Technical Project Manager
ABOUT DSP CONCEPTS
DSP Concepts is the Silicon Valley based creator of Audio Weaver, the Audio Experience platform that makes audio innovation easy. DSP Concepts equips and supports engineers with real-time workflows to quickly stand up prototypes, collaborate and modify designs across teams, and deploy to the most popular chipsets from leading semiconductor companies including NXP, Qualcomm, STMicroelectronics, Cadence, Arm, and others. DSP Concepts technologies are embedded in millions of automotive and consumer products, delivering remarkable Audio Experience solutions to prestigious brands including Bang & Olufsen, BMW, Braun, Facebook, Garmin, LG, Mercedes Benz, Panasonic, Peloton, Porsche, Samsung, Sennheiser, Spotify, Tesla, and many more.
DSP Concepts fosters a creative, challenging, and supportive work environment with a focus on professional growth. With a commitment to providing equal access to opportunity for all, we are building a team of bright, skilled, passionate collaborators.
DSP Concepts is the market leader in embedded technology that powers voice and sound in consumer electronics and automotive products from the world's most prestigious brand names. We are fundamentally changing the way audio features are developed so that product makers can create more engaging and innovative experiences. Based in Silicon Valley with offices in Boston, Detroit, Stuttgart, Taipei, and Seoul, DSP Concepts develops Audio Weaver, the low-code audio framework featuring a graphical design environment that enables product development teams to rapidly create audio signal processing solutions.
TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER
The Technical Project Manager will manage the successful delivery of DSP-based audio designs and software, ensuring that the scope and resource constraints are balanced. This requires them to interact with both the client and resources in house. The Project Manager will be responsible for creating the project management plan and ensuring the team is executing to that plan, meeting the goals and completing it successfully within the established scope, schedule and quality with a high degree of customer satisfaction. An understanding of embedded SW development and DSP audio or similar communications background is highly beneficial. We are looking for an experienced Project Manager with dedication and a strong technical aptitude who will fit with our collaborative culture.
KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS
- A bachelor’s degree in electrical, software, computer engineering or similar technical field. Emphasis in audio and or communications is preferred
- A minimum of 2 years in an engineering role in a product development environment
- 3 or more years of project management and related experience, including successful program kick off and completion
- Ability to execute project in both waterfall and agile development environments
- Strong verbal and written communications
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification (or similar) preferred
- Solid interpersonal skills, and ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships within and outside of DSP Concepts
- Strong familiarity with project management software tools, methodologies, and best practices (e.g. Jira/Confluence/Bitbucket, SmartSheets/MS Project, Office Tools.)
- Experience seeing projects through the full project life cycle
- Experience with contributing to, interpreting and implementing contracts including statements of work, orders, and similar.
- A strong understanding and direct experience with software and hardware development, the software development life cycle, embedded systems and relevant development processes
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A basic understanding of machine learning and its application in products
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A broad interpretation of your responsibilities, a desire for learning, and a willingness to work outside your job description if needed for success.
Responsibilities
- Manage successful delivery of a portfolio of DSP Concepts audio projects.
- Project planning and execution, issue and risk management, stakeholder management, and developing and delivering effective communication, including complex software and DSP-based project work breakdown development. Provide excellent service and build ongoing relationships with stakeholders (internal and external to DSP Concepts), program guidance and support to the project teams. Play a primary role in customer communication, change management, and conflict resolution.
- Understand the client's as well as internal resource capabilities and constraints. Adjust the project plans accordingly.
- Develop and manage project activities including scheduling, resourcing and backlog management.
- Proactively manage issues and escalations on projects, team activities and project dependencies to ensure on time deliverables.
- Present project status via dashboards to all relevant stakeholders
- Understand and work with Finance to report project revenue status and invoicing requirements.
- Improve internal processes as needed for efficiency gains, field customer inquiries and provide responses for them.
- Actively facilitate technical project activities including architecture trade-offs, troubleshooting/problem resolution, and implementation planning.
- Manage and plan tooling and hardware deliveries to support teams and meet project requirements
- Actively work to unblock project activities