10.11.2011

User Interface Technology Program Manager

Multiple Locations, U.S.

Location:  Durham, NC; Mt. View, CA; Bellevue, WA

About HTC:
HTC is one of the fastest growing companies in the mobile phone industry and a recognized pioneer in smartphones. Today, HTC continues to build on an already impressive list of innovations and industry firsts

As the world leader in Windows Phone and Android based handsets and the #2 smartphone maker in the US, HTC is building its market share by creating a widely recognized brand name and bringing a broad portfolio of products to market that are designed to meet the diverse needs of people.

The HTC EVO 3D, HTC Sensation 4G, HTC Thunderbolt, and HTC Inspire 4G, just to name a few, have been received with widespread acclaim and only hint at what the future holds for HTC.

Corporate Strategy Office – HTC America Innovation, Inc.:
HTC Innovation is a forward thinking group dedicated to creating next generation experiences for all HTC devices.  The CSO is a global organization with sites in Taiwan, US and Europe and has responsibility for Architecture, Expert Working Groups, Advanced Concepts, Magic Labs, Industry & University Collaboration, Vertical Segments, Accessories and Automotive. Unlike most research or forward facing teams, Innovation is dedicated to shipping technologies and seeing them work out in the real world.  We currently seek bright, vibrant technologists and designers to join experienced teams of dedicated professionals within our exciting company.

Opportunity:
HTC is looking for a User Interface Technology Program Manager in the Industry & University Collaboration Team of the Corporate Strategy Office (CSO).  The User Interface Technology Program Manager will coordinate and manage several concurrent technology projects that are collaborations between HTC industry partners and university partners.  The applicant will work with small teams of cross-functional technical experts in technology areas that include Communications & Networking, Web Services, Content & Delivery, Application Software, High Performance Platforms, Physical Technologies, and User Interface. The qualified candidate will have strong leadership, organization, and communications\presentation skills in addition to demonstrated knowledge of engineering\technology and prototype development processes.

Job responsibilities:
The User Interface Technology Program Manager will coordinate and manage software-oriented collaboration projects targeted to specific technology areas of interest.  The candidate will work with members of a cross-functional team that includes both HTC internal experts and external industry and university experts to drive specific innovations in high-value areas.  The candidate should be self-driven, organized, creative, and be able to work in a high uncertainty environment under minimal supervision with tight and shifting deadlines.

The successful candidate will have:

• Various input method experience for mobile devices
• Electro-mechanical component hardware & software interfaces
• Human Systems Integration (HSI) experience
• Experience in developing innovative interaction methods between user & device
• Conduct research in developing software solutions for integration of user experience into mobile devices
• Graph based methods in machine learning
• Understanding of shallow natural language processing
• Experience with user interface using software like Flash or equivalent
• Strong project management skills – with emphasis on new technology development.  Focus will be on high risk\high return approaches – versus safe low risk solutions.
• Experience with resource planning and tracking tools.
• Strong ability to plan for, coordinate, and lead a team of technical staff that is both internal to HTC and external to HTC.
• Experience with working with sponsored university projects with particularly strong skills with scoping, regular oversight, and extraction of key intellectual property that results.
• Software Systems Engineering experience with demonstrable skills in mobile phone software development including device drivers, operating system kernel, operating system framework, and application development.
• Knowledge of prototype\product development processes.
• Capability to act as an interface between high-level management, product planners, industrial designers, and technical experts.
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task – project managing multiple simultaneous small projects.
• Experience leading the designing, modeling, and building of complex product systems with multiple interoperability constraints.
• Flexibility for travel (domestic and international) to customer, vendor, and other HTC facilities for technical support, oversight, and negotiation.
• BS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering as well as a minimum of 2 years project management experience in software development.

To apply please submit your resume referencing the desired position title to Careers_RTP@htc.com