This role is located in San Diego, CA or Tucson, AZ. Remote friendly during COVID-19
Email your resume directly at: hardware_project_manager___sensor_cb057d262us@ivy.greenhouse.io
Company Overview
Come join a higher calling and find a deeper purpose!
As a multi-national Artificial Intelligence Technology Company, we are at the epicenter of the Autonomous Vehicle Universe. Our breakthroughs are leading the industry in autonomous trucking.
While inventing the framework of Autonomous Driving, our current fleet of autonomous Trucks are helping communities receive much-needed supplies and medical equipment around the clock. Our people are some of the most talented engineers and contributors who are leaving behind a historic legacy.
TuSimple was founded half a decade ago with the goal of bringing the top minds in the world together to achieve the dream of a driverless truck solution. With a foundation in computer vision, algorithms, mapping, and Artificial Intelligence, TuSimple is working to create the first global commercially viable Autonomous Freight Network.
Opportunity Overview
TuSimple’s Project Manager oversees small projects in support of TuSimple’s Program Management function. In this role the Project Manager will provide leadership to a small cross-functional team, ensuring their focus and clarity on project objectives and success with delivering projects on schedule. The Project Manager is responsible for identifying and mitigating any project risk, escalating as necessary, and regularly communicating progress versus plan to the appropriate parties.
Role Responsibilities
- Develops and maintains project schedule, in conjunction with the project team, to meet milestones and completion dates. Ensures short term plans are in place and communicated as needed.
- Conducts workload planning, tracking and forecasting. Streamlines workflows.
- Ensures project risk register is created and maintained.
- Identifies and manages opportunities and risks to achieve the best possible impact on schedule and available resources.
- Provides leadership to project team members, capitalizing on individual and group strengths to ensure project targets are achieved.
- Effectively collaborates with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to monitor project KPIs, proactively overcome project challenges and mitigate risk.
- Ensures the project is maintained according to approved plans, specifications and that high quality standards are maintained.
- Leads project meetings with stakeholders to monitor and support the project’s ongoing progression. Provides project status reports to senior leadership.
- Identifies areas where processes could be improved. Initiates improvement plan for simpler issues.
- Leads project kick-off and close out activities
- Sets project’s strategic plan based on program or functional team’s strategic objectives.
Experience & Skills Required
- 6 years combined experience with Project Management, Project Coordination, or Project Analysis and relevant engineering experience.
- Familiarity with Sensors and electronic concepts.
- Solid understanding of component evaluation process.
- Proven success with leading several small cross-functional teams, ensuring clear focus and direction, and delivering projects on schedule.
- Experience creating and maintaining project plans including scope, schedules, resources and risks.
- Demonstrated ability to determine actual vs plan, and communicate status.
- Established ability to manage and resolve minor project risks/issues. Able to escalate more complex matters in a timely manner.
- Ability to provide clear and effective direction to Project Analysts as necessary.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively influence basic/routine project needs.
- Established ability to effectively and successfully influence and provide guidance and feedback to cross-functional teams.
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Basic exposure to automotive hardware related to vehicle powertrain (steering, braking, engine), sensors, various electronic modules, wiring harnesses.
- Exposure to autonomous vehicle software, ADAS, vehicle networks (CAN/Ethernet), electronic module firmware, telematics.
- Familiar with common vehicle troubleshooting tools (e.g. Vector tools).
TuSimple Benefits
- 100% employer-paid healthcare premiums for you and your family
- Work visa sponsorship available
- Relocation assistance available
- Breakfast, lunch, and dinner served every day
- Full kitchens on every floor with unlimited snacks, drinks, special treats, fruits, meals, and more
- Stock options / equity
- Gym membership reimbursement
- Monthly team building budget
- Learning/education budget
- Employer-paid life insurance
- Employer-paid long and short disability
TuSimple is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This company does not discriminate in employment and personnel practices on the basis of race, sex, age, handicap, religion, national origin, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Hiring, transferring and promotion practices are performed without regard to the above-listed items.
This role is located in San Diego, CA or Tucson, AZ. Remote friendly during COVID-19
Email your resume directly at: hardware_project_manager___sensor_cb057d262us@ivy.greenhouse.io