Technical Program Manager II (VR Software)
Menlo Park, CA 94016 (Open to anywhere in the US – REMOTE)
5 Months
 
Top 3 must-have HARD skills:

• Very strong communicator and well organized.
• Familiar with corporate or high-scale consumer device software development process.
• Program Management experience.

Good to have skills:   

• Experience having worked with android or existing VR technologies areas.
• Experience with censor and computer vision.
• Experience with interface with sensor (cameras, or any other hardware component from a software perspective).
• Experience in device software companies.

Summary:

• Team is bringing together cutting-edge research and engineering to deliver products and experiences for the future of immersive computing and connecting humans with entertainment, information, and each other.
• Team is building software for all realities - Augmented or Virtual for billions of users across the globe.
• Our team is expanding and we’re looking for experienced Technical Program Managers (TPM) who will play a key role in defining and driving highly complex, cross-functional features.
• We are looking for TPMs with a proven track record of developing and shipping high quality products and experiences.
• This role will have the opportunity to work together with world-class development teams and leaders across the organization to deliver trustworthy experiences into client’s products (such as Oculus, Portal, Ray ban Wayfarer, etc.).
• Our teams span technologies across user interfaces, spatial computing, input computing, operating systems, firmware development, and manufacturing and testing of consumer electronics (Software and hardware) to create experiences that engage billions of people.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supporting the maintenance and new features request for current in-market VR devices as well as protype hardware.
• The CW will work across different products and a variety of partners.
  • Drive platforms bring-up and program decisions by leveraging experience with embedded system concepts, hardware and software interfaces, and performance driven design involving Board Support Packages, Android Open-Source Project (AOSP), and/or Real Time Operating Systems
  • Develop and manage cross-functional programs, facilitating relationships across multiple teams to identify risks, manage dependencies and optimize resources.
  • Drive visibility, accountability, and execution across their areas of software development for the organization. Understand technology requirements, roadmap, dependencies, evolution, and develop a plan for mitigating risks and delivering features that meet the requirements across multiple products.
  • Establish expertise in the technology area, becoming the go-to escalation point for execution, leader for driving visibility across the program, and orchestrator for managing the integration across your program area.
  • Resolve conflicts, maintain clarity on priorities and drive progress on execution.
  • Drive technical excellence within the team, coordinating and contributing to engineering deliverables including architectural diagrams, specifications, launch criteria, and test plans.
  • Provide hands-on program management during analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and post implementation phases.
  • Work cross-functionally to develop best practices and development processes in a quickly changing and dynamic environment, drive impact through deployment of key initiatives and garner adoption of those processes.

Minimum qualifications

• 3-5 years of Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Technical Program Management, or Hardware Engineering experience.
• Communicator who can translate high-level goals into tangible action plans, and vice-versa & expertise communicating with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience leading technology investments across multiple products or product families from innovation to delivery.
• Demonstrated experience leading execution across highly ambiguous, complex products and programs, with experience making technical and product tradeoffs while balancing business needs and technical constraints.
• Knowledge of user needs, gathering requirements, and defining scope.
• Experience operating autonomously across multiple teams, demonstrated critical thinking, and thought leadership.
• Experience in leading complex execution across multiple teams in different time zones, anticipating roadblocks and creating a path forward.
• Analytical and problem-solving experience with large-scale systems.
• B.S. in Engineering, Computer Science or computer engineer, software engineer.
• Work with the industry leader in VR devices.
• Have an impact across different products (software and hardware).

Purpose/Size of this team & where does this position fit within the team? 

• TPM team of 30+ that work in these areas that the selected candidate may collaborate with.
• The team directly working with the CWAM is around 8 people, focused on specific products and technologies. 

 

 


At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $65.00/hr.