Senior TPM: Vehicle System Integration & Safety Excellence

ManpowerGroup; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 116,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and Prescription Drug Plans

Dental Plan

Vision Plan

401(k) with Match

Weekly Pay

Job summary

ManpowerGroup’s client in Foster City, CA seeks a Technical Project Manager for Vehicle System Integration. The role sits in the Systems Engineering department guiding cross-functional teams on safety-critical vehicle integration.

Requires 5+ years in aerospace/autonomous automotive settings, strong experience with V-model lifecycle and SFMEA/DFMEA processes, and proficiency with JIRA/Smartsheet/Jama/Polarion/DOORS. Onsite work, competitive hourly pay, and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Technical Program Manager or Systems Engineer in aerospace, autonomous vehicles, or advanced automotive settings.
• Deep familiarity with the systems engineering 'V-model' lifecycle, fail-operational architectures, and requirements management frameworks.
• Experience with safety workflows such as SFMEAs, DFMEAs, FTAs, and ISO 26262 / MIL-STD-882 compliance.

Responsibilities

• Manage the release train, maturity lifecycle, and governance for all System Technical Specifications (STS) across all program gates from PI to OKTB.
• Act as the operational owner of the SFMEA lifecycle, facilitating workshops and tracking action items to ensure safety mitigations are integrated into hardware/software schedules.
• Build and maintain the master dependency matrix linking various engineering teams and proactively resolve timeline disconnects to keep engineering progress on track.
• Lead the program management of Engineering Change Requests (ECRs), ensuring all stakeholders evaluate impacts on timelines and resources.
• Define and track health metrics of the Systems Engineering team’s deliverables, providing high-density status updates to executive leadership.

Skills

Technical PM

Systems Engineer

V-model lifecycle

SFMEA/DFMEA/FTAs

ISO 26262

Tools

JIRA

Smartsheet

Jama

Polarion

DOORS

Job description

ManpowerGroup’s client in Foster City, CA seeks a Technical Project Manager for Vehicle System Integration. The role sits in the Systems Engineering department guiding cross-functional teams on safety-critical vehicle integration.

Requires 5+ years in aerospace/autonomous automotive settings, strong experience with V-model lifecycle and SFMEA/DFMEA processes, and proficiency with JIRA/Smartsheet/Jama/Polarion/DOORS. Onsite work, competitive hourly pay, and comprehensive benefits.