Technical Project Manager, Software and Firmware
Location: Beaverton, Oregon
Country: United States
Category: Project Management
Workplace Location: Onsite
Employment Type: Contract
Posted Date: May 13, 2026
Job ID: 647414
Job Description
Technical Project Manager, Software and Firmware
Location: Beaverton, OR
Contract length: 12 months
Schedule: Hybrid in Beaverton, OR (WFH Fridays)
Pay: $50-55.64/hr, DOE
The Planet Group is looking for a Technical Project Manager, Software and Firmware to join our well-known retail brand on a 12-month contract! This role is 40 hours per week and will be hybrid in Beaverton, OR, working remotely on Fridays.
Technical Project Manager, Software and Firmware Qualifications:
- Experienced execution leader who thrives in ambiguity and knows how to organize chaos
- Comfortable building process where needed, acting as a strong intermediary across disciplines, and leaning in to solve problems so teams can do their best work
- Senior?level experience managing software and firmware projects in an agile environment
- Strong background as a project manager, Scrum Master, or agile delivery lead for technical teams
- Experience working on hardware?integrated or mechatronics products
- Deep comfort using JIRA to organize work, prioritize issues, and adapt workflows to team needs
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate across technical and non?technical audiences
- Builder mindset: you see gaps, lean in, and create structure to help teams move faster
Highly self?motivated, action?oriented, and comfortable operating in ambiguous environments - Service?oriented leader who naturally enables teams, removes friction, and drives outcomes
- Embedded systems, robotics, wearables, or other firmware?driven products
- Familiarity with firmware development lifecycles and validation workflows
- Experience coordinating across internal teams and external partners
- R&D, incubation, or fast?moving product development environments
Technical Project Manager, Software and Firmware Description:
- Bring clarity, structure, and momentum to fast?moving software and firmware development
- Help teams stay focused, aligned, and moving forward as priorities evolve
- Organize and drive execution for software and firmware development efforts across teams
- Own sprint planning, backlog hygiene, and prioritization in JIRA, with particular focus on bug triage, quality, and delivery readiness
- Establish and evolve execution processes where needed, not just operate existing ones
- Drive clear priorities, action items, owners, and follow?ups to ensure progress and convergence
- Facilitate agile ceremonies and working sessions that produce decisions and forward motion
- Act as a strong intermediary between engineers, product, design, and QA to resolve ambiguity and surface risks early
- Maintain documentation to support alignment, accountability, and execution
- Work at the center of cross?functional software, firmware, QA, product, and design teams building complex, highly integrated mechatronic products
- Partner closely with engineering leadership to bring structure, focus, and momentum to day?to?day execution
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About The Planet Group
The Planet Group is a global professional services firm delivering strategic staffing and advisory solutions. We operate at the intersection of talent and transformation – connecting the right people with the right opportunities in the areas of technology, engineering, accounting & finance, digital marketing, and manufacturing.
As one of the largest staffing companies in the US, we operate with a global reach and a performance-first mindset. We partner with clients to move fast, stay agile, and drive measurable results – building high-impact teams that fuel transformation and growth.
