5+ years of technical program management experience in embedded or platform software.
Technical fluency in embedded platform software including BSPs, SoC bring-up, and kernel delivery.
Proven ability to communicate technical topics effectively with engineering managers.
Experience managing silicon vendors and Tier 1 suppliers against deadlines and quality standards.
Skilled in analyzing requirements and conducting defect triage across teams.
Ability to maintain dependency maps between feature commitments and platform readiness.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, capable of escalating issues with recommendations.
Responsibilities
Create program timing plans for multimedia features across various sources.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to clarify and decompose requirements into actionable tasks.
Drive execution between multimedia software, audio, HMI, and validation teams.
Prioritize and resolve software defects to meet release timelines, leading bug triage sessions.
Evaluate incoming feature requests and assess future resource needs.
Maintain a dependency map between multimedia features and platform capabilities.
Own the BSP delivery schedule with silicon vendors and manage platform milestone readiness.
Benefits
Geo Blue PPO and HSA plan.
MetLife Dental and Vision plan.
Healthcare and Dependent care flexible spending account (FSA).
401k with employer match.
Company-paid Basic Life and Long-term disability insurance.
Voluntary benefits including Critical Illness and accident insurance.
Employee Assistance Program.
Paid Holidays.
Employee discounts and perks.
Gym benefit.
Full Job Description
Job/Position Summary
Responsibilities:
Multimedia -
Create program timing plans for multimedia features across audio, video, media playback, tuner and streaming sources, based on available resources and required features for the software teams
Work with cross-functional teams inside IVI and across the organization to evaluate, develop and clarify requirements, then decompose them into consumable work tasks for developers and testers
Drive cross-functional execution between multimedia software, audio, HMI, integration and validation teams
Prioritize and drive software defects to closure to meet software release timing, leading bug triage where next steps on open issues are identified and assigned
Evaluate incoming feature requests and identify future resource needs against program capacity
Maintain the dependency map between multimedia features and the platform and middleware capabilities they rely on
Platform and board support package -
Own the BSP delivery schedule with the silicon vendor and Tier 1, covering SoC bring-up, kernel, device drivers, hardware abstraction layers, power management and board revisions
Drive platform milestone readiness: bring-up gates, BSP drops, integration branches and hand-off points into application teams
Manage dependencies for the engineering team including procurement of development benches, sample boards and test platforms in support of execution
Track platform defects and non-functional targets such as boot and resume time, memory footprint, thermal behavior, power states and audio and video latency against program commitments
Run the regular cadence with vendor program managers, and hold go and no-go reviews where the technical merits of open issues are weighed to make a release decision
Communicate program status, progress and risks to stakeholders, escalating decisions needed to the heads of PMO
Requirements:
5+ years of technical program management on embedded or platform software, including ownership of a delivery schedule that depended on a third party
Working technical fluency in embedded platform software: board support packages, SoC bring-up, kernel and driver delivery, and the judgment to tell a platform issue from an application issue
Demonstrated history of communicating with engineering managers on technical topics, distilling detail into decisions, and driving those decisions to closure
Experience managing silicon vendors, Tier 1 suppliers or external software partners against committed dates and quality gates
Experience analyzing and decomposing requirements into work tasks, and running defect triage across organizational boundaries
Ability to build and maintain dependency maps between feature commitments and platform readiness, and to communicate the consequences of a slip clearly
Strong written and verbal communication, comfortable escalating to director and PMO level with a recommendation rather than a status.
Preferred Skills:
8-10yrs of experience as TPM preferably with Infotainment experience and should have full stack system knowledge
Automotive infotainment experience, particularly multimedia: audio routing and mixing, video pipelines, media frameworks, tuner and streaming integration
Familiarity with Android Automotive OS, Embedded Linux, QNX or RTOS platform software, and hypervisor-based cockpit architectures
Exposure to multimedia frameworks and interfaces such as ALSA, GStreamer, media HAL layers or equivalent
Experience with cockpit SoC platforms, for example Qualcomm Snapdragon Automotive, NXP i.MX, Renesas R-Car or TI Jacinto
Understanding of infotainment power management strategy across the platform, including sleep and wake states and low-voltage power distribution behavior
Knowledge of automotive communication protocols and services: , Automotive Ethernet, SOME/IP, UDS and DoIP
Experience with software containers, remote software deployment and OTA delivery into production vehicles
Familiarity with secure boot, secure key management and cybersecurity requirements as they touch platform releases
Vehicle program cadence experience: bench and vehicle build phases, software release trains, and launch readiness gates
Tooling: Jira, Confluence, Jama for requirements tracking, Git-based workflows, and program reporting or dashboard tools
Automotive SPICE, ISO 26262 or equivalent process exposure
Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a related technical field
Compensation and Benefits:
Along with competitive pay, as a full-time KPIT employee, you are eligible for the following benefits:
Geo Blue PPO and HSA plan.
MetLife - Dental and Vision plan.
Healthcare and Dependent care flexible spending account(FSA).
401k with employer match.
Company-paid Basic Life and Long-term disability insurance.
Voluntary benefits include Critical Illness, Hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft, and legal service.
PREFFERED SKILLS /COMPETENCIES • Android Automotive OS • Embedded Linux • QNX or RTOS • CAN • CAN FD • LIN
About KPIT Technologies
KPIT Technologies Limited is an Indian multinational corporation headquartered in Pune, Maharashtra, India. The company provides software solutions to the automotive, manufacturing, energy and utilities, and life sciences industries. KPIT has more than 60 patents and has won several awards for its innovative solutions. The company has a global presence with offices in 15 countries and has partnerships with several leading technology companies. KPIT is listed on the National Stock Exchange of India and the Bombay Stock Exchange.
