Project Manager (All Levels)
About The Position
Motivo is hiring Project Managers at all levels to support and/or lead client-facing hardware development projects from initiation through completion. The role partners closely with mechanical, electrical, software, and industrial design teams to translate client needs into technical objectives, schedules, and deliverables. Project Managers manage plans, timelines, budgets, and resources in a dynamic environment, while communicating status, risks, and next steps to internal teams and clients. The position also involves owning client relationships, driving client satisfaction, and creating opportunities for growth. Project Managers help resolve technical, schedule, and interpersonal conflicts, balance scope, cost, schedule, and performance tradeoffs, and build long-term client relationships that can lead to projects across product lines and product lifecycles. The work calls for adaptability as client needs and requirements evolve. Salary ranges vary by level: Associate Project Manager, $70,000–$100,000; Technical Project Manager / Product Manager, $100,000–$115,000; Senior Technical Project Manager / Product Manager, $115,000–$130,000. Salary depends on experience, knowledge, and interview performance.
Requirements
- Understanding of hardware product development and system integration across mechanical, electrical, software, and industrial design domains.
- Ability to apply agile methodologies to hardware and software development.
- Strong communication skills to convey technical concepts clearly to engineers and clients.
- Experience managing technical risk and cost, schedule, and performance tradeoffs.
- Comfort working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with evolving scope.
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects.
- Experience working with tightly integrated multidisciplinary teams, professionally or academically.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with embedded hardware and controls development (strong plus).
- Experience on multidisciplinary academic teams such as Formula SAE or Solar Car.
Responsibilities
- Support and/or lead client-facing hardware development projects from initiation to completion.
- Lead statement of work development, cost and schedule estimation, and contract strategy.
- Partner with mechanical, electrical, software, and industrial design teams.
- Translate client needs into clear technical objectives, schedules, and deliverables.
- Manage project plans, timelines, budgets, and resources.
- Communicate project status, risks, and next steps to internal teams and clients.
- Own client relationships, drive client satisfaction, and create win-win opportunities for growth.
- Help resolve technical, schedule, and interpersonal conflicts with a calm, solutions-oriented approach.
- Balance scope, cost, schedule, and performance tradeoffs.
- Develop long-lasting client relationships that support diverse projects across product lines and product lifecycles.
- Adapt to evolving client needs and ambiguous requirements.
Benefits
- High-quality insurance.
- 401(k) match.
- Generous vacation time.
- Monday–Thursday 4/10 workweek.
- Profit-sharing bonuses tied to overall company performance.
- Transparency about company financials and the possibility of sharing in financial upside.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
