Powertrain Software TPM: Lead Automotive Programs

Yoh Services LLC; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Prescription, Dental & Vision

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Life & Disability Insurance

MetLife Voluntary Benefits

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

401K Retirement Savings Plan

Direct Deposit & weekly epayroll

Referral Bonus Programs

Certification and training

Job summary

Yoh Services LLC is seeking a Software Technical Program Manager for Powertrain in Palo Alto. You will drive complex automotive software programs, scope work, plan requirements, identify risks, estimate budgets, and report progress with cross‑functional teams including engineers, technical leads, and managers.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in program management for automotive powertrain software development, verification/validation, or QA, plus strong communication skills and experience with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years program management experience, with focus on automotive powertrain systems software development, verification and validation, or quality assurance.
• Product launch experience with a vehicle OEM in systems, software, or testing.
• Experience with automotive powertrain systems is required.
• Experience working with vehicle motion controls.
• Experience working with vehicle diagnostics.
• Experience with Agile Methodology, CI/CD is required.
• Proven track record of successfully managing complex projects in a fast‑paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with various controls, systems, and integration engineers to establish feature delivery roadmaps, define key deliverable delivery dates, and tie deliverables to engineering milestones.
• Work Right-to-Left to ensure that the vehicle and motor torque controls development plans meet end‑user needs, support hardware and system DV test plans, and meet engineering program milestones.
• Coordinate with vehicle program management on prototype vehicle and test asset allocation. Ensure engineers have the resources that they need, at the time that they need it, to complete their testing and validation.
• Run sprint planning sessions and help organize the engineering task workflow.
• Track sprint action items and progress towards engineering deliverables. Report status to engineering management and elevate concerns when necessary.
• Work with engineering management to assess team workload management and vocalize resource gaps.
• Assist engineering to prioritize work tasks and ensure team progress.
• Set the overall sprint timeline, identify and resolve roadblocks.

Skills

Excellent communication

Agile methodologies

CI/CD

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Job description

Yoh Services LLC is seeking a Software Technical Program Manager for Powertrain in Palo Alto. You will drive complex automotive software programs, scope work, plan requirements, identify risks, estimate budgets, and report progress with cross‑functional teams including engineers, technical leads, and managers.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in program management for automotive powertrain software development, verification/validation, or QA, plus strong communication skills and experience with