Project Manager, Sonatus

$141.5-191.5k

+ Stock options

Excel
JIRA
Senior and Expert level
San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in Sunnyvale, CA

Sonatus

Cloud-based solutions for software-defined vehicles

Job no longer available

Sonatus

Cloud-based solutions for software-defined vehicles

101-200 employees

B2BCarsInternet of ThingsElectric VehiclesSaaSCloud Computing

Job no longer available

$141.5-191.5k

+ Stock options

Excel
JIRA
Senior and Expert level
San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in Sunnyvale, CA

101-200 employees

B2BCarsInternet of ThingsElectric VehiclesSaaSCloud Computing

Company mission

Sonatus' mission is to create transformative solutions that unlock the full potential of software-defined vehicles..

Role

Who you are

  • The ideal candidate should be a meticulous organizer, an out-of-the-box thinker, and an excellent communicator with a can-do attitude
  • Bachelor’s degree with minimum of 8-10 years of project management experience leading complex software releases
  • Strong understanding of software development processes
  • Self motivated, persistent, organized, ability to multi-task across several projects
  • Manage projects from initiation to completion, while providing regular updates and communication to cross functional teams and partners
  • Utilize technical background and engineering methodology to prioritize and tackle complex problems
  • Excellent written and verbal communication; and presentation skills
  • Ability to work cross functionally on large, complex programs with a high level of ambiguity and strategically leading programs to success
  • Well versed in Agile Project Management processes
  • Work well with rapid changes and feel comfortable navigating through uncertain and ambiguous situations
  • Prior experience working on one or more areas such as Embedded Software, Cloud Networking, TCP/IP based products or Automotive industry

Desirable

  • Technical background preferred in Networking, Automotive Infrastructure, Electrical, or Mechanical
  • Experience with Microsoft project, JIRA, Excel, or similar tools
  • Demonstrate the out-of-box thinking for creative solutions to highly sticky problems
  • Develop processes to cut through complexity; employ creative methods to navigate across hurdles both technical and organizational
  • Cultivate meaningful collaboration across teams and geographical boundaries
  • Experience in automotive design review and audit process; such as ISO 26262, Automotive SPICE, or ASIL standards will be a plus

What the job involves

  • We are looking for a highly motivated Engineering Project Manager to define, manage, and support Sonatus Engineering projects
  • The ideal candidate will need to coordinate and communicate project status, follow up on action items, and identify solutions to issues across various teams and partners
  • Drive internal engineering teams
  • Develop project plans, monitor schedules, document agreement & meeting minutes, track action items, drive issues to successful closures
  • Coordinate and manage software releases and engineering change requests
  • Lead multiple simultaneous projects and be able to develop mitigation plan when challenges surface
  • Grasp business needs and issues quickly and be comfortable in presenting reports and providing status to different teams

Our take

Software-defined vehicles represent the biggest innovation in automobiles for decades, but there are large obstacles in the way of its growth. The software that defines such vehicles requires over-the-air (OTA) updates and other forms of maintenance if vehicles will be future-proof, and this can quickly become a time-consuming and resource-intensive process.

Sonatus develops cloud-based solutions for software-defined vehicles, providing a platform called Digital Dynamics that empowers automakers to harness vehicle data, add feature updates, diagnose problems, and maintain vehicle infrastructure wirelessly and in real time. The company achieves its flexibility through cloud-empowered data infrastructure, no-code software solutions, and working closely with clients.

Whilst the company faces competition from other IoT vehicle software companies such as Blackberry, Sonatus shows great potential to compete through its all-in-one approach to OTA vehicle software management. This has garnered the company impressive funding, which it will use to support its electric vehicle platform and increase production volume. In 2023, the company further exemplified its growing influence through a break into the Japanese market and an appearance on Forbes' America's Best Startup Employers 2023 list.

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Top investors

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Company

Funding (2 rounds)

Dec 2022

$75m

SERIES A

Jul 2021

$35m

SERIES A

Total funding: $110m

Company benefits

  • Stock option plan
  • Health care plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
  • Retirement plan (401k, IRA)
  • Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
  • Unlimited paid time off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
  • Family leave (Maternity, Paternity)
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Free food & snacks

Company values

  • Respect - for people, truth, and the role technology plays in improving lives
  • Intelligence - that breaks barriers, fuels innovation, and creates the future
  • Collaboration - with those who are committed to making a difference that goes beyond self
  • Excellence - that far exceeds expectations and continuously strives to improve outcomes

Company HQ

Sunnyvale, CA

Leadership

Experience as Senior Director of Engineering for Nuova Systems from 2005 to 2012. Founder of Diamanti from since 2012.

Yu Fang

(CTO)

Head of Mobile Engineering for NAUTO from 2016 to 2018. Experience as CTO of CARDFREE.

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Diversity & Inclusion at Sonatus

  • Sonatus is a tight knit team aligned around a unified vision. We put progress ahead of politics and are not afraid of asking tough questions. Sometimes we get too busy to say it, but you can be confident that you and your contributions will matter every day. We embrace diversity in all regards because respect is ingrained in our every fiber.

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