Safety & Systems Technical Program Manager

present of AI; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Waabi is seeking a Safety & Systems Technical Program Manager to lead the program side of safety and systems engineering for self-driving vehicles. The role focuses on turning safety assessments, architectures, simulation and field testing into a single, clear plan while keeping engineering leads aligned and reporting to leadership.

A strong candidate will have years of technical program management in safety-critical fields and demonstrate discipline in tracking verification coverage and driving

Qualifications

• Senior-level technical program management in a safety-critical field.
• Fluency in systems engineering and requirements tracking.
• Disciplined to verify coverage and drive issues to closure.

Responsibilities

• Lead safety and systems program management for self-driving vehicles.
• Turn safety assessments, architectures, simulation and real-world tests into a single plan.
• Keep engineering leads aligned and report status to leadership.

Skills

Safety-critical TPM

Systems engineering

Program management

Tools

Jira

AI tools

Job description

Safety & Systems Technical Program Manager

Operations · Remote US · Full-time · Senior level

This role runs the program side of safety and systems engineering for self driving vehicles. It means turning safety assessments, system architectures, and simulation plus real world testing into one clear plan, keeping engineering leads aligned, and reporting status to leadership. A strong candidate has years of technical program management in a safety critical field, fluency in systems engineering and requirements, and the discipline to track verification coverage and drive issues to closure.

How it fits the AI era

The posting explicitly asks for using AI tools to merge timelines, boards, and updates into a single plan and to cut manual reporting work. That shifts the job toward judgment: deciding what matters, spotting gaps in test coverage, and routing problems to the right people. Coordination, safety reasoning, and clear communication with engineers and executives stay human.

How it builds AI experience

The work offers hands on practice using AI assistants to synthesize program data and speed decisions in a safety critical setting. Building that experience means getting comfortable with tools like Claude for summarizing and organizing tracking information, while keeping a firm grip on requirements and verification logic. Familiarity with simulation based validation, which is central to how this company develops its vehicles, would strengthen a candidate.

Worth showing

• Safety critical program leadership
• Requirements and test coverage
• Jira and AI tool use

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About Waabi

A Toronto company training self-driving trucks and robotaxis mostly inside its own AI-generated simulator, rather than by racking up millions of real road miles.