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Senior Technical Program Manager - Vehicle System Integration

Foster City, CA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-12 → 2026-09-26

Core

Operational engine and technical coordinator for vehicle functional architecture, driving cross-functional alignment to translate product definitions into safe, traceable system-level implementations.

Role type

Senior Technical Program Manager (Vehicle Systems Engineering)

Builds

System Technical Specifications (STS), safety-critical hardware/software schedules, and validated vehicle systems

Domain

Automotive / Autonomous Vehicle / Systems Engineering

Deliverable

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

Required skills

Systems Engineering V-model lifecycle, SFMEA/DFMEA/FTA analysis, ISO 26262/MIL-STD-882 compliance, E/E system design, requirements management, cross-functional stakeholder alignment, risk management, release train governance

Preferred skills

Automotive Body or Motion Domain experience (Brakes, Steering, Suspension), Engineering Change Request (ECR) management at system level

Technologies

JIRA, Smartsheet, Jama, Polarion, DOORS

Responsibilities

Manage release train and governance for System Technical Specifications (STS) across program gates; Act as operational owner of System Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (SFMEA) lifecycle; Build and maintain master dependency matrix linking Studio, Product, SDMA, VSE, VI, and Validation; Lead program management of Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) at the system level; Define and track health metrics of Systems Engineering team deliverables

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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