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Senior Senior Technical Program Manager, Driverless Readiness & AI Platform Reliability

Nuro· Technical Program Management, AI Platform
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Mountain View, CA$160.4k - $240.5kPosted 1w ago

About the role

Technical Program Manager (TPM) to drive cross-functional alignment and execution for AI Platform programs at Nuro, focused on delivering scalable and reliable verification & validation tools to enable driverless deployment. Own end-to-end lifecycle of systems tooling initiatives across Systems Engineering, Platform, Data Science and Autonomy.

Responsibilities

  • Own the reliability metrics that gate driverless readiness and drive them to target.
  • Serve as the primary interface across AI Platform, Systems, Hardware, and Vehicle Ops, running the operating cadence that keeps reliability work aligned and moving.
  • Build and maintain detailed execution plans; track progress, risks, and metrics using internal tools (e.g., JIRA , Confluence, custom dashboards).
  • Drive issue triage and burndown to resolution, ensuring clear ownership and accountability across teams.
  • Translate field failure patterns into engineering and tooling priorities for the platform.
  • Partner with engineering to focus test and validation capacity on the highest-risk failure modes. Identify testing and validation gaps and improve development workflows.
  • Partner with Ops to improve troubleshooting and intervention workflows, reducing time-to-recovery.
  • Maintain execution plans and provide program updates, decision docs, and risk assessments to leadership.
  • Shorten the loop from field failure to validated fix on the fleet.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related field
  • 5+ years of experience in technical program management, systems engineering, or software development in robotics, automotive, or related technology domains
  • Proven experience leading cross-functional programs involving multiple engineering disciplines (software, hardware, autonomy, or systems)
  • Strong understanding of system verification and validation, testing frameworks
  • Demonstrated ability to manage complex dependencies, drive alignment, and communicate effectively across technical and leadership audiences
  • Proficiency with agile program tools (e.g., Jira) and technical documentation platforms (e.g., Confluence)

Skills

Required:Reliability metricscross-functional program leadershipVerification and ValidationProject planning and executionAgile tools (Jira, Confluence)
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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