Software Product Owner

Cellula is looking to add a Software Product Owner to its Engineering team for an 8 month contract to support product development and project delivery.

Cellula Robotics Ltd. is a world-leading marine technology company focused on changing the paradigm of subsea survey, science and security through modular, long range, autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) systems. Our company is growing and is transitioning from building mostly one-of-a-kind prototypes to completing the development of our four core products and will be delivering multiples of those products to our customers. Our products are configured for each client to deliver required capabilities to the end-user. We are committed to producing sustainable solutions for the defense, mineral exploration, and energy sectors driven by innovation and industry knowledge. We’re looking for enthusiastic and energetic people to join us in this growth and transition.

At Cellula we believe in collaboration, innovation, adaptability and reliability. These values are woven through all our products and how we do business. Our products are designed to be solutions to the challenges and capability needs of our clients, which often requires developing new capabilities and subsystems unique to a particular application. These systems are designed, built, and tested in-house by a skilled team of engineers, technicians, and support staff. People are at the heart of our business, and we pride ourselves on having a team-based workplace and building partnerships to solve the most difficult challenges in ocean technology. We believe in learning and innovating by doing. We send staff along with our products into the field to learn from our clients which informs our innovation.

The Software Product Owner is the person who oversees the software product development at Cellula, coordinating with the Software Engineering Manager on managing the technical product development of Cellula’s software products. This role requires a person who exhibits strong leadership qualities, good judgement, and can be trusted to manage people, tasks, and coordinate with other project managers and program managers to manage large critical projects with minimal supervision. The person must be well rounded and comfortable being in charge. A Software Product Owner will be required to coordinate software projects and programs, support AUV projects, and support sales and marketing. They are also required to have a strong understanding of the products, programs, technologies, or projects they are responsible for.

The Software Product Owner reports to the Software Engineering manager and is responsible for working with the manager and other stakeholders to develop and execute a product, technology or strategy roadmap. This includes leveraging paid projects, allocated internal funding, and other opportunities to develop a CVP (commercially viable product), technology, or capability, and progress the roadmap. The Software Product Owner must maintain a long-term view of the product line to guide it through its initial prototype and conceptual phase all the way to large scale deployment.

As a company, we offer team members a chance to grow professionally. Our office is a casual, collaborative environment where you will be able to learn about our state-of-the-art systems from technical experts. We’re excited for you to contribute your experience and make a positive impact on how we grow. In addition, we offer flexible work hours, benefits, and competitive compensation. This position is primarily an on-site position with some limited flexibility for remote work.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain software product development roadmap
• Manage software development priorities
• Contribute to software task estimation, resourcing, and progress reporting
• Exercising good judgment
• Understanding Cellula’s products technically and commercially
• Lead end-to-end execution of programs to develop a product, technology, regional or sector capability.
• Oversee schedule, resources, budget, milestone, production planning and tracking
• Responsibility for compliance, assurance and acceptance activities and deliverables
• Work with Quality manager to ensure quality procedure compliance
• Manage tasks and information in the task management software and ERP
• Working with Sales and Marketing
  • Providing technical expertise, content, and support for sales and marketing activities.
  • Providing an interface between sales and engineering
• Working with Engineering and Business Support:
  • Supporting resource planning, hiring and growth modeling
  • Delivering effective management to ensure designs meet product development and project objectives.
  • Working collaboratively to improve processes and overall quality of our products and services.

Required Skills & Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience as a managing teams in software development, robotics, subsea, or similar industry
• Legally eligible to work in Canada and eligible for required security screening
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills and leadership skills
• Proactive and consultative management style
• Strong problem identification and solving skills
• Strong understanding of software development and underwater technology
• Advanced skills working with project reports, schedules and budgets

• Software development experience
• Software configuration management experience
• Technical documentation: specifications, requirements, design documents, test plans/reports, operator manuals etc.
• Ability to manage multiple complex technical projects simultaneously
• Proven ability to create design schedules and lead teams to meet deadlines
• Analytical, thorough, resourceful, and detail oriented
• Team and customer service focused
• Self-motivated, hardworking, flexible

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Experience with electro-mechanical systems integration
• Experience with software development
• Experience with autonomous robotics, underwater or maritime systems
• Experience working in ISO 9001 quality system organization
• Experience developing business cases
• Offshore experience and knowledge
• Acoustic payload knowledge (sonars, survey, hydrographic, sonobuoys)
• PMP or Professional Engineer certification

Please include a cover letter as part of your application.

Reports to: Software Engineering Manager

Position type: Full time

Location: Burnaby, British Columbia