Technical Engineering Program Manager

You know the moment. It’s the first notes of that song you love, the intro to your favorite movie, or simply the sound of someone you love saying “hello.” It’s in these moments that sound matters most. 

At Bose, we believe sound is the most powerful force on earth. We’ve dedicated ourselves to improving it for nearly 60 years. And we’re passionate down to our bones about making whatever you’re listening to a little more magical. 

The Engineering team at Bose is a thriving, passionate, deeply skilled team of professionals from a broad range of disciplines and experiences, who share a common goal—to create products that provide transformative sound experiences.

Job Description

Job Description

In the late 1970’s, the Bose home audio business was off and running! Our founder, Dr. Amar Bose, sat in an office at MIT, musing with a colleague about a new idea. When crafting speakers for the home, it was impossible to account for the acoustics of the room those speakers sat in, where they were placed, and where they were in relation to the listener. But in the automobile cabin, you could account for all three. So, it would make sense that a sound system specifically crafted for a certain audio cabin could drastically improve the in-car audio experience. And when in 1982, the first Cadillac Seville rolled off the line with the first factory-installed, Bose custom-designed audio system ever, the potential of Dr. Bose’s idea was realized!

Today, we work with automobile manufacturers across the globe to deliver outstanding audio-based experiences and more, applying thoughtfully coordinated meticulously engineered loudspeakers, amplifiers, and signal processing. And even though we’ve done incredible things, we know we’ve only scratched the surface of what’s possible.  The automotive industry is dramatically reinventing itself with a focus on Electric Vehicles, Autonomous Driving and all new electrical and infotainment architectures.  Bose is uniquely positioned to supply audio experiences for the next generation of vehicles.

We are looking for highly self-motivated, curious, resilient, and passionate leader to join our rapidly growing, globally distributed team in the role of Technical Engineering Program Manager (EPM).  The EPM leads cross-functional teams through the entire product development lifecycle delivering premium audio to global carmakers. The role will focus on developing vehicle audio amplifiers. Integrating hardware and software, bringing the product from concept to mass production on time and on budget, driving deliverables and resolving issues throughout the product development process.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive project execution from scope alignment through delivery.
• Work closely with Engineering leadership to establish and clarify product and program objectives to ensure development teams have the guidance and resources necessary to succeed. 
• Ensure schedule-resource alignment by creating comprehensive project schedules with long lead and functional dependencies. Communicate schedules, dependencies, issues, and risks across teams and to all stakeholders. Plan and direct schedules.
• Lead and coordinate design/implementation efforts with internal teams and external partners.
• Manage budgets/spend and coordinate with internal partners. Estimate and manage program and product costs including labor, materials, tools, outsource services, and other direct expenses to budget.
• Establish communication plans interfacing with internal and external stakeholders to gain alignment on scope and decisions. Communicate project status regularly to stakeholders including status reporting to the development team, management and customers. Keep senior executives and business teams updated on project timelines and results.
• Lead and facilitate development team weekly status meetings publishing weekly status reports.
• Build working relationships with the internal and external teams, technical subject matter experts, stakeholders upper management and customers.
• Manage external 3rd party development resources in a leadership role managing relationships, escalations and negotiations with technology, design, manufacturing, and workforce augmentation partners.
• Work collaboratively to discover and reduce complexity, bottlenecks, and ambiguity.  Assess risks and find solutions to efficiently drive achievement of program goals. Creatively develop plans to mitigate issues affecting project deliverables. Escalate issues as needed.
• Partner as a technical liaison between Bose customer facing, customers teams and Engineering teams.
• Manage the system integration of delivered software and hardware working technical leaders to meet product development and validation requirements.
• Coordinate successful project transitions to Manufacturing including early Engineering prototype and production builds.
• Contribute cross-organizational Program Management approaches.
• Hands-on management of Engineering data bases including product release including creating Engineering Change Notices.
• Champion different Project Management lifecycles and methodologies using industry standards and best practices. Project management certifications PMP preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical field (Master’s preferred).
• Minimum of 8+ years of product development experience, with demonstrated experience in project/program management roles.
• Experience working with geographically dispersed cross-functional multi-cultural teams. 5+ years proven ability leading large globally distributed teams through the complete product development lifecycle.
• Experience in managing external 3rd party development resources in a leadership role managing relationships, escalations and negotiations with technology, design, manufacturing, and workforce augmentation partners.
• Automotive product development and customer interaction experience is helpful.
• Exposure and ability to grasp technologies and Engineering/manufacturing processes involved in product development of automotive or other related high-volume products.
• Strong ability to manage and effectively work with ambiguity.
• Software project and Engineering team management experience leading software development of embedded microcontroller software, AutoSAR software, software requirements, software architecture, test, software design quality using internal and offshore 3rd party teams.
• Familiarities with Automotive software quality ASPICE and Cybersecurity regulations such as ISO 21434 and OEM specific requirements
• Project Management tools experience with project scheduling and planning, budget tracking and project life-cycle management. Project lifecycle management requirements management and ERP tool proficiency with SAP, Windchill, JAMA, JIRA, or similar tools.
• System level critical thinking skills with the ability to lead a highly technical team of multi-disciplinary of electrical, mechanical, software, systems, manufacturing, test, and design quality engineers.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills. Ability to communicate and influence effectively at all levels including managing up as well as across the organization.
• Detail oriented.
• Highly self-motivated, curious, resilient, and flexible.

Bose is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics. The EEOC’s “Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal” Poster is available here: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf. Bose is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to [email protected]. Please include "Application Accommodation Request" in the subject of the email.

Our goal is to create an atmosphere where every candidate feels supported and empowered in the interviewing process. Diversity and inclusion are integral to our success, and we believe that providing reasonable accommodation is not only a legal obligation but also a fundamental aspect of our commitment to being an employer of choice. We recognize that individuals may have different needs and requirements based on their abilities, and we provide reasonable accommodations to ensure ideal conditions are met during the application process.