Senior Technical Program Manager, Software Performance

Motional; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 125,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Motional is seeking a Technical Program Manager in Las Vegas to enhance software performance evaluations for autonomous driving technology. In this role, you will collaborate with various teams to ensure effective resource management and execution of evaluation activities.

Applicants should have at least 5 years of experience in complex systems and strong problem-solving skills. The position offers a hybrid work model, requiring in-office attendance 2-3 days a week and offering competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years experience working with complex systems, including autonomous vehicles or robotics.
• Strong written and oral communication skills for complex technical issues.
• Ability to work effectively across multiple time zones and adapt to a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage software performance evaluation activities and track progress against key metrics.
• Communicate effectively across engineering and executive levels.
• Proactively identify and manage risks and issues.

Skills

Continuous Integration

Automated Software Testing

Conflict Resolution

Cross-functional Collaboration

Creative Problem Solving

Education

Degree in Engineering or a related field

Tools

Confluence

JIRA

Job description

Mission Summary

The Motional Technical Program Management team is seeking a talented TPM to support our software performance evaluation activities. This role requires strong collaboration and management across our autonomy integration, software, hardware, operations, and testing teams. We are currently seeking an individual who has strong skills in cross‑functional work, quick decision making, and execution of software performance evaluation events and planning to ensure that we continuously iterate and improve. Join us at the forefront of autonomous driving technology!

What You'll Do

• Work closely with stakeholder teams to track planned software performance evaluation activities, specifically ensuring resources and infrastructure are available, and plans are coordinated and approved.
• Actively manage execution of software performance evaluation activities, tracking progress against key metrics and removing blockers and inefficiencies as required.
• Partner with our autonomy integration to monitor, analyze, and improve our overall and targeted SW configurations.
• Communicate at both the engineering and executive level, to not only communicate and work through technical details, but also conduct performance reviews and retrospectives.
• Set priorities and coordinate between multiple engineering and operations teams and external stakeholders to support our overall software performance evaluation strategy and deconflict activities and resources.
• Work closely with engineering leadership to help define and track key organizational objectives.
• Proactively identify, manage, and report on risks and issues.

What We're Looking For

• Demonstrated experience with Continuous Integration and automated SW testing.
• Demonstrated experience in managing FW, SW, and HW configurations.
• Minimum of 5 years experience working with complex systems, including but not limited to autonomous vehicles, ADAS, robotics, etc.
• Demonstrated experience working across teams and disciplines resolving competing priorities and managing dependencies.
• Creative problem solver, resourceful and skilled at conflict resolution.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, especially the ability to communicate complex engineering issues and tailor messaging based on audience.
• Experience using Confluence and JIRA to plan project activities and track progress.
• Degree in Engineering or a related field.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced work environment across multiple time zones with a can‑do attitude.
• Ability to come into a Motional office 2‑3 days a week at a minimum.

This role is hybrid from our Boston, Pittsburgh, or Las Vegas office. It requires in‑office days each week.

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors including but not limited to specific skills, experience and expertise, role location, certifications, licenses, and business needs. The estimated compensation range listed in this job posting reflects base salary only. This role may include additional forms of compensation such as a bonus or company equity.

Salary Range: $125,000 USD - $167,000 USD

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