Project Manager (Automotive Electronics)

Summary:
Work as a hands-on working member of the Engineering team to assist all departments in producing a smooth, efficient flow of quality work through the company. This person will have a more in-depth understanding of the products and processes, and how their work affects and interacts with the other departments. This position requires someone with a proven track record for completing projects on time and on budget with little or no supervision, demonstrating good leadership skills, and working well with other departments.
Organizational Competencies:
Quality Focus -Determined to stay focused on the quality of each and every deliverable by ensuring consistency and adherence to high standards, as well as paying close attention to even the minutest details involved.
Leadership -Demonstrated skills and abilities needed to coordinate, facilitate, and participate in a collaborative approach to the completion of tasks or assignments.
Effective Communication -Balancing listening and talking, speaking and writing clearly and accurately, influencing others, keeping others informed.
Teamwork -Taking ownership of your work, doing what is needed without being asked, following through.
Problem Solving -Planning ahead, managing time well, being on time, being cost conscious, thinking of better ways to do things.
Job Specific Competencies:
Project Management
Drives the standard APQP process for all customer and internal R & D projects
Creates project feasibilities, to include project timelines and requirements documents
Oversees the writing of the project functional specification, design and manufacturing test requirements
Reviews and approves the project test plans and reports (hardware, software, mechanical & system)
Manages project schedule and updates accordingly
Manages project budget and monitors variances
Schedules and oversees design reviews (hardware, software, mechanical & system)
Documentation
Creates/manages/maintains all product documentation (including all subcomponents) from project feasibility through production release.
Creates/manages/maintains Engineering Change Notices and associated documentation.
Maintains time records and project reports
Manufacturing
Oversees the making of all prototype parts and assemblies
Assists in the production startup of products; collaborating with other departments for completing prototypes and projects.
Collaboration
Primary liaison to customer through product development lifecycle for engineering-related activities.
Assists in other areas when requested
Legal Compliance
Ensure legal compliance with state, federal and OSHA requirements
Ensure ISO procedures are followed
Maintain compliance with all company policies and procedures
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications and Education
Bachelors degree or higher in an engineering-related discipline
PMP certification preferred.
Minimum of 3 years project management experience in an engineering-related product or service; the electronics industry is preferred.
Recent experience with automotive electronics or similar/related industry manufacturing, preferred.
Cursory experience in mechanical design and manufacturing principles and acceptable practices is required.
Cursory experience in software development principles and acceptable practices, preferred.
Leadership, excellent verbal and written communication in technical and business contexts.
Working Conditions
Movement - This position needs to occasionally move about inside the office and on the production floor. Frequently required to reach with hands and arms. Occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Regularly required to sit, talk and hear.
Operate/Use - Must be able to operate a computer and other office productivity machinery (i.e. copier, printer, calculator)
Ascend/Descend - Rarely ascends/descends stairs to reach archived files
Communicate - This position frequently communicates with co-workers, managers and supervisors. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
Transport - This position frequently lifts or moves 25 pounds, occasionally moves up to 50 pounds for various needs.
Work Environment - Relatively quiet but fast paced.
Travel - Occasional travel to customers and vendors, with overnight stays, may be required.

Nothing in this job description restricts managements right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
ACTIA Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: ACTIA is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and t providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at ACTICA are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. ACTIA will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.