Technical Project Manager

Technical Project Manager
Tysons, Virginia

Summary We are seeking a motivated Project Manager who has experience managing both hardware and software projects. The Technical Project Manager will be part of a team responsible for ensuring the success of the development of embedded systems and professional services for government and commercial customers through professional CMMI and Hybrid - Agile methodologies. The Technical Project Manager manages key projects performed by a professional engineering team. The responsibilities include the coordination and completion of projects on time within budget and within scope and oversight of all aspects of a project. The Project Manager will set deadlines, assign responsibilities, and monitor and summarize progress of one or more projects. Preparation of reports for upper management regarding status of project is expected as well.
We are a unique company working on the next generation of communications and sensors systems, which means that we constantly push the envelope of technology. We invest in our employees and ideas. We fund internal research and development ideas. Our work environment is casual attire (t-shirt/jeans), flexible hours, and unlimited snacks and coffee. As a rapidly growing company, we combine entrepreneurial spirit, customer focus, and an outcomes-based approach to cultivate a culture of innovation, customer success, and employee growth.

What you'll be doing

• Producing and maintaining Project Plans that define project specifications, timelines and budgets for hardware and software developments. Ensuring resource availability and allocation.
• Monitoring team progress against project plans. Ensuring that all projects are brought to a controlled close, on-time, within scope and budget.
• Leading team meetings, tracking issues, decisions, action items, and following-up between meetings to drive issues to closure. Setting deadlines, assigning responsibilities, and expediting, monitoring, and tracking progress against planned activities
• Working with team members and stakeholders to anticipate and manage changes to projects. Communicating project issues and status to stakeholders and senior management.
• Coordinates cross-functional teams of various sizes with diverse technical skills sets.
• Capturing lessons learned and observing opportunities for continuous improvement
• Performing risk management to minimize project risks.
• Creating and maintaining comprehensive project documentation.

Skills we're looking for

• 5+ years of experience managing hardware and/or software projects
• Experience managing R&D projects
• Experience managing projects in Agile environments
• Ability to work individually and in small fast paced team environments. Ability to lead on project issues. Good facilitation skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written

Nice to have skills

• Experience acting as the Scrum Master leading engineering teams
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
• Project Management Professional (PMP)