Staff Vehicle Program Manager
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WaabiAutonomous vehicles
Remote US & CanadaFull-TimeStaff
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Job Details
- Experience
- 8+ years of engineering experience in vehicle development, autonomous vehicles, ADAS or robotics, including 3+ years leading technical integration programs.
- Required Skills
- Risk Management
Requirements
- 8+ years of engineering experience in vehicle development, autonomous vehicles, ADAS, or robotics.
- 3+ years leading technical integration programs.
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Mechanical, Electrical, Computer, or Systems Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Breadth across actuation and autonomy system integration, including sensors, compute, embedded, and software.
- Ability to rapidly investigate technical issues with engineers, drive them to a decision, and return to the program view.
- Problem-solving experience using dependency mapping, critical-path analysis, and risk management.
- Ability to present clear options to leadership.
- Strong written and verbal communication for OEM executive reviews and test-vehicle debug sessions.
- Preferred: understanding of OEM planning, gating, validation, DVP&R, V&V, and supplier management.
- Preferred: experience with commercial truck or heavy-duty vehicle platforms.
- Preferred: hands-on test-vehicle experience, vehicle networks such as CAN, and field issue triage.
- Preferred: experience with Jira, AI tools that reduce manual tracking, or developing self-driving vehicles.
Responsibilities
- Own technical integration of the Waabi Driver with an OEM partner, from program setup through driverless operation.
- Turn company goals into an integrated program plan covering Waabi and OEM deliverables, cross-team dependencies, and the critical path.
- Balance resources and priorities across Hardware, Embedded, Onboard, Infra, and Autonomy, making trade-off calls when plans affect one another.
- Act as Waabi's technical face to the OEM and build trust with executive and engineering teams.
- Work with engineers on test vehicles to triage integration issues and drive them to a decision.
- Identify risks, develop options and recommendations, and escalate early and clearly.
- Maintain Waabi's technical standards with the partner while adapting to each OEM's working practices.
- Develop and maintain program reporting for Waabi leadership and partner executive forums.
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