This Senior Project Leader will be responsible for managing moderate to high complexity IoT engineering and Embedded Systems projects with minimal direction. Individuals in this position will provide project management and necessary technical direction to assure successful and timely implementation of projects involving Milwaukee Tool tools and devices that connect to the internet. This position will also be involved with our product security team on security initiatives between our hardware, firmware and software engineering security teams. You'll work with a world class team of cross-functional engineers, manufacturing operations, product marketing and other key stakeholders.

Duties and Responsibilities

Embedded Systems & IoT

• Provides leadership over moderate to high complexity IoT and Embedded Systems projects. Provides direction, guidance and engineering expertise to team members. Review work of designers, engineers and other project team members.
• Responsible for the completion of assigned engineering IoT and Embedded Systems projects within budgetary and scheduling guidelines, while also ensuring adherence to standardized security controls and designs.
• Ensure the team is given the time and resources required to succeed by participating with leadership in creating and managing robust project roadmaps and resource plans with converged project scope.
• Communicates, both verbal and written, to assure all groups are working toward the goal of timely project completion. Communicate technical details, ideas, and concepts to engineers and non-engineers in multiple locations.
• Drive design of project to meet market driven design guides and fulfill cost, timing, reliability, and high-volume manufacturing requirements.
• Analyze, evaluate, and select from design execution alternatives to best meet specification objectives and implement designs into mass production.
• Accountable for technical elements of project execution including integration of complicated components and assemblies, material selection, packaging, and safety, regulatory and standards compliance.
• Conduct design and safety reviews as needed to gain necessary approvals for product development phase progressions.
• Comply with all METCo procedures covering new product development and design output in addition to procedures of non-engineering departments related to project flow.
• Consistently visualizes entire scope of a project with very little guidance.
• Schedules, develops agendas, facilitates and documents project meetings.
• Tracks project schedule to ensure adherence to timelines.
• Regularly makes presentations of project status.
• May occasionally recommend changes to existing standards and procedures.
• Maintains an awareness of competitive offerings and the general business climate in the power tool industry.
• Identify project risks and implement risk reduction plans.
• Responsible for working with security engineers on execution of product security and compliance projects that include end-to-end protections.

Manufacturing

• Interacts extensively with manufacturing plants and outside suppliers to achieve project goals.
• Makes component material or process recommendations.
• Helps standardize and support manufacturing operations in regard to IoT products and Embedded Systems (including setup, programming/provisioning, data collection and auditing procedures).

Testing

• Implements new experiments and test systems.
• Exhibits vision and foresight to guide team members through well thought out, logical test regimes.

Education and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, or related degree.
• Formal project management training preferred.
• Minimum 5 years' Project Management experience in related field.
• Minimum 2 years' experience in IoT and Embedded Systems related work preferred.
• Proven experience successfully managing moderate to high complexity projects and/or subsystems of larger projects.
• Electrical Project Experience.
• Understanding of agile frameworks and methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, etc.) as it pertains to project delivery is a plus.
• Software Development Experience is a plus.
• Must possess a high level of Mechanical and Electrical aptitude.
• Must have a working design knowledge of a wide variety of the technologies associated with Milwaukee products.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office software including Microsoft Project.

We provide these great perks and benefits:

• Robust health, dental and vision insurance plans.
• Generous 401 (K) savings plan.
• Education assistance.
• On-site wellness, fitness center, food, and coffee service.
• And many more, check out our benefits site HERE.