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For more information, visit www.vikendetection.com\nWhat You Will Do\nCombine aspects of project/program/product management in a hands-on collaborative champion for a core Viken product line\nProgram management:\nParticipate in strategic planning for a portfolio of related projects aimed at achieving boarder strategic objectives\nProvide resource identification and management of development team to ensure success across activities within the product line\nEnsure development projects, changes, and releases occur in conformance with company guidelines/SOPs.\nProduct management:\nGuide design, development, and production transition of related products within a product line.\nTranslate product requirements into functional specifications.\nOwn and manage risks and maintain risk considerations during all decisions.\nManage timeline and strategic prioritization to fast-track development activities\nMaintain voice of customer throughout the product design process.\nResponsible for curating comprehensive test plans (with input from core design team).\nEnsuring resulting verification and validation processes complete, fully documented, and accurate and meet the product specifications\nLead product tollgate transitions from concept to production and ensures required inputs and outputs are present\nProject management:\nProvide tactical focused management of individual smaller scale projects within a product line\nBalance various aspects of a project (cost, risk, resources, skill, etc) to identify the optimal solutions\nProvide clear tracking and status on various activities to the team and upper management\nWork with manufacturing to provide guidance, training and troubleshooting support during pilot build and beyond.\nManage ongoing improvement efforts and sustaining activities for products within the related product line\nMaintain agile, open, and positive communication across the development and operations teams to serve as the glue of the extended product line teams\nLeverage “standup/huddles” as needed to prioritize drive execution on key tasks\nFoster solution focused collaborative work with a can do attitude\nLead recurring status meetings and maintaining organizational trackers for key deliverables and activities\nRegularly communicate up the chain to higher level management\nDrive ongoing improvements within the product line based on quality metrics/data from production and field\nBe the “Point person” for gathering information, driving issue to root cause, and selecting appropriate actions\nGather needed engineering skillsets and other support to drive solutions to completion\nPrioritize and help drive current improvements to fruition.\nRequirements:\nRequired Skills and Experience\n\nBachelor’s degree in Engineering (EE preferred)\n5+ years as design, systems, or manufacturing engineer\n2+ years in project, product, or program management preferred\nExperience with ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) or adjacent technology preferred.\nIn 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The company’s innovative vehicle scanners, the OSPREY Portal series, and its handheld products, the HBI-120, NIGHTHAWK-HBI, FOXHOUND-HNA and Pb200e are the recognized leaders in their markets. Viken Detection is headquartered just west of Boston in Burlington, Massachusetts. For more information, visit www.vikendetection.com\nWhat You Will Do\nCombine aspects of project/program/product management in a hands-on collaborative champion for a core Viken product line\nProgram management:\nParticipate in strategic planning for a portfolio of related projects aimed at achieving boarder strategic objectives\nProvide resource identification and management of development team to ensure success across activities within the product line\nEnsure development projects, changes, and releases occur in conformance with company guidelines/SOPs.\nProduct management:\nGuide design, development, and production transition of related products within a product line.\nTranslate product requirements into functional specifications.\nOwn and manage risks and maintain risk considerations during all decisions.\nManage timeline and strategic prioritization to fast-track development activities\nMaintain voice of customer throughout the product design process.\nResponsible for curating comprehensive test plans (with input from core design team).\nEnsuring resulting verification and validation processes complete, fully documented, and accurate and meet the product specifications\nLead product tollgate transitions from concept to production and ensures required inputs and outputs are present\nProject management:\nProvide tactical focused management of individual smaller scale projects within a product line\nBalance various aspects of a project (cost, risk, resources, skill, etc) to identify the optimal solutions\nProvide clear tracking and status on various activities to the team and upper management\nWork with manufacturing to provide guidance, training and troubleshooting support during pilot build and beyond.\nManage ongoing improvement efforts and sustaining activities for products within the related product line\nMaintain agile, open, and positive communication across the development and operations teams to serve as the glue of the extended product line teams\nLeverage “standup/huddles” as needed to prioritize drive execution on key tasks\nFoster solution focused collaborative work with a can do attitude\nLead recurring status meetings and maintaining organizational trackers for key deliverables and activities\nRegularly communicate up the chain to higher level management\nDrive ongoing improvements within the product line based on quality metrics/data from production and field\nBe the “Point person” for gathering information, driving issue to root cause, and selecting appropriate actions\nGather needed engineering skillsets and other support to drive solutions to completion\nPrioritize and help drive current improvements to fruition.\nRequirements:\nRequired Skills and Experience\n\nBachelor’s degree in Engineering (EE preferred)\n5+ years as design, systems, or manufacturing engineer\n2+ years in project, product, or program management preferred\nExperience with ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) or adjacent technology preferred.\nIn Addition, We Value\nCustomer Focused – Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers.\nTechnical – Understands engineering and project management principles with experience in the use of project management systems (e.g., MS Project)\nAgent for Change – not satisfied with the status quo, willing to take strong and effective action to effectively manage capital investments and committed to continuous improvement recommend and develop innovative processes\nStrong interpersonal skills\nSelf-starter, results driven, anticipates and implements solutions\nStrong people leadership, including mentoring and coaching skills\nExcellent verbal and written communication skills\nDemonstrated problem solving and analytical skills","datePosted":"2026-04-12T20:54:51.945Z","dateModified":"2026-04-12T20:54:51.945Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Viken Detection","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Burlington","addressRegion":"MA","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"0c2cfe54c92a08492c11ae66"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/0c2cfe54c92a08492c11ae66"}}