Software Engineering Project Manager

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Organization & Role

The Nextest Business Unit of Teradyne is looking for a mid-level Software Engineering Project Manager. Nextest is the market leader in Semiconductor Memory Test. The memory in your computer, cell phone, or tablet was likely tested using our equipment. These multi-million-dollar systems involve leading edge electronics, mechanical packaging, active cooling, and complex software.

As a Software Engineering Project Manager, you'll leverage your Engineering background across multiple knowledge domains, working with Engineering, Marketing, and Operations to ensure our latest systems delight our customers. If you enjoy a challenge, learning new things, and driving group success, you'll fit right in. Diverse global workforce. Competitive compensation including profit sharing. Hybrid office / remote workforce. Did we mention the free EV charging?

Responsibilities

Our World class Engineering and Program Management Organizations, with highly skilled and experienced Management team, have been a catalyst for delivering great business results and growth. The longevity of the workforce at Teradyne is an artifact of our flexible yet challenging environment which provides our seasoned professionals the freedom to innovate, exercise time management skills and work life balance.

How will you make an impact / a difference?

• By leading multi-site, multi-discipline, cross-functional teams in an innovative, collaborative environment to define and deliver committed milestones using our Agile/Sprint/Scrum or Phase-gate processes.
• By interacting with the entire development team in assuring Software schedules are in-line with the established milestones and integration points throughout the entirety of the product lifecycle.
• By successfully delivering to the agreed scope, schedule, budget, and quality while managing execution, scope changes, risks, trade-offs, expectations, and communications.

Basic Qualifications & Skills

This is a hybrid role based out of our San Jose, CA.

• Responsible for successfully delivering to the project goals and business results associated with them.
• Manage and work with the Software Engineering team using their Agile/Scrum process in successfully delivering to the project goals and business results associated with them.
• Drive and monitor Sprint progress and day-to-day work, making sure that problems are surfaced early and resolved quickly.
• Lead complex projects negotiating trade-offs, determining, and committing to aggressive yet achievable scope, schedule, and budget to deliver winning business results by applying state-of-the-art project management tools and techniques.
• Escalate and drive issues, that are out of the project team's control, through the management chain for rapid resolution.
• Agile or Scrum Master and Project Management Professional (PMP) Certifications preferred.
• Experience in Waterfall, Agile and Hybrid methodologies
• Must have experience managing complex technical projects with Software Development and Electro-mechanical design in a product development environment on aggressive TTM timelines.
• 10+ years of Technical Project Management and Product Development experience is required.
• Prior experience as hands-on engineer in some discipline of software, hardware, or mechanical engineering.
• Prior experience with project management on complex, lengthy projects.
• Lead cross-functional teams of 10 to 20 people, 12 months duration, cross-discipline engineering possibly located in multiple geographic locations.
• Self-motivated, accountable individual with strong commitment to meeting personal and team goals as well as professional development.
• Strong expertise in systematic approach to problem-solving.
• Exceptional competency to lead and drive complex decisions.
• Excellent organizational and written / verbal communication skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Windows. Proficient in Microsoft Project: Setup, track, and generate reports.
• Proficient in Excel / Word / PowerPoint: Setup and track project information. Provide information to cross-functional teams.
• Excellent communication skills. Must communicate with cross-functional teams to set goals, schedules, manage and resolve problems.

Education

• Bachelor of Science degree, preferably in an Engineering or Computer Science discipline OR equivalent experience

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