Technical Operations Manager
Core
Lead testing and demonstration programs for autonomous vehicle operations, acting as a bridge between R&D, product, engineering, and field operations to enable commercial AV delivery.
Role type
Senior Technical Operations Manager (Autonomous Systems)
Builds
Roadshow campaigns, customer-specific validation programs, and on-road testing initiatives for automated driving systems.
Domain
Autonomous Vehicles / Embodied AI / Advanced Mobility
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery
Required skills
Technical program management, operational readiness frameworks, cross-functional stakeholder alignment, test planning, process improvement, data analysis, project management tools, international coordination
Preferred skills
Autonomous vehicle operations, automotive testing protocols, global distributed team scaling, Lean/Six Sigma, vehicle commissioning
Technologies
Confluence, Asana, Jira
Responsibilities
Convert high-level program plans into actionable on-road testing schedules; coordinate internal and external testing execution while maintaining safety protocols; facilitate feedback loops between model developers and operations; maintain fleet availability and experiment design consistency; analyze fleet data to refine testing processes; explore new experimental methods for edge case testing.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic coordination