Technical Project Manager (Embedded)
Engineering Bangalore/Hyderabad8–10 yrs experience
Job Title / Summary: Technical Project Manager (Embedded Systems/Edge AI)
Experience: 8+ Years
Job Location: Bangalore/Hyderabad
Role & Responsibilities / What you’ll do:
We are looking for a Technical Project Manager – Embedded Systems with at least 8 years of experience in embedded software engineering and/or project management.
The ideal candidate will have a strong technical foundation in any one or more of these technical domains: low-level BSP development, Embedded Linux, RTOS, device drivers, hardware/software integration and/or AI model/library optimization on DSP/NPU/GPUs combined with the ability to drive projects across multiple engineering teams.
Technical Project Management
Own end-to-end execution of embedded software projects from requirements through delivery.
Define project scope, milestones, schedules, deliverables, and resource requirements.
Track project progress against schedule, quality, scope, and technical objectives.
Identify technical risks, dependencies, and project bottlenecks and drive mitigation plans.
Conduct regular project reviews and provide status reports to internal and external stakeholders.
Coordinate multiple engineering teams across BSP, drivers, middleware, application software, testing, and hardware.
Manage priorities and resolve cross-functional dependencies. Customer & Stakeholder Management
Act as a technical point of contact for customers and internal stakeholders.
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Understand customer requirements and translate them into actionable engineering tasks.
Participate in technical discussions, design reviews, project kick-offs, and customer meetings.
Communicate project status, risks, issues, and mitigation plans clearly.
Manage expectations around scope, schedule, technical constraints, and deliverables.
Engineering Process
Drive Agile/Scrum practices within the engineering team.
Conduct sprint planning, tracking, reviews, and retrospectives.
Ensure proper estimation and task breakdown for engineering activities.
Track defects, technical debt, and quality metrics.
Establish and monitor development, integration, validation, and release milestones.
Promote engineering best practices, documentation, code reviews, and automated testing.
Required skills / Whom we are looking for:
6+ years of experience in technical/project coordination or project management within embedded engineering is preferred.
Experience managing engineering schedules, milestones, dependencies, and risks.
Ability to communicate effectively with both engineering teams and customers.
Strong estimation and planning skills.
Experience working with Jira, Confluence, Git, or similar engineering/project management tools.
Ability to manage multiple projects or workstreams simultaneously.
Strong ownership and accountability.
Ability to identify technical risks early.
Good leadership and stakeholder-management skills.
Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
Good understanding of embedded system architecture and hardware/software interfaces.
Exposure to Edge AI, robotics, automotive, industrial, IoT, or consumer embedded systems is an advantage
Nice-to-haves
Experience with BSP development and board bring-up.
Understanding of boot flow, bootloaders, Device Tree, kernel configuration, and peripheral initialization.
AI/ML model development/optimization for Edge applications on DSP/NPU/GPU
Experience with CI/CD for embedded software.
Familiarity with Git, GitLab/GitHub, Jenkins, Docker, and automated testing.
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