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At Safran Passenger Innovations, we focus on maximizing the Passenger Experience, to make flying fun! As an innovative Inflight research and development company we design, engineer, manufacture, sell and support world-class In-Flight Entertainment solutions. Our products are constantly evolving, solving complex media distribution, playback, and connectivity problems in a demanding environment. We are proud to be utilized by many of the premier air carriers so step aboard and help us by creating connected inflight experiences for today and the future!
Description
The Senior Software Technical Project Manager is responsible for the planning and execution of new software features and airline programs. They will lead a cross-functional team responsible for managing Engineering activities to fulfill commitments for an airline programs and/or new product feature development. They will collaborate with cross functional project teams from Engineering, Systems, Product Line and Program Management to define the project plan, milestones, project risks, and leads the execution effort to effectively and efficiently deliver projects according to plan. This position works with internal stakeholders and external subcontract management to foster an open communication while implementing project-based processes to bring increased efficiency in the delivery of all projects. The role requires excellent communication skills, ability to see the “big picture” and ability to direct efforts appropriately on prioritized tasks.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Participate in the development and analysis of customer requirements
- Identify all customer deliverables which may include production items (mechanical, electronic and/or electromechanical assemblies), software, media, customer racks, documentation and systems
- Collaborate with cross functional teams to define project plan, milestones, and risks
- Identify internal deliverables which may include plans, schedules and other documents, prototypes, test equipment, software, test racks and more
- Identify and secure resources required for all project tasks
- Lead the team to establish a comprehensive, end-to-end project plan and schedule to ensure “buy-in”
- Maintain and manage the project plan and schedule
- Apply standard techniques, procedures, processes and criteria to engineering assignments
- Conduct well planned, effective meetings which drive actions
- Use independent judgment to ensure projects/assignments are completed accurately and on-time and may be tasked with ensuring work of others is completed in a timely manner
- Facilitate internal design reviews (via software kick off meetings), to develop software plan
- Identify the critical project risks and mitigation by kickoff stage, follow up mitigation actions and update the JIRA database as risks are addressed until closure
- Motivate and push teams for results and completion
- Provide guidance to fellow team members
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent experience in a related field
- 6-10 years of experience in technical project management in software, electrical or mechanical design
- 5+ years of software and/or hardware engineering development experience
- Proficient experience with Microsoft MS office products, Excel, Project, visio, JIRA, Confluence, Power Point
- Familiarity with phase gate development process
- Knowledge of components involved in building electronic systems: boards, mechanical parts, cables, software – and their manufacture
- Knowledge of Agile/Scrum principles
The starting pay range for this position is $98,000 to 130,000 per year however, base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge and location.
Safran Passenger Innovations