Engineering Project Coordinator III - Ursus, Inc.

JOB TITLE: Engineering Project Coordinator III
LOCATION: Burlingame or Sunnyvale, CA (onsite)
DURATION: 12 month contract 
PAY RANGE: $60 - $70/hr 

TOP 3 SKILLS:

• Ideal candidate would have previous background in Device Management at tech company (can be other industries if relevant expereiences apply) 
• Minimum background is EPS or equivalent, but ideal is TPM/PM background in HW Development (1st priority) and AI/ML/CV SW Development (secondary)
• Minimum experience in industry is 5 years but prefer 7+ years

COMPANY:
Our client is a Fortune 500 multi-national technology company headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Job Responsibilities:

• Program-level strategic planning, interaction with executive level management, complex issue resolution, excellent communications and team building skills.
• Manage a group or groups of internal exempt and matrixed employees and contractors that serve on the project(s) to tactically execute on the program goals.
• Oversight of project and device management which includes: requirements gathering and documentation, time estimating, project schedule development and tracking, project budget management, project status reporting, issue and risk management, contingency planning, and communications across multiple organizational levels.

Specifically, this role will:

• Define, document, implement and own device allocation process, tracker documents and systems across AR and VR devices for XR Tech
• Coordinate across XRT work-streams on aggregating device needs and delivery (across different locations and sites)
• Collaborate and coordinate with xfunc HW partners (EPS) on build specifications and final allocation for XRT
• Device management: distribution (allocation lock) and in-take (returns) and administrative controls to unlock devices as needed

Skills:

• Project estimating, project scheduling & tracking, customer interaction and management
• Proven stakeholder management and team building skills
• Demonstrated ability to be flexible/ adaptable in exercising judgment in a changing environment and to manage competing priorities
• Proven ability to learn business processes quickly and to work well with business partners at different levels within the organization
• Proven ability to assess risk and apply management principles to technology applications/products and business functions
• Experience with both hardware and software development lifecycles
• Excellent communication and coordination
• Proven bias for action and sense of urgency

Education/Experience:

• Preferred Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required. Open to non-degree persons pursuant of equivalent experience.

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