The Technical Project Manager will oversee product development in quantum technologies, managing resources, risks, and stakeholder relationships while ensuring successful execution of initiatives.
General Description:
HRL is seeking an experienced technical project manager to join a talented, multidisciplinary team within the Environmental Control System Division. In this role, you will work closely with program managers, technical leads, and line managers to ensure successful product development supporting our quantum information research. The candidate will leverage previous experience in low technology readiness product development to help understand how to manage product execution objectives and balancing risks and opportunities at the same time. This involves someone who knows how to be strategic and know when to implement processes judiciously while not losing agility.
Essential Duties:
Partnering with Technical Leads to define top priority initiatives, technical and schedule risks, and associated burn-down plans.
Strategic judgement in the execution of objectives while balancing resources across for the technical teams.
Communicating to upper management key decision points in the overall product execution
Help build relationships with customers/stakeholders through strategic planning and execution excellence.
Responsible for engineering reviews and risk management, driving clear actionable plans to close gaps.
Recommend, develop, and implement critical engineering and/or business processes and tools to increase the quality of product lifecycle execution
Required Skills:
3+ years of professional experience leading multi-disciplinary teams.
Experience working in low technology readiness level / R&D environments.
Experience in a relevant industry or technical area such as hardware/product development, electronics, or quantum physics.
Excellent communication skills; includes oral and written.
Expertise with project management and risk management tools
Demonstrated success in project planning, resource planning and allocation, management of multi-disciplinary teams in a R&D and/or operations environment.
Ability to build partnerships and drive decision making with cross-functional stakeholders.
Experience with ERP, MRP, Data Management and Configuration Management systems a plus.
Required Education:
PhD in Physics or related Engineering fields
Experience as a project manager along with people management.
Special Requirements:
U.S. Citizenship is required.
Must have or be willing to apply for and maintain a security clearance.
Compensation:
The base salary range for this full-time position is $145,745 - $186,688 + bonus + benefits.
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Top Skills
Configuration Management
Data Management
Erp
Mrp
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