Hiring for a Hardware Development Project Manager - Phase Gate in Melbourne, FL (Hybrid).

Job Summary: The Project Manager is responsible for leading various development projects throughout the Product Life Cycle (PLC) process, including planning, design, prototyping, verification, validation, and manufacturing transfer.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

Manage and direct day-to-day operational and tactical aspects of no less than 1-3 development projects including but not limited to:

• Facilitate product requirements development in conjunction with product managers, physicists, and marketing
• Create, monitor, and manage project plans, project risks/mitigations, and resource requirements
• Support Product Manager to create, establish, and manage project accounting (ROI, Profitability, Margins, Costs)
• Facilitate and lead design reviews, tactical development status reviews, and cross-functional project reviews
• Manage prototyping, sampling, and pilot production build, assembly, and test schedules
• Ensure proper and timely verification and validation activities, and manage associated resources
• Ensure and manage proper design documentation and tracking, including but not limited to requirements, design reviews, risk analysis, DFx/FMEA, verification and validation plans and reports, as well as design history
• Support the product launch team in manufacturing transfer and product launch activities

Managerial and leadership responsibilities:

• Monitor and enforce accountabilities within project teams
• Evoke creative and innovative thinking from team members while respecting individual ideas, and contributions

Support or Lead corporate and R&D department initiatives:

• Promote project management best practices, and improve employee project management skills across the organization
• Participate in company's efforts to continuously improve its PLC management tools and methods

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in a Engineering or relevant discipline
• 5+ years’ experience in product development including HW design, test, and verification
• 3+ years of work experience in project management with a successful track record
• Previous track record of organizing, and transferring to manufacturing small to medium size development projects
• Experience with the Phase Gate Design Process
• Experience and formal training in Scrum, and/or Scrum Master status
• Strong interpersonal skills, and superior organizational abilities
• Work well within a team environment and across multiple functions
• Ability to take initiative, and to meet deadlines under pressure