Engineering Program Manager

Engineering Program Manager

Department: Product Design Services
FLSA Status: Exempt
Reports to: Operations Manager, Product Design Services
Pay Range: $101,100 - $146,700 annually
Location: Rochester, NY

D3 Embedded is seeking a skilled and experienced Engineering Program Manager to act in the role of Chief Engineer where they will lead a team of Engineers to design and develop a cutting‑edge embedded system. The systems are end‑to‑end solutions containing sensors, cameras, mmWave Radar, connectivity, embedded processing and Artificial Intelligence for performance critical applications. The ideal candidate has experience with Embedded Realtime Operating Systems (RTOS) like Embedded Linux, digital imaging, electronics design, software architecture and development, computer vision and machine learning.

This position requires strong problem‑solving skills, the ability to mentor and guide engineering teams.

• Lead a project team to develop and an embedded system and realize the solution using company core process
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to define program scope, timing, and deliverables and use them to execute the program and track progress
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary project team leads
• Manage project to milestones (Schedule and Outcomes)
• Manage resources including teams, budgets, and schedules, to maximize customer satisfaction, and project profitability
• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks that may affect program delivery
• Act as the technical decision maker driving complex technical decisions across multiple teams (Facilitates the discussion to define “done”)
• Provide primary technical communication with project team and project stakeholders
• Maintain effective communication channels to keep stakeholders updated on project progress and changes
• Facilitate technical and stakeholder meetings
• Responsible for making sure the right people are on each task and the tasks are understood by the team
• Collaborate with management and technical teams on product strategies
• Prep and lead gate/design reviews and provide technical oversight
• Develop and finalize requirements
• Develop electrical and mechanical block diagrams, and high‑level software architectures to meet requirements and guide design trade‑off decisions
• Provide estimations for next phases of a current project using change requests
• Maintain project documentation, including plans, schedules, budgets, and status reports.
• Requestor for Materials purchases and shipments for projects
• Approver for Design Releases (Arena ECOs)
• Own the full life cycle of new products/solutions from proof of concept to integration with other components and teams
• Lead and/or participate in all phases of the product development cycle including:
  • requirements definition and architecture
  • software design and development
  • implementing software
  • software/hardware integration
  • verification and validation, and customer support
• Develop & identify tools / methods for better design reuse & process improvement
• Mentor junior engineers

• Other duties as assigned

• 3+ years of experience working as a Technical Lead, Technical Project Manager, or Program Manager for both hardware/software projects.
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field.
• 5+ years of industry experience
• Experience with System Requirements Documentation, Requirements Allocation, Requirements Traceability, and Test Case development and execution. Experience with product and component-level FMEAs.
• Self-driven personality
• Capable of a big picture, system-oriented approach
• Solid technical leadership skills
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Master of Science or PhD in Computer Vision, Machine/Deep Learning, Computer Science, Computer/Electrical/Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with autonomous/industrial robotic platforms and applications
• Experience with embedded and edge processing platforms (Nvidia Jetson devices, Qualcomm Snapdragon devices, and Texas Instrument Jacinto devices in particular)
• Experience with edge AI…