Mindr and our family of brands have helped millions of individuals to live and drive responsibly. Intoxalock, a subsidiary of Mindr, is the country’s largest ignition interlock provider (IIDs) in the United States and the only company working to assist individuals in successfully navigating the often-daunting DUI process. For more than 30 years, Intoxalock has helped millions of people get back on the road safely after a DUI, prevent impaired driving, and save lives.
We are proud to have pioneered alcohol-specific fuel cell technology that sets the industry standard. We provide products and services to consumers and program monitoring authorities to effectively deter impaired driving and support individuals as they navigate the license restoration process. We assist customers who are required to install an IID to regain their driving privileges after a DUI incident. We are headquartered in Iowa, operate in 48 US states, and have over 5,000 installation locations across the country, allowing us a strategic advantage in the marketplace, where our customers can find a convenient location within minutes from where they live or work.
We hire people who we expect will produce exceptional results, inspire positive change within the company and deliver amazing service to our clients, which includes consumers, attorneys, state associations and more. We are a workplace you can be proud of. We’ve been named a Top Workplace several years running and again in 2024 for national employers. Our products stopped an average of 26,000 intoxicated start-ups each month and 29 million in the last decade.
We are hiring a Senior Engineering (Firmware/Hardware based) Project Manager-Hybrid in Chandler, AZ or Urbandale, IA. (Software/IT only project managers will not be considered.)
This position will work with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and implement sensors and IoT technology product solutions for strategic and complex projects that require long-range planning, typically exceeding $5M in resources. The senior project manager will manage scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk across the electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, firmware, software, and IT backend systems teams to produce exceptional results to our business.
Duties & Responsibilities:
1. Establish and manage project goals and deliverables, stakeholders, and teams.
2. Lead teams to break complicated projects into logical and interconnected/interdependent technology, engineering, manufacturing, & operations work streams and milestones, with clear traceability to business value.
3.Provide exceptional written and verbal communication to stakeholders. Translate technical R&D plans into business terms with business stakeholders across levels and functions. Provide consistent and transparent status updates, delivering good and bad news early.
4. Work with the product manager/owner to ensure they have established adequate product features, specifications, and success criteria, to enable sufficient technical requirements. Identify and advocate gaps in product definition that impact project goals.
5. Collaborate with the product manager to establish milestones, cost targets, and project schedules at the appropriate level of risk. This includes stakeholder alignment to agile and waterfall project management methodologies used to execute delivery throughout the project. Manage program dependencies to meet set budget and costs as directed by the business leader.
6. Proactively work with management to identify changes in business requirements for the project.
7. Ensure new product development best practices are included in the project plan to meet the quality goals of the product and processes. (FMEA, design reviews, manufacturing NPI activities, code reviews, defect tracking, decision log, risk register). Ensure documentation is complete and a successful transition of ending projects to sustaining engineering occurs. Travel to support prototype and manufacturing builds and facilitate product demos and field trials as needed.
8. Champion and rigorously manage project and product risk using formal risk management techniques to identify, rate, and mitigate risks at all phases of projects. Lead team to identify obstacles and issues early to ensure ongoing collaboration.
10. All other duties as assigned.
Job Requirements:
1. 10+ years of R&D product development experience.
2. Seasoned in project/program management methodologies: PMP certification, Knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, Scrum, etc.
3. Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in mechanical, electrical, manufacturing, systems engineering, or related technical fields. Candidates that ALSO have software, mobile application, and backend IT experience are highly preferred. (Software/IT only project managers will not be considered.)
4. Experience with IoT devices and/or sensor technology.
4. Experience leading 25+ stakeholders across 5 or more functions to drive towards deliverables in a fast-paced environment
5. Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Project is required.
6. Must have excellent communication skills, an ability to identify bottlenecks and roadblacks, and comfort in elevating, addressing, and aligning large groups of stakeholders to achieve results
7. Able to influence and persuade all levels of leadership with the ability to drive key business decisions.
8. Must have explicit experience managing risk register and coaching others on risk management.
Why work for us?
Check out this list of a few of the many good reasons why we are a Top Workplace:
- Salary range is $140,000-$160,000 depending on experience + potential 10% annual bonus incentive + 401(k) + benefits.
- We are the nation’s largest interlock provider, and our Mission is to help people live and drive responsibly.
- CST won the 2023 Top Workplace Award locally and nationally–and 2024 Best Place for Working Parents Award
- Growth Oriented- 7 years of over 10%+ growth annually. Doubled in employee size over the past 2-3 years.
- Full-time/40 hours guaranteed weekly.
- A comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, including:
- Health Insurance, Dental Insurance and Vision Insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Time Off
- Ongoing Professional Training online via Litmos
- And more
Equal Opportunity Employer
It is and will continue to be the policy of CST, LLC to practice a program of equal employment opportunity designed to assure that employment and advancement opportunities are made available to all employees and applicants based on individual qualifications and without unlawful regard to race, religion, color, veteran status, national origin, disability, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, sex or genetic information.
Required
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Experience with IoT devices and/or sensor technology
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Seasoned in project/program management methodologies: PMP certification, Knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, Scrum, etc
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10 year(s): R&D product development experience
Preferred
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Bachelors or better in Mechanical Engineering or related field
