Automotive Technical Project Manager - Onsite 5 days a week in Dearborn, MI - Contract Role

Role : Automotive Technical Project Manager

Location : Onsite 5 days a week in Dearborn, MI

No own corporation & 1099 Consultants

Contract Role

Job description : Must Have's :

3 yrs of experience

BS or MS in an Engineering Discipline

Provide fundamental project management support, schedule and facilitate meetings, capture and assign action items, drive items to completion. The Technical Project Manager (TPM) is responsible for monitoring the key engineering deliverables status, providing overview of coming products and milestones

Support progression through program milestones, demonstrating knowledge of ADAS Hardware Development (ECU, Camera, Radar, Ultrasonics, LiDAR) through Vehicle Program Progression; Supporting hardware deliverables, including DFMEA, CAD, Electrical Interfaces, etc.

Maintain PM documents such as issues list, timing charts, JIRA dashboards, budgets, etc. and track progress

Highlight any risks and issues for management reporting and provide assistance as needed

Align with respective teams and facilitate the teams' progress toward their goals

Build a cohesive relationship with the PMT Leader and all team members. Strive to build a high performing team

Anticipate the needs of the team. Build a plan and work to eliminate impediments

Coordinate with interfacing teams (both internal and external to ADAS) and other project managers. Gather and share information as needed

Monitor and update program delivery JIRAs. Flag any outstanding and upcoming milestone deliverables to the team.

The overall responsibility of the Project Manager role is to add value for the ADAS PMT leaders, ADAS feature teams, FDLs, and FSIMs

Data / Information mining and organizing issues for discussion in appropriate forums

Strive for relentless improvement

Any other assignments as requested by the PMT Leads and feature teams

Key Deliverables

JIRA management : target start & end dates, due dates, target dates, ownership, escalation structure etc.

Secure program milestone information to align section efforts

Create program look ahead to support weekly milestone JIRA reviews

Lead Jira dashboard creation and maintenance

Attend key meetings and share notes with team members that are unable to attend

Bring attention to any JIRAs facing roadblocks

Assist engineers in finding the correct people to help close tickets, send emails, etc.

Team Onboarding

Leadership Deck Updates

SharePoint Administrator

Support the development of various schedules and working documents in alignment with business objectives

Qualifications :

BS or MS in an Engineering Discipline

Project Management Experience or Certification : PMP, Agile, SCRUM

Experience with Taguchi Methodology

Automotive Industry Experience 3+ years

Keywords : Automotive, Technical Project Manager, ADAS