Who we are:

About the Role:

We are looking for a Technical Program Manager with a strong hardware build background to join our dynamic autonomous trucking startup. In this role, you will coordinate and collaborate with our engineering teams to execute complex hardware projects and manage the program towards manufacturing at scale. Leveraging your significant collaboration skills and experience in a startup environment, you will implement best practices and work with subject matter experts to drive our hardware development from concept to mass production. Additionally, you will manage our external partnerships in trucking, validation, and manufacturing to ensure seamless integration and delivery.

This role requires working onsite five days a week from our Mountain View headquarters.

What You Will Do:

• Work with engineers to prioritize technical roadmaps for key hardware features, track work, and deliver functionality.
• Set priorities and coordinate between internal engineering teams and stakeholders to support development from concept through manufacturing.
• Manage the team’s scope, schedule, and dependencies.
• Coordinate release content and efforts with multiple program managers and engineering leads who own individual components.
• Manage external partnerships in trucking, validation, and manufacturing to ensure successful integration and delivery of hardware components.
• Understand the technical implementation plan and manage priorities. Communicate with engineering leadership to direct the effort and resources in an agile manner.
• Coordinate and execute frequent test events involving various levels of hardware, from prototypes to full hardware-in-the-loop demonstrations at test sites.
• Maintain a strong technical understanding of our autonomous vehicle platforms, hardware lifecycle, safety clearance process, and test operations.

What We’re Looking For:

• BS or MS degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent experience.
• 5 years of industry experience with technical subjects and emerging technologies.
• Experience in the automotive industry with bonus points for Hardware projects on autonomous vehicles.
• Experience in a startup environment, managing hardware projects towards manufacturing at scale.
• Expertise in new product introduction and managing hardware development teams.
• Previous experience as a hardware engineer, systems engineer, or similar role.
• Expertise in project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Confluence, and JIRA.
• Proficiency in common workplace software: Word, spreadsheet, presentation software, etc.
• Uncanny resilience to adapt to fluid targets and approach challenges with a 'solutions-first' and abundance mindset.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, able to handle multiple deadlines, projects, and stakeholders concurrently.
• Strong experience managing external partnerships in trucking, validation, and manufacturing.

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