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Senior/Staff Technical Program Manager - Compute Hardware

Zoox· Advanced Hardware Engineering – Technical Program Management
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Foster City, CA$213k - $296kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Lead end-to-end program management for Zoox’s next-generation Primary Compute Unit (PCU), coordinating hardware, firmware, software, safety, supply chain, manufacturing, and vehicle integration from architecture through production.

Responsibilities

  • Drive the PCU program forward with thought and energetic leadership, including supporting architecture alignment, hardware development, validation, integration, cross-functional alignment and company-wide communication.
  • This will be done in close partnership with the technical lead and other core team members across multiple departments.
  • Work with department leaders to translate the top-down corporate strategy and milestones into detailed product roadmaps, timelines, and deliverables
  • Create and maintain program assets and communication channels that ensure every team member understands what they need to deliver at all times, and is held accountable for delivering them.
  • Help especially internal engineering development and test teams plan their work, and use a task management system (e.g. JIRA) to clearly structure, communicate and track the work that needs to be done.
  • Work with cross-functional leaders and Finance teams to define and track resource requirements and spend against budget
  • Manage technical supplier activities such as build planning and execution, and ensure robust end of line tests are put in place prior to delivery.
  • Work closely with procurement and supplier quality teams to ensure an excellent partnership with suppliers.
  • Work with our in-house manufacturing experts to ensure all is in place to perform final PCU assembly, and be accountable for ensuring needed parts are delivered on time, and to specifications.
  • Coordinate issue root-cause analysis, issue resolution and overall response for issues that occur on the fleet; ensure the right level of cross-functional communication, prioritization and momentum is placed on the topics.
  • Work with all relevant departments as needed to ensure the successful delivery of our goals, including the Program Management Office, SW/FW teams, safety teams and vehicle manufacturing teams
  • Provide concise and effective communications to key stakeholders on program status, issues/risks, and accomplishments, in writing and via presentations.
  • Facilitate both non-technical conversations (and technical ones as needed), align team perspectives, and support the development of options matrices to help the cross-functional program team make the right decisions
  • Bring a disciplined business and meeting cadence to the program, ensuring agendas are set for critical topics to be discussed at each meeting

Qualifications

  • BS or MS degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent experience
  • At least 10 years of work experience, and at least 5 of those in program management
  • Deep experience with hardware development and HW/SW integration
  • Significant experience working with suppliers (JDM, CM) to deliver products from conception to production
  • Proficiency in and experience using tools required to manage complex projects (i.e. JIRA, smartsheets)
  • Strong track record in managing complex, cross-functional projects
  • Understands and deals with well with rapid design cycles; remains flexible and calm in the face of uncertainty
  • Self-motivated and proactive problem-solver

Skills

Required:Program managementHardware developmentSupplier managementJIRA / project tooling

Benefits

  • Zoox also offers a comprehensive package of benefits, including 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, and life insurance
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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