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Senior Technical Program Manager, EE Systems

Zoox· Vehicle Development – Powertrain, Thermal, & Electrical Engineering
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Hybrid (Foster City, CA)$193k - $231kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Technical Program Manager responsible for owning the electrical and electrical-distribution program scope on Zoox vehicle programs, coordinating EE work with external engineering partners and driving harness/EDS, data exchange, and milestone plans.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the central EE coordination function for the program and own the EE portion of the engineering RASIC from concept through industrialization
  • Drive low-voltage harness and EDS impact assessment and change management, including gap analyses and creating change requests
  • Manage cross-company engineering data exchange and release control (CAD toolchains, version compatibility, release control of LV harness drawings) and collaborate with Sourcing and Supplier Quality on build-to-print readiness
  • Coordinate the full set of EE work packages (antenna integration, vehicle-level EMC verification, E/E integration and regression testing, thermal validation, electrical mounting hardware) with responsible Zoox module owners and schedules
  • Build and maintain the EE milestone plan against program gates and material-required dates; surface risks early with recovery options; publish weekly program updates and prepare EE content for reviews

Qualifications

  • BS or MS in an engineering discipline, or equivalent experience
  • 10+ years in technical program management, systems engineering, or engineering management in automotive with direct ownership of electrical distribution systems or vehicle electrical architecture
  • Experience managing external engineering partners or Tier 1 development partners across time zones; negotiating scope and ensuring deliverables; approx. quarterly international travel and early-morning Pacific calls
  • Fluency in engineering change management and PLM workflows: change requests, change actions, EBOM release, and drawing release control
  • Comfort operating without a settled org chart or fully defined scope; ability to make decisions and communicate schedule/risk clearly to engineers and executives
  • Proven track record in low voltage harness design and release in OEM/major automotive context
  • Proficiency with risk analysis tools (FTA, FMEA) and root-cause methodologies (8D, Fishbone)

Skills

Required:Electrical distribution systems ownershipProgram managementPLM and engineering change management

Benefits

  • paid time off (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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