Technical Project Manager - Quantum Hardware

General Description:

HRL is seeking an experienced technical project manager to join a talented, multidisciplinary team within the Environmental Control System Division. In this role, you will lead a team of technical project managers (TPMs), working closely with program managers, technical leads, and line managers to ensure successful product development supporting our quantum information research.  The candidate will leverage previous experience in low technology readiness product development to help understand how to manage product execution objectives and balancing risks and opportunities at the same time.  This involves someone who knows how to be strategic and know when to implement processes judiciously while not losing agility.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Lead and manage a team of technical project managers, ensuring technical excellence, execution and professional growth.

Essential Duties: 

Lead the TPM team, partnering with Technical Leads to define top priority initiatives, technical and schedule risks, and associated burn-down plans. 

Strategic judgement in the execution of objectives while balancing resources across for the technical teams.

Communicating to upper management key decision points in the overall product execution

Help build relationships with customers/stakeholders through strategic planning and execution excellence.

Provide mentorship and constructive feedback to support employee development. 

Responsible for engineering reviews and risk management, driving clear actionable plans to close gaps.

Recommend, develop, and implement critical engineering and/or business processes and tools to increase the quality of product lifecycle execution

Required Skills:

10+ years of professional experience leading multi-disciplinary teams. 

Experience working in low technology readiness level / R&D environments.

Experience in a relevant industry or technical area such as hardware/product development, electronics, or quantum physics. 

Excellent communication skills; includes oral and written.

Expertise with project management and risk management tools 

Demonstrated success in project planning, resource planning and allocation, management of multi-disciplinary teams in a R&D and/or operations environment.

Ability to build partnerships and drive decision making with cross-functional stakeholders.

Experience with ERP, MRP, Data Management and Configuration Management systems a plus.

Required Education:

Minimum of a Master’s degree in Engineering or Physics.

Experience as a project manager along with people management.

Special Requirements:

U.S. Citizenship is required.  Must have or be willing to apply for and maintain a security clearance. 

Compensation:

The base salary range for this full-time position is $182,720 - $234,168 + bonus + benefits.

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