Technical Project Manager

Role: Technical Project Manager
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Duration: 4 Months

JOB DESCRIPTION
As a key member of the team, you will have the responsibilities of a senior technical program manager for driving on-time, high quality releases across a large number of devices. You would be responsible for the complete release management lifecycle, which includes scheduling, coordination, and management of releases on number of deployed devices. The position will require daily collaboration with Development, Field Triage and QA teams at different geographical location. You will assess and implement new tools, plugins, etc. that are necessary to improve the software release engineering process. You will manage risks and resolve issues that affect release scope, schedule and quality.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure stable/release branch builds are in good health daily

• Provide test guidance to QA teams for the release targets and ensure targets are on track

• Collaborate with Field Triage team to review the machine metrics for the key aspects of video, broadband, and voice related functionalities

• Prioritize customer Call In Rate, Truck Roll, and performance related issues in the next release

• Integrate target into release branch prior to official release build

• Conduct post-deployment feature reviews to ensure features are doing well in the field

• maintain warehouse and factory images up-to-date with recent releases

• Communicate release notes and plans to external stakeholders

Requires Skills:
6+ years of experience in Software Engineering in WiFi/networking domain and as Technical Program Manager.
A strong technical background in Software engineering including best practices and understanding of software development lifecycle.
Strong C/C language understanding.
Good knowledge of Wifi/Networking domain and Linux kernels.
Good in Release Management experience in Agile environment.
Excellent organizational, technical, problem solving, and communication skills.
Document processes, identify potential points of failure, and perform root cause analysis.
Knowledge and experience in Build/Release technology such as:
SCM Tools: Git, Gerrit, SVN,
Languages: C , C & Linux
Scripting: Python & Shell script
JiRA plugins & Confluence
Build tools: Jenkins
Reporting Tools: Tableau & Splunk /Elk
Knowledge with Linux and Embedded software
Lead and own activities that would drive Release excellence on all RDK devices
Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills.
Experience with Continuous Integration & Delivery

Good to have:
Knowledge and experience in Broadband software /networking is preferred