Staff Vehicle Program Manager
Core
Own the technical integration of the Waabi Driver with an OEM partner, from program setup through driverless operation.
Role type
Staff Vehicle Program Manager (Autonomous Vehicle Integration)
Builds
Integrated autonomous truck and robotaxi programs for OEM partners
Domain
Autonomous vehicles, heavy-duty trucks, robotics
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Technical integration of actuation and autonomy systems, program planning and critical path analysis, risk management, cross-team dependency balancing, executive communication, test vehicle debugging, trade-off decision making
Preferred skills
OEM program management experience, heavy-duty vehicle platform knowledge, CAN bus and vehicle networks expertise, Jira and AI program tools proficiency
Technologies
CAN, Jira, Waabi Driver, autonomous vehicle stacks
Responsibilities
Turn company goals into an integrated program plan with the partner, balance resources across Hardware/Embedded/Onboard/Infra/Autonomy, act as technical face to OEM executives and engineering teams, triage integration issues on test vehicles, spot risks and escalate early, hold technical standards with the partner, develop program reporting for leadership
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic scope