SOTA Project Manager

LUXOFT; Royal Leamington Spa; On-site; GBP 65,000 - GBP 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive technology firm in Royal Leamington Spa is seeking a Project Manager to oversee the delivery of OTA-enabled onboard systems for complex manufacturing projects. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in the automotive sector, leading large teams while ensuring targets for scope, schedule, and quality are met. Strong skills in stakeholder management and software delivery processes are essential. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of automotive experience in leading projects with 20+ employees.
• Experience in orchestrating complex, safety-critical software delivery.
• Strong communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Ensure scope, schedule, cost, and quality targets are met.
• Lead projects utilizing current best engineering practices.
• Plan and deliver secure OTA software update programs.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Software-Over-The-Air (SOTA)

Agile methodologies

Cybersecurity knowledge

Embedded systems understanding

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a Project Manager with experience in automotive, aerospace/MoD, or similar complex manufacturing environments to be based in Gaydon, UK for a project that drives end‑to‑end delivery for OTA‑enabled onboard systems across structured vehicle programmes.

Responsibilities

• The Project Manager ensures scope, schedule, cost, and quality targets are met while enabling software-defined vehicle features to be delivered, updated, and validated via secure OTA mechanisms throughout the product lifecycle.
• Experience working within structured programme environments (EMEA/JEA/MLA/SOTA).
• Awareness of milestone gateways.
• Understanding of software release processes (and ideally some hardware exposure).
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• High standard of reporting, escalation, and intervention where needed.
• AGILE experience is a benefit, but awareness is sufficient.
• Knowledge of ISO 26262 processes, ASIL-based design, and ASPICE.
• The project manager of this project is expected to:
• Use current best engineering practices.
• Apply latest available and proven technologies.
• Follow recognized international standards.
• Implement modern safety, cybersecurity, and quality processes.

Must have

• You have 5+ years' automotive experience in leading 20+ employee project teams.
• You have Software-Over-The-Air experience (SOTA) and combine knowledge of embedded systems, DevOps, Cybersecurity and cloud.
• You can orchestrate highly complex, cross-domain, safety-critical software delivery.
• You can plan, coordinate, and deliver secure, reliable OTA software update programs across: vehicle ECUs, backend/cloud platforms, cybersecurity, homologation & compliance, production & aftersales.
• You lead by example, are proactive with a hands on mentality where your actions are needed.
• You are well organized and able to delegate efficiently.
• You own the things that are within your responsibility.
• You are a strong communicator in English and can convey results to your team & to customer.
• You are passionate about agile working methodologies and open for new technologies.

Nice to have

• Hardware experience
• ISO 21434, threat modeling, OTA security