Staff Engineer, GNSS Project Lead

What You’ll Do

Samsung’s Location Group was established in October 2012 to develop market-leading location technology for mobile applications.  We have a team of about 75 people in the US driving our technology forward for future generation products.  Our main activities include architecture definition, silicon design, software development, and platform integration.  The Location Group is part of Samsung’s Application Processor and Modem Group.  We work closely together to develop highly integrated products, and to find opportunities to optimize our products for market success.

The group is looking for a Project Manager to be responsible for supporting our company's on-going GNSS projects. You will be working closely with your team members to ensure that all project requirements, deadlines, and schedules are on track. Responsibilities include submitting project deliverables, preparing status reports, and establishing effective project communication plans as well as the proper execution of said plans.

You will be tasked with leading a R&D project to support the organization's strategic direction. You will be required to work with local and international groups to successfully release innovative products.

Location: 
Hybrid, working onsite at our San Jose Headquarters 3-5 days per week on with the flexibility to work remotely the remainder of your time 

To be a successful candidate, you will need to have proven experience in project management and the ability to lead project teams of various sizes. A Bachelor's degree is required, and experience in GNSS product development is desirable.  A Project Management Professional (PMP) certification would be a huge advantage.  
You will be tasked with leading a R&D project to support the organization's strategic direction. You will be required to work with local and international groups to successfully release innovative products.

Responsibilities 

• Lead R&D projects to successfully deliver new devices with Samsung location technology which meet or exceed customer expectations.
• Manage new device development projects from inception and feature specification through customer acceptance.
• Coordinating with cross discipline team members to make sure that all parties are on track with project requirements, deadlines, and schedules.
• Meeting with project team members to identify and resolve issues.
• Research and conform current process to match the GNSS market segments 
• Lead internal requirements to provide a successful GNSS solution                                                                                                                                                                                                 
• Provide primary interface with customer regarding requirements, schedule, and technical issues.
• Track program technical issues and risks through to successful resolution.
• Ensure project goals are met in areas including customer satisfaction, performance, quality and schedule.
• Facilitating change requests to ensure that all parties are informed of the impacts on schedule and performance.
• Meeting with stakeholders to make communication easy and transparent regarding project issues and design decisions.
• Producing accurate and timely reporting of program status throughout its life cycle by gathering, analyzing and summarizing relevant information.
• Obtaining customer acceptance of project deliverables.
• Conducting post project evaluation and identifying successful and unsuccessful project elements.
• 25% Travel Required

What You Bring

Minimum Qualifications

•Bachelor's with 10 + years or Master with 8 + years or PhD with 5 + years of experience in Engineering or Related Field 
•Ability to lead project teams of various sizes and see them through to completion.
•Strong understanding of formal project management methodologies.
•Able to complete projects in a timely manner.
•Proven stakeholder management skills.
•Experience using computers for a variety of tasks.
•Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, and Outlook.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Preferred Qualifications

•Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus.
•Demonstrated ability to work as a team player as part of a local and globally distributed team
•A self-driven engineer with good task execution skills to deliver high quality output in timely manner
•Strong mathematical and analytical abilities
•Solid communication and documentation skills
•Familiarity with the continuous integration process and the use of GIT
•Ability to code python and C
•Good understanding of GNSS principles, from signal generation, transmission, reception, measurement construction and final position generation

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