Design Program Manager

Capgemini; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 38,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Retirement benefits

Job summary

Tundra Technical Solutions seeks an entry-level Functional Safety Engineer to help ensure the safety and reliability of autonomous robotic vehicles. You will identify hazards using STPA, help define requirements, and implement safety measures throughout the product lifecycle.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to embed safety into design, development, verification, and validation, aligning with industry standards and regulations.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in program management, strategy and operations, design operations, or related cross-functional roles.
• Experience developing standardized operational processes, SOPs, or scalable workflow frameworks.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives within global or matrixed organizations.
• Experience supporting AI transformation, operational excellence, or organizational change initiatives.
• Experience supporting design, research, product, or other highly cross-functional organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and deployment of AI-native operational programs to drive strategic alignment and AI-first transformation initiatives across Company Design.
• Develop standardized operating procedures, scalable frameworks, and repeatable design processes to improve efficiency, consistency, and organizational resilience.
• Partner with leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to operationalize systems that enable high-quality design and research delivery at scale.
• Drive community-building, onboarding, internal communications, and team engagement initiatives to strengthen culture, visibility, and collaboration across the organization.
• Build shared guardrails, operational best practices, and scalable workflows that help position the team at the forefront of AI-enabled design operations.

Skills

Program management

Strategy

Operations

Cross-functional

Job description

We are seeking an entry-level Functional Safety Engineer to ensure the safety and reliability of our autonomous robotic vehicles.

The role involves identification of hazards and risks using Systems Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA), supporting definition of requirements, and implementing measures throughout the product development lifecycle.

The Functional Safety Engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate safety into the design, development, verification, and validation of our technologies, adhering to industry standards and regulations.

Your Impact:

Lead the design and deployment of AI-native operational programs to drive strategic alignment and AI-first transformation initiatives across Company Design.

Develop standardized operating procedures, scalable frameworks, and repeatable design processes to improve efficiency, consistency, and organizational resilience.

Partner with leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to operationalize systems that enable high-quality design and research delivery at scale.

Drive community-building, onboarding, internal communications, and team engagement initiatives to strengthen culture, visibility, and collaboration across the organization.

Build shared guardrails, operational best practices, and scalable workflows that help position the team at the forefront of AI-enabled design operations.

Minimum qualifications(Must Have):

4+ years of experience in program management, strategy and operations, design operations, or related cross-functional roles

Experience developing and implementing standardized operational processes, SOPs, or scalable workflow frameworks

Experience leading cross-functional initiatives within global or matrixed organizations

Experience supporting AI transformation, operational excellence, or organizational change initiatives

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience supporting design, research, product, or other highly cross-functional organizations

Experience leading or contributing to AI-related transformation, adoption, enablement, or operational improvement initiatives

Experience identifying practical opportunities to apply AI across planning, workflows, documentation, or team operations

Ability to balance strategic thinking with operational execution in fast-paced environment

The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $27.74/hour - $43.34/hour. Our benefits include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.