Job Function

Engineering, Product Development Project Manager

Position Summary

• IWT is seeking a Project Manager for electronics product development, enterprise to embedded software development, research and design, and system installation projects.
• Project durations vary in length and are typically about 10 to 18 months.
• Projects can be internal efforts, external engineering services, government grants, or product installations.
• The Project Manager will work with cross-functional teams of various levels of experience and expertise in a matrix organization.
• The Project Manager will receive training on company technologies, participate in several in-field learning activities, and will develop professional and soft skills to effectively manage projects of myriad shapes and sizes.
• This position is primarily in an office building with engineering teams, but also includes some travel for events such as project and customer meetings.
• The Project Manager is expected to lead in a positive, productive, and profitable manner with care for all personnel and property involved.

Essential Functions

• Manage projects for internal, commercial, and governmental entities.
• Communicate effectively with a diverse set of stakeholders, i.e., end-users, subject matter experts, engineers, and executives.
• Manage cross-function hardware and software engineering projects to create new electronics hardware, software, and complete systems from prototypes to market-ready products.
• Work effectively with engineering management and technical leads.
• Develop, maintain, and communicate project details, such as project plans, sequenced activity lists, risks, budgets, and schedules.
• Contribute to proposals for grants, system solutions and sales, and follow-on business.
• Develop budgets with teams, track budget performance, and communicate budget status.
• Lead meetings of various types that may include information gathering, creativity and brainstorming, status, etc.
• Travel at necessary times, such as project kickoff and deliveries, testing and evaluation efforts, and business support meetings (up to 20%)
• Other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications

Required:

• 4 year engineering or technical degree (i.e. EE, ME, CS, MIS).
• At least 2 years of project management experience.
• Contributor for multiple past software and/or hardware engineering projects.
• An effective communicator with many personality types and audience sizes.
• Flexible and adaptable to handling various situations that may unexpectedly arise.
• Must be a US Citizen, not requiring Visa Sponsorship.
• Must be eligible for DoD Clearance.

Desired:

• CAPM, PMP, Google PM, or similar certification.
• Experience with PCB design and manufacturing.