Senior TPM: Vehicle Attributes & Autonomy

Zoox; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 186,000 - 233,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Unpaid time off

Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights

Amazon RSUs

Health insurance

Long-term care insurance

Long-term disability insurance

Short-term disability insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

Zoox is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager for Vehicle Attributes to orchestrate end‑to‑end delivery of key attribute milestones (NVH, sound, ride, handling). You will surface risks, design lightweight JIRA processes, and coordinate hardware, software, and validation with robotics and controls engineers.

Strong leadership and autonomous decision‑making are essential in this fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates bring 8+ years in TPM for automotive/robotics hardware, a STEM degree, and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of technical program management experience delivering complex automotive, aerospace, or robotics hardware programs.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Deep understanding of vehicle systems, development cycles, and prototype/pre-production testing.
• Expert-level capability structuring JIRA boards, workflows, and dashboards for real-time project health visibility.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end delivery of critical vehicle attribute milestones, proactively clearing technical bottlenecks to keep programs on track.
• Partner with attribute and test leads to surface local risks and architect immediate recovery plans.
• Design and maintain lightweight JIRA workflows, sprint cadences, and reporting rituals that maximize engineering focus and minimize admin debt.
• Act as the primary interface for cross-functional requests, ensuring hardware, software, and validation dependencies are tightly coordinated.
• Translate fast-moving, complex technical data into concise, actionable updates for leadership.

Skills

Technical program management

JIRA workflows

Automotive/robotics hardware

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Zoox is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager for Vehicle Attributes to orchestrate end‑to‑end delivery of key attribute milestones (NVH, sound, ride, handling). You will surface risks, design lightweight JIRA processes, and coordinate hardware, software, and validation with robotics and controls engineers.

Strong leadership and autonomous decision‑making are essential in this fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates bring 8+ years in TPM for automotive/robotics hardware, a STEM degree, and