OEM Vehicle Program Lead – Autonomy & Integration

Waabi; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation & equity

Health, Dental, Vision benefits

Unlimited vacation

Flexible hours

Work from home support

Office snacks & catered meals

Team building activities

Job summary

Waabi, a leader in Physical AI for autonomous transportation, seeks an experienced Vehicle Program Manager to own OEM integrations from setup to on-road milestones. You will coordinate across Hardware, Embedded, Onboard, Infra and Autonomy teams, balancing priorities to ensure milestones land on schedule.

With a startup pace and a breadth of engineering disciplines, you will influence executive reviews and drive deep technical triage on test vehicles to keep programs moving forward.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering experience in vehicle development, autonomous vehicles, ADAS or robotics.
• 3+ years leading technical integration programs.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Mechanical, Electrical, Computer or Systems Engineering, or a related technical field.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical integration of the Waabi Driver with an OEM partner, from program setup through driverless operation.
• Be part of a team of multidisciplinary Engineers and Research Scientists using an AI-first approach to enable safe self-driving at scale.
• Turn company goals into an integrated program plan with the partner, covering Waabi and OEM deliverables, cross-team dependencies and the critical path.
• Balance resources and priorities across Hardware, Embedded, Onboard, Infra and Autonomy, and make trade-off calls when one plan affects another.
• Act as Waabi's technical face to the OEM and build trust at every level, from executive reviews to working-level engineering teams.
• Go deep when it matters: work with engineers on test vehicles to triage integration issues and drive them to a decision.

Skills

Engineering leadership

System integration

Communication skills

Problem solving

Ambiguity tolerance

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Jira

Job description

Waabi, a leader in Physical AI for autonomous transportation, seeks an experienced Vehicle Program Manager to own OEM integrations from setup to on-road milestones. You will coordinate across Hardware, Embedded, Onboard, Infra and Autonomy teams, balancing priorities to ensure milestones land on schedule.

With a startup pace and a breadth of engineering disciplines, you will influence executive reviews and drive deep technical triage on test vehicles to keep programs moving forward.