Technical Project Lead

Santa Barbara, CA, US • Posted 13 hours ago • Updated 13 hours ago
Full Time
On-site
USD $140,000.00 - 160,000.00 per year
Fitment

Dice Job Match Score™

👾 Reticulating splines...

Job Details

Skills

  • Accountability
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Firmware
  • Reporting
  • Product Development
  • Design Review
  • Program Management
  • Design Documentation
  • ROOT
  • Corrective And Preventive Action
  • Sensors
  • Manufacturing
  • System Integration
  • Change Control
  • RTOS
  • Debugging
  • Multi-core
  • System On A Chip
  • I2C
  • SPI
  • MIPI
  • ISO 9000
  • Design Controls
  • Fluency
  • PRD
  • Requirements Management
  • DV
  • JIRA
  • Information Retrieval
  • Investor Relations
  • International Relations
  • FP&A
  • Optics
  • Semiconductors
  • Agile
  • Scrum
  • Leadership
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Software Engineering
  • Mechatronics
  • Physics
  • Embedded Systems
  • Computer Hardware
  • ITAR
  • Project Management
  • Performance Management
  • Preventive Maintenance

Summary

Description:
As a Technical Project Lead (TPL) at Seek Thermal, you will own the technical critical path of one or more new-product programs-the chain of design decisions, integrations, and verifications that determines whether the product works and ships. You will be accountable for design outputs, design reviews, and technical trade-offs-working alongside program management while coordinating engineering across electrical, mechanical, software/firmware, optics, and systems to bring LWIR thermal imaging products from concept through production. The Technical Project Lead will report directly to the SVP of Engineering.

This is not a remote Position

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Technical Project Lead will own the technical critical path of new product development (NPD) programs through phase gates (concept through DV, PV, and production release)-know at all times which technical task gates the program, and keep the multidisciplinary team focused on it.

Ensure design outputs and design-review materials are complete and defensible at every gate, and provide the technical readiness signal for gate sign-off.

Make and document technical trade-offs (e.g., image quality, runtime, cost, architecture), with cross-functional approval for scope and design changes.

Identify technical risks early, assess their critical-path impact, and drive mitigation of technical exposure across the program.

Assign engineering tasks, drive technical status at program meetings in step with program management, and own design documentation and approvals per Seek's design-control process.

Drive root-cause and corrective action (8D) when sensor, manufacturing, or integration failures threaten a milestone

Ensure PRD requirements are testable and verification is defined before design gates; pull hardware/software integration risks off the critical path early.

Provide technical deliverables (SOWs, specifications) for supplier engagements and represent engineering with customers, change control boards, and leadership.

SKILLS KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES:

The Technical Project Lead should possess hands-on embedded systems depth (e.g., RTOS debugging, multicore SoC/MPSoC platforms, I2C/SPI, MIPI CSI, hardware/software co-design) with independent technical judgment.

Experience developing products under structured quality and development processes (e.g., functional safety, ASPICE, ISO 9001, or similar) within formal design controls.

Fluency with phase-gate development, PRD/requirements management, DV/PV verification, 8D, RASIC, and planning tools (Jira, SmartSheets).

Proven technical coordinator of distributed cross-functional teams and a clear communicator-holds a technical position, escalates cleanly, and commits once decided.

Preferred: thermal/IR imaging (FPA/ROIC, NUC/A LWIR optics), automotive qualification, semiconductor packaging/yield analysis, Agile/Scrum leadership.

Requirements:
\tBachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Mechatronics, Physics, Optical Engineering, or related field.

\t5+ years of engineering experience, including 2+ years owning the technical critical path of embedded hardware/software programs, with at least one shipped sensing or electro-optical product taken through production.

\tMust be a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual) as required by ITAR/EAR export control regulations.

PM18

Compensation details: 00 Yearly Salary

PIb4c5c22dd405-3
Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
  • Dice Id: jobtfeed
  • Position Id: b4c5c22dd405-30632-41083723
  • Posted 13 hours ago
Create job alert
Set job alertNever miss an opportunity! Create an alert based on the job you applied for.

Similar Jobs

Goleta, California

Today

Full-time

USD 107,089.00 - 144,570.00 per year

El Segundo, California

Today

Full-time

USD 200,500.00 - 314,475.00 per year

El Segundo, California

Today

Full-time

USD 208,500.00 - 284,025.00 per year

Torrance, California

Today

Full-time

USD 190,000.00 - 250,000.00 per year

Search all similar jobs