Senior Technical Program Manager - Vehicle System Integration

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.

Additional Information

As the Technical Program Manager for the Systems Engineering team, you will act as the operational engine and technical coordinator behind the vehicle's functional architecture. This is not a passive task-tracking role; you will own the cross-functional alignment and execution required to take high-level product definitions and drive their translation into technically sound, safe, and traceable system-level implementations. You will partner closely with Systems Architects, Safety Specialists, Validation, and other cross-functional teams to drive the authoring of System Technical Specifications (STS), manage System Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (SFMEA) lifecycles, and align diverse stakeholders from industrial design to test track validation. Additionally, you will support systems engineers in defining test asset configurations and mapping exactly which requirements are validated across which test environments.

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