Technical Program Manager

• Lead end-to-end program management for complex, multi-team engineering initiatives across the autonomous vehicle platform.

• Define program scope, milestones, and success criteria in collaboration with engineering and product stakeholders.

• Build and maintain detailed program schedules, identifying critical paths, dependencies, and resource constraints.

• Facilitate cross-functional planning and alignment across hardware, software, robotics, and manufacturing teams.

• Proactively identify, track, and mitigate program risks and blockers; escalate issues with clarity and urgency.

• Drive structured communication rhythms including program reviews, status updates, and stakeholder reporting.

• Organize system-level design reviews and ensure interface agreements between subsystem teams are well-defined and documented.

• Manage trade-off decisions by working with technical leads to evaluate schedule, cost, and scope impacts.

• Coordinate test and validation planning to ensure vehicle-level programs meet quality and safety requirements.

• Develop and maintain program documentation including plans, decision logs, and retrospectives.

• Drive continuous improvement in engineering processes, tooling, and program execution practices.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field.

• 5+ years of experience in technical program management, engineering program management, or a related role.

• Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional programs involving hardware, software, and systems integration.

• Strong understanding of systems engineering concepts including requirements management, interface control, and V&V processes.

• Experience with program scheduling tools (e.g., Jira, Asana, MS Project, Smartsheet, or similar).

• Excellent communication and facilitation skills; ability to drive alignment across diverse technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to decompose ambiguous problems into actionable plans.

• Eligible to work in the United States.

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline.

• Experience in the autonomous vehicle, robotics, or advanced manufacturing industry.

• Familiarity with vehicle systems development including mechanical, electrical, and embedded software domains.

• Experience managing programs with both hardware prototype and software release cycles.

• Background in Agile, Scrum, or other iterative development methodologies.

• Experience with functional safety standards or safety-critical system development processes.

• Familiarity with hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing or vehicle-level validation programs.

• PMP, PgMP, or equivalent program management certification.

• Experience working in a fast-paced startup or early-stage product development environment.

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