Senior Technical Program Manager - Vehicle Platform & Autonomy Integration

Front Door Defense; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 172,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights

Amazon RSUs

Paid time off

Job summary

Zoox is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead the integration of the vehicle platform and autonomy software across perception, planning, controls, simulation, and vehicle software teams. You will own strategy, execution, and risk management for hardware and software integration, coordinating with hardware engineering, PMO, perception, and platform software groups to ensure timely deployment.

You will drive cross-functional milestones, define test plans and readiness criteria for

Qualifications

• 8+ years of technical program management experience on complex software integration programs.
• Solid technical grounding in software systems; comfortable with architecture discussions across autonomy subsystems.
• Experience managing multi-team integration programs with heavy interdependencies and evolving requirements.
• Strong stakeholder management skills; able to align engineering, safety, and leadership around a shared plan.
• Sharp written/verbal communication and a structured approach to risk and schedule management.

Responsibilities

• Own the integration roadmap for the Vehicle autonomy platform, coordinating across perception, motion planning, controls, simulation, and vehicle software teams.
• Drive cross-team milestone planning, dependency mapping, and risk tracking for a program with many interlocking software subsystems.
• Partner with autonomy engineering and safety teams to define integration test plans, validation gates, and readiness criteria for on-road deployment.
• Run regular program syncs, milestone reviews, and executive readouts; translate technical status into clear risk/impact narratives for leadership.
• Anticipate integration risks and drive mitigation plans with engineering owners.
• Support release planning and coordination with safety, release management, and field operations teams as needed for Vehicle platform deployment.
• Continuously improve integration processes as the platform and org scale.
• Establish and evolve program management processes for a fast-moving hardware-software program.

Skills

Technical Program Management

Cross-team coordination

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Communication

Education

BS or MS in CS/Engineering

Job description

Senior Technical Program Manager - Vehicle Platform & Autonomy Integration

Lead integration of vehicle platform and autonomy software across teams to enable deployment.

Location: Foster City, California

Compensation: $172,000 - 234,000 USD / year

About The Role

Technical Program Manager

Zoox has embarked on a highly ambitious journey to develop a full-stack autonomous mobility solution for our cities. We're looking for a technical program manager to lead the integration effort that brings together perception, planning, controls, simulation, and vehicle platform teams into a single coherent release. You'll be the connective tissue across the autonomy stack, driving the program from architecture and integration milestones through on-road validation and readiness for deployment. You'll own program strategy, execution, and risk management across hardware, embedded software, and systems integration teams, working closely with hardware engineering, PMO, perception, and platform software groups to ship on schedule.

In this role, you will:

• Own the integration roadmap for the Vehicle autonomy platform, coordinating across perception, motion planning, controls, simulation, and vehicle software teams.
• Drive cross-team milestone planning, dependency mapping, and risk tracking for a program with many interlocking software subsystems.
• Partner with autonomy engineering and safety teams to define integration test plans, validation gates, and readiness criteria for on-road deployment.
• Run regular program syncs, milestone reviews, and executive readouts; translate technical status into clear risk/impact narratives for leadership.
• Anticipate integration risks (interface mismatches, regression risk, simulation-to-real-world gaps) and drive mitigation plans with engineering owners.
• Support release planning and coordination with safety, release management, and field operations teams as needed for Vehicle platform deployment.
• Continuously improve integration processes as the platform and org scale.
• Establish and evolve program management processes (planning cadences, milestone reviews, launch readiness criteria) for a fast-moving hardware-software program.

Qualifications

• BS or MS degree in computer science, engineering or equivalent job experience
• 8+ years of technical program management experience, ideally on complex software integration programs (autonomy, robotics, safety-critical systems, or large-scale distributed software).
• Solid technical grounding in software systems — comfortable with architecture discussions across perception, planning/controls, or similar autonomy subsystems.
• Experience managing multi-team integration programs with heavy interdependencies and evolving requirements.
• Strong stakeholder management skills; able to align engineering, safety, and leadership around a shared plan.
• Sharp written/verbal communication and a structured approach to risk and schedule management.

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience in autonomous vehicles, ADAS, robotics, or safety-critical software systems strongly preferred.

$172,000 - $234,000 a year Base Salary Range There are three major components to compensation for this position: salary, Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), and Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights. A sign-on bonus may be offered as part of the compensation package. The listed range applies only to the base salary. Compensation will vary based on geographic location and level. Leveling, as well as positioning within a level, is determined by a range of factors, including, but not limited to, a candidate's relevant years of experience, domain knowledge, and interview performance. The salary range listed in this posting is representative of the range of levels Zoox is considering for this position.

Zoox also offers a comprehensive package of benefits, including

• paid time off (e.g. sick leave, vacation, bereavement)
• unpaid time off
• Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
• Amazon RSUs
• health insurance
• long-term care insurance
• long-term and short-term disability insurance
• life insurance