth: Practical literacy in embedded systems architecture, hardware-software interfaces, and low-level firmware.
  • Agile Execution: Hands-on experience running sprints, sprint planning, and retrospectives for engineering teams.
  • Requirements Driving: Proven track record of driving definition and alignment for PRDs, MRDs, and ERS documents within matrixed environments.
  • Lifecycle Frameworks: Experience tracking milestones bound to V-Model frameworks and formal ISO regulatory processes.
  • Vendor Management: Experience managing technical partnerships and vendor deliverables with third-party software providers and silicon fabs.
  • Toolchain Proficiency: Competency with enterprise collaboration, productivity, and ALM systems (e.g., Jira, Confluence, GitLab, CodeBeamer).
  • Workflow Efficiency: Ability to leverage modern AI and LLM tools within your workspace to accelerate documentation, synthesis, and project tracking.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Scaled Agile: Experience planning Program Increments (PIs) within scaled agile frameworks.
  • Silicon Domain Expertise: Experience managing programs involving major automotive semiconductors (e.g., Qualcomm or NXP).

Interview Process
  • Application Review - Coding Test - 1st interview - 2nd interview - Offer Negotiation - Hiring
  • The screening procedures may vary depending on the position, schedule, or other circumstances.
    You will be individually notified of the screening schedule and results via the email address provided in your application.

Compensation
  • $163,800 - $226,220

Additional Information
  • In accordance with fair hiring practices, do not include any personal information unrelated to your job qualifications (e.g., Social Security Number, family relations, marital status, age, photo, physical condition, place of birth, etc.) in your resume.
  • All documents must be submitted in PDF format and under 30MB in size.
  • If you experience issues uploading your resume, please send it along with the job posting URL to [redacted].
  • We strongly encourage applications from U.S. veterans and candidates eligible for employment preference under applicable laws.


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