Senior Platform Software Program Lead

Waabi; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Waabi, a leader in autonomous transport, seeks a Senior Technical Program Manager for Platform Software to coordinate cross‑functional hardware and software programs across the fleet.

You will own integrated plans, map dependencies, track milestones, and report risks to executives. This role requires solving complex, ambiguously defined problems with structured processes and collaboration across embedded, onboard, and hardware teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in technical program management with cross-functional software integration for hardware platforms.
• Experience across teams with different development cadences (robotics/AV/IoT/defense).
• Deep understanding of software development lifecycles.
• Ability to build program structure from scratch: dependency maps, risk registries, and milestone tracking.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain integrated platform software program plans with milestones and cross-team dependencies.
• Partner with Hardware Platform Managers to coordinate infrastructure, onboard software, and embedded systems work.
• Capture inputs and integrate them into plans before design commitments lock in.
• Build and enforce dependency maps with owners and ETAs for all platform software.
• Own reporting into executive forums and surface risks with data-backed options.
• Track platform software releases, bring-up and test campaigns with required sign-offs.
• Create cross-functional roadmaps with shared visibility on interdependencies and sequencing.
• Champion tools to capture the single source of truth for program work across programs.
• Build scalable tracking mechanisms and processes that work at fleet scale.

Skills

Technical program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Embedded systems understanding

Software-hardware integration

Executive communication

Tools

Jira

Asana

Microsoft Project

Job description

Waabi, a leader in autonomous transport, seeks a Senior Technical Program Manager for Platform Software to coordinate cross‑functional hardware and software programs across the fleet.

You will own integrated plans, map dependencies, track milestones, and report risks to executives. This role requires solving complex, ambiguously defined problems with structured processes and collaboration across embedded, onboard, and hardware teams.