Technical Program Manager, Software Test & Simulation
Time type: full time
Posted on: November 22, 2024
Job requisition id: R4261
What we need
We are seeking a highly motivated Technical Program Manager who has experience managing complex, high integrated software systems. Your primary goal will be to manage the test planning and execution for large system software deployments and collaborate with SQA, System Test, Dev Ops and Release Management teams to ensure timely and high-quality delivery of software releases for automation and robotic systems.
What we do
The Technical Program Management Office (PMO) oversees the planning, execution, and delivery of technical projects within the Symbotic engineering organization. The technical PMO team is responsible for handling reporting, communication, and stakeholder management across company functions and up through organization leadership. Technical PMs work closely with engineering teams to define project scope, schedule, and budget. The team is actively involved throughout the entire project lifecycle collaborating with engineering teams to ensure successful technology insertion, deployment into production, and overall sustainment support.
What you’ll do
Lead multidisciplinary development and test teams to bring new software releases and features through the software development lifecycle.
Work closely with engineering managers and leads, product managers/owners, to develop detailed test plans, ensure rapid execution of testing campaigns and deliver on time, high quality software releases. Interact with and motivate talented engineering teams across multiple locations, harness their high energy to deliver high quality products
Manage test requests, test execution tracking and issue identification across engineering teams.
Collaborate with SQA, Release Management and Dev Ops teams to advance infrastructure and tools that support end-to-end simulation and test capability.
Foster a culture focused on transparency, speed of decision-making, and a synchronized partnership within product teams
Manage cross-functional issue tracking to identify problems, track root-cause and corrective action plans; provide issue status across engineering teams and leadership
Lean-focused, continual improvement of new standards, processes and procedures that streamline interactions and communication across teams
Facilitate cross-functional meetings and regularly communicate initiative status to teams, senior management, and customers
What you’ll need
BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, Mechatronics, or related discipline. MS or MBA beneficial.
Minimum 8 years of related experience
Minimum 2 years in a Program Management position
Extensive experience in a highly integrated software systems, mechatronics, or robotics product development team
Experience managing large-scale system integration and test programs for complex electro-mechanical or automation systems
Previous experience developing and executing strategies for software development, continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines
Experience developing, maintaining and executing integrated simulation platforms to support system design and evaluations in an agile development environment
Willingness to fail quickly and fail often to succeed sooner when exploring solutions
Exemplify being the Team player. Conflict resolution and influencing skills are a key to success
Open to pursuing multiple paths to get to the best solution and not being too proud of your own ideas to listen to others
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Experience negotiating resources in a matrix environment to work on multiple workstreams, setting clear priorities when juggling priority paths
Proficient in JIRA, MS Project, MS Power Point, MS Excel, Word, and Visio
PMP accreditation is a strong plus
Our Environment
Up to 5% travel may be required. Employees must have a valid driver’s license and the ability to drive and/or fly to client and other customer locations.
The employee is responsible for owning a credit card and managing expenses personally to be reimbursed on a bi-weekly basis.
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