Area Product Owner - HW Integration

Baseband development unit is looking for motivated professionals for the position of Area Product Owner who plays a role of hardware integration & verification project manager. We are divided into self-organizing teams (squads), working in agile environment. We are responsible for our Base Station (BTS) products’ integration for various access technologies and transport protocols throughout the whole product life cycle, which is performed in the automated Continuous Integration environment. Area Product Owner takes care for HW prototypes and complementary planning and ordering, coordinates hardware Integration & Verification (I&V) activities across different I&V teams engaged in HW program execution, monitors test execution progress, manages risks and potential problems solving, places reports to HW program management. In your role, you will work in close co-operation to local project people, as well as remote stakeholders.

• backlog management for hardware integration and verification teams, in close cooperation with local product owners
• requirements clarification and Definition of Done
• planning of hardware integration and verification activities
• budgeting project required prototypes and auxiliary equipment demand
• assuring capacity allocation in close cooperation with squad (team) leaders
• committing your deliverables’ content towards the program owners
• supervising the progress of current tasks and taking actions when needed; ensuring timely realization of program’s content and high level of product quality
• deliverables in the scope of the tribe (unit)
• building team’s Way of Working
• providing directions and support for team members in the areas of processes and operations
• contributing to evolution of internal processes; constantly increasing efficiency of integration and verification
• proposing and leading internal improvement projects and initiatives; performing business analysis, managing tradeoffs, risks, problems etc. and making decisions within the limits of authority

Our expectations:

• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Telecommunications, Computer Science or Software Technology or equivalent education
• good understanding of agile development methodology
• proven experience in HW/SW integration & verification
• experience in estimation and task planning
• understanding of Kanban and Continuous Integration
• knowledge of quality tools and techniques
• understating of project management aspects
• leadership and problem solving skills
• ability to influence without authority
• excellent communication skills
• attention to details
• experience in team leading will be a bonus
• fluent English, both spoken and written