# Senior Technical Program Manager - Vehicle System Integration

**Company:** [Zoox](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/zoox)
**Location:** Foster City, CA
**Role:** Technical Program Management
**Salary:** $186k – $223k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Jira, Smartsheet, Jama, Polarion, Doors, Iso 26262, Mil-Std-882, Sfmea, Dfmea, Fta
**Posted:** 2026-06-12

> Own cross-functional alignment and execution to translate high-level product definitions into technically sound, safe, and traceable vehicle system implementations. Drive requirements governance, SFMEA lifecycle management, dependency mapping, and change control for complex autonomous vehicle programs.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Orchestrate the Requirements Pipeline: Manage the release train, maturity lifecycle, and governance for all System Technical Specifications (STS) across all program gates from PI to OKTB.
- Drive SFMEA Execution & Accountability: Act as the operational owner of the System Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (SFMEA) lifecycle. Schedule and facilitate multi-disciplinary workshops, track open action items to strict closure dates, and ensure safety mitigations are integrated into downstream hardware/software schedules.
- Cross-Functional Dependency Mapping: Build and maintain the master dependency matrix linking Studio (styling/packaging), Product, SDMA (Safety), VSE, VI and Validation. Proactively identify and resolve timeline disconnects before they stall engineering progress.
- Change Control & Impact Governance: Lead the program management of Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) at the system level. Ensure that when a requirement changes, all affected downstream stakeholders (from firmware to validation teams) are brought to the table to evaluate timeline and resource impacts.
- Maturity Gate Tracking & Reporting: Define and track the health metrics of the Systems Engineering team’s deliverables (e.g., requirement stability, SFMEA action item burn-down, verification progress). Provide clear, high-density status visibility to executive leadership.

## Requirements
- 8+ years of experience as a Technical Program Manager or Systems Engineer in an aerospace, autonomous vehicle, or advanced automotive setting, with a proven track record of driving complex, cross-functional projects from requirements through validation.
- Deep, practical familiarity with the systems engineering "V-model" lifecycle, fail-operational architectures, and requirements management frameworks.
- Proven experience tracking and driving complex safety workflows, specifically SFMEAs, DFMEAs, FTAs (Fault Tree Analyses), and ISO 26262 / MIL-STD-882 compliance.
- Strong background in vehicle E/E system design, electrical integration, or managing complex hardware/software interfaces.
- Expertise using standard project, change, and configuration management stacks (e.g., JIRA, Smartsheet) alongside requirements management tools and processes (such as Jama, Polarion, or DOORS).
- Demonstrated ability to command a room of highly specialized domain experts (hardware, software, safety, manufacturing), facilitate both technical and non-technical discussions, and drive consensus without direct authority.
- Self-motivated and proactive with a strong ability to identify risks before they become blockers; thrives in rapid design cycles, remaining flexible and highly organized in the face of uncertainty.
- B.S. or M.S. in Mechatronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Prior experience developing Automotive Systems in Body or Motion Domains (e.g., Brakes, Steering, Suspension or Body Controllers).

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