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Senior Staff Technical Program Manager - Body, Closures & Chassis

Foster City, CA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-09 → 2026-09-26

Core

Program Lead for vehicle Body, Closures, and Chassis systems, guiding development from concept through production.

Role type

Senior Staff Technical Program Manager (Automotive)

Builds

Vehicle body structures, closures (doors, glazing), and chassis components (suspension, subframes, by-wire systems)

Domain

Automotive manufacturing, mechanical engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Program leadership, BOM integrity management, supply chain coordination, root-cause analysis, design review facilitation, NPI management, cross-functional project management

Preferred skills

Hardware/firmware product development, vehicle CAN/Firmware familiarity

Technologies

CATIA V5/V6, PLM/BOM management, FMEA/FTA, JIRA, Confluence, Polarion, Gantt charts, ERP, ALM

Responsibilities

Serve as program and technical lead for vehicle program across Body, Closures, and Chassis domains; Oversee BOM integrity and drive quality/cost engineering initiatives; Develop program schedules and drive complex open issues to closure; Identify and communicate program progress and technical risks; Lead root-cause analysis of critical build and design issues; Influence system designs to optimize performance, cost, and manufacturability

Seniority

Senior Staff, hands-on IC

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