Who We Are
Hellbender Inc. is a Pennsylvania Benefit Corporation who partners with innovators to mature their Artificial Intelligence enabled computing sensors and produce their solutions onshore at prototype to high volumes.
Hellbender is intentionally forming an inclusive work environment and is committed to uplifting the historically marginalized identities including veterans, women, trans and underrepresented races in our community and industry.
Must be a U.S. Person
Job Summary
As a Technical Project Manager at Hellbender, you will be responsible for planning and executing multiple concurrent projects and for providing the technical guidance needed to transition projects from conception, through design, and into production. You will be the main customer facing contact and directly responsible for the budget, performance, and schedule of assigned projects.
This role requires technical expertise, attention to detail, as well as the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in electromechanical systems and experience leading technical teams through complex engineering projects. United States veteran and diverse candidates are encouraged to apply at any experience level.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Establish trust and build effective relationships with customers, executives, engineering and production teams, and a variety of cross-functional stakeholders
- Manage and ensure successful, on-time, on-budget delivery of engineering solutions for multiple concurrent projects
- Organize project teams by assigning responsibilities, developing schedules, and determining resource requirements
- Identify risks to the contracted scope and develop mitigation plans
- Interface with all departments including design, procurement, manufacturing, assembly, and testing to ensure project alignment
- Support business development and new work proposals, and generate additional scopes of work for current projects as required
Qualifications, Skills, and Attributes
- A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Materials Science, Robotics, or equivalent education
- Experience leading technology-based products through the various developmental phases including requirements definition, design, testing, field trials, and production
- Experience balancing resources across multiple projects, as well as tracking scope, schedule, and budget
- Strong experience with Microsoft Office Suite, software configuration tools, and project management systems
- Experience leading cross-functional teams of varying skills and experience
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Experience working with software, firmware, mechanical, and/or electrical engineering teams as a developer preferred
- 2–5+ years Product Management experience
- Previous experience in a start-up environment, working on complex software and hardware projects with multiple stakeholders is highly preferred
- Prior experience transitioning projects into production is highly preferred
Benefits
- Automatic 5% employer contribution to 401k by Hellbender
- Base level health, dental and vision insurance, 100% by Hellbender for employees and their families
- Ten holidays, plus company-wide week shutdowns at the Independence Day week and Christmas/New Year’s week
- Accrue 15 hours of PTO per month
- Hellbender Inc. stock through our Equity Incentive Plan
Work Location
Pittsburgh, PA with some travel between two local locations
Opportunity for Advancement
Hellbender is a growing business and follows a policy that prioritizes internal promotions. As new positions are created new opportunities for advancement will be created as well.
Skills Required
- Must be a U.S. Person
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Materials Science, Robotics, or equivalent education
- Experience leading technology-based products through requirements definition, design, testing, field trials, and production
- Experience balancing resources across multiple projects and tracking scope, schedule, and budget
- Strong experience with Microsoft Office Suite, software configuration tools, and project management systems
- Experience leading cross-functional teams with varying skills and experience
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Experience with software, firmware, mechanical, and/or electrical engineering teams as a developer
- Two to five or more years of Product Management experience
- Previous startup experience involving complex software and hardware projects with multiple stakeholders
- Prior experience transitioning projects into production
What We Do
Bringing computer vision and AI/ML products to the edge. From R&D to Product Our team has experience conducting research starting at Technology Readiness Level 3 up through production and fielding. Where most small firms stop at the acquisitions "Valley of Death," we can help you go from experiment to product. Sensors and Robotic Systems With a strong background in sensors, field robotics, and embedded machine learning, we can help you leverage the best practical technology available to solve your problems. Domestic Manufacturing We do prototype and low-rate manufacturing right here in-house. Modern manufacturing equipment enables us to re-shore domestic manufacturing. Our current investments include an SMT pick and place line, robotic work cells, camera focus, sensor calibration, and light machining. We're building our process to be FAR compliant and meet AS9100D for quality. We'd be excited to be a trusted supplier for you. Partnerships We think that our transparent, frank, and honest approach to doing business makes us a trustworthy partner that will be a steward of your interests. Have a team capability or skill gap that needs to be filled? Have a sensor or robotics R&D project to transition to product? We are a flexible partner that would love to speak with you about your needs.
