Senior Technical Program Manager - Vehicle Attributes

Team: Vehicle Integration Engineering

Location: Foster City, CA

Commitment: Full-time

Workplace Type: onsite

In this role you will:

 

• Own the end-to-end delivery of critical vehicle attribute milestones, proactively clearing technical bottlenecks to keep programs on track.

• Partner with attribute and test leads to surface local risks (e.g., vehicle downtime, hardware shortages) and architect immediate recovery plans.

• Design and maintain lightweight JIRA workflows, sprint cadences, and reporting rituals that maximize engineering focus and minimize admin debt.

• Act as the primary interface for cross-functional requests, ensuring hardware, software, and validation dependencies are tightly coordinated.

• Translate fast-moving, complex technical data into concise, actionable updates for leadership.

Qualifications

 

• 8+ years of technical program management experience delivering complex automotive, aerospace, or robotics hardware programs.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).

• Deep understanding of vehicle systems, development cycles, and prototype/pre-production testing.

• Expert-level capability structuring JIRA boards, workflows, and dashboards for real-time project health visibility.

• A proven "closer" mindset with a high sense of autonomy, excellent synthesis skills, and a calm demeanor under shifting priorities.

 

 

 

Bonus Qualifications

 

• Advanced degree (MS/PhD) in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Electrical Engineering.

• Direct experience working with autonomous vehicle platforms, ADAS, or complex robotic systems.

• Experience in a fast-paced startup or high-growth "execution-first" environment.

• Familiarity with hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing and prototype vehicle asset management.