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Senior Technical Program Manager - Vehicle Attributes

Zoox· Vehicle Development – Vehicle Integration, Testing & Validation
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Foster City, CA$193k - $231kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Senior TPM responsible for end-to-end delivery of vehicle attribute development (NVH, sound and voice, ride and handling) in Zoox’s autonomous vehicle program, coordinating across robotics, controls, and vehicle engineers to maintain development velocity and align with leadership strategy.

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end delivery of critical vehicle attribute milestones, proactively clearing technical bottlenecks to keep programs on track.
  • Partner with attribute and test leads to surface local risks (e.g., vehicle downtime, hardware shortages) and architect immediate recovery plans.
  • Design and maintain lightweight JIRA workflows, sprint cadences, and reporting rituals that maximize engineering focus and minimize admin debt.
  • Act as the primary interface for cross-functional requests, ensuring hardware, software, and validation dependencies are tightly coordinated.
  • Translate fast-moving, complex technical data into concise, actionable updates for leadership.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of technical program management experience delivering complex automotive, aerospace, or robotics hardware programs.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).
  • Deep understanding of vehicle systems, development cycles, and prototype/pre-production testing.
  • Expert-level capability structuring JIRA boards, workflows, and dashboards for real-time project health visibility.
  • A proven "closer" mindset with a high sense of autonomy, excellent synthesis skills, and a calm demeanor under shifting priorities.

Skills

Required:Technical program managementJIRASystems understanding

Benefits

  • paid time off (e.g. sick leave, vacation, bereavement)
  • unpaid time off
  • Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
  • Amazon RSUs
  • health insurance
  • long-term care insurance
  • long-term and short-term disability insurance
  • life insurance
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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