Project Manager
About The Position
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) is seeking a Project Manager to join its R&D Meter Systems team in Boise, Idaho. The team develops products that support SEL’s metering solutions. The Project Manager works with engineering and product stakeholders to coordinate firmware and software development, maintain actionable backlogs, manage dependencies, and communicate clearly across concurrent initiatives. The role applies Scrum, Agile workflows, and software and firmware development practices to clarify priorities and help engineering teams deliver high-quality products that meet customer and business needs. The position is advertised at the Project Manager II level, though applicants may be considered for another level based on their background. The role follows SEL’s Values, Principles of Operations, and World-Class Manufacturing principles.
Requirements
- Associate’s degree or equivalent experience.
- Typically 2 or more years of related experience in a professional setting.
- Excellent coordination, organization, and prioritization skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office products, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Ability to learn technical concepts.
- Strong writing, documentation, and speaking skills.
- Ability to learn new skills and assume new responsibilities.
- Ability to work cooperatively in a team environment.
- Background check results satisfactory to SEL.
- Negative drug test result(s).
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Jira and Confluence.
- Scrum Master, Agile, or SAFe certification.
- Experience supporting software and/or firmware development teams.
Responsibilities
- Own and maintain Jira backlogs for firmware and software teams, keeping epics, features, stories, tasks, and bugs accurately defined, prioritized, linked, and ready for development.
- Partner with engineering managers, technical leads, and product stakeholders to understand project objectives and identify the firmware and software work required to meet delivery goals.
- Break projects into actionable work items and coordinate with technical leads to ensure work is scoped, estimated, and assigned to upcoming sprints.
- Facilitate backlog grooming, sprint planning, and release planning to maintain a healthy pipeline of prioritized, ready work.
- Monitor progress across concurrent initiatives, tracking milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and technical commitments.
- Identify schedule risks, blocked work, and execution gaps; escalate issues and drive resolution with stakeholders.
- Develop and maintain Jira dashboards, reports, metrics, and planning artifacts that show project status, sprint progress, backlog health, release readiness, and team capacity.
- Improve backlog management, sprint planning, estimation, and cross-functional coordination processes to increase predictability and execution efficiency.
- Prepare and communicate project status updates, dependency summaries, risk assessments, and delivery forecasts to engineering leadership and project stakeholders.
- Follow SEL Values, Principles of Operations, and World-Class Manufacturing principles.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Employer-funded employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) and personal 401(k) options.
- Medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
- 10 paid holidays.
- Annual vacation accrual starting at 12 days.
- 9 paid sick days.
- Paid family and medical leave covering 90% of pay.
- STEM courses, apprenticeships, tuition assistance, and engineering development programs.
- Wellness, fertility, adoption, and flexible spending benefits are also mentioned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
