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Manager, Technical Program Management - System Safety for Cross Functional Initiatives

Foster City, CA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-01-30 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead cross-functional Verification and Validation (V&V) programs to substantiate the safety case for Zoox's autonomous software, vehicle platform, and operations.

Role type

Senior Technical Program Manager (System Safety)

Builds

Safety cases for autonomous robotaxi software, vehicle platform, and operations

Domain

Autonomous mobility / Robotics / Automotive

Deliverable

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

Required skills

Cross-functional program leadership, V&V strategy definition, simulation-based test planning, risk assessment, critical path management, resource planning, executive communication, JIRA proficiency, Gantt charting, dependency mapping, statistics and probability

Preferred skills

Safety-critical system validation, simulation environments, software pipelines, data-driven system modeling, scaling validation strategies

Technologies

JIRA

Responsibilities

Develop and own end-to-end V&V program strategy, lead cross-functional coordination for test plans, align validation pipelines, manage risk assessments and critical issues, define and track resource requirements, ensure program transparency and mitigate risks, debrief executives on program-critical topics

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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