Sr. Program Manager, Autonomous Vehicle Programs

Paddock; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 119,000 - 211,000; Full time

Job summary

Pratt Miller Engineering is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead complex cross-functional engineering programs from planning through integration, validation, and delivery in Michigan.

You will manage scope, schedule, budgets, and risks, partner with technical leads across systems, mechanical, electrical, and software domains, and drive performance against commitments with a focus on customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
• 7–10 years of experience in program management, project management, engineering, or product development involving complex systems integration.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex engineering programs and concurrent technical workstreams, establishing clear scope, milestones, schedules, budgets, resource plans, risks, deliverables, and customer commitments.
• Partner with technical leads and functional managers to coordinate systems, mechanical, electrical, software, controls, procurement, prototype build, integration, test, validation, and deployment activities.
• Lead customer and internal program reviews, clearly communicating technical progress, financial performance, key decisions, risks, dependencies, and issues requiring action or leadership support.
• Drive cross-functional execution and timely resolution of technical, integration, supply-chain, schedule, and resource issues while maintaining appropriate technical ownership within engineering.
• Manage scope and requirement changes, assess cost and schedule impacts, maintain contractual alignment, and ensure requirements, acceptance criteria, and deliverables are tracked through completion.
• Support new and follow-on business by helping define execution approaches, schedules, resource needs, risks, and cost estimates, and by transitioning awarded work into disciplined program execution.
• Build effective relationships across engineering, operations, manufacturing, business development, customers, suppliers, and partners; demonstrate sound judgment and adaptability as requirements and priorities evolve.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Systems engineering

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related

Job description

Pratt Miller Engineering is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead complex cross-functional engineering programs from planning through integration, validation, and delivery in Michigan.

You will manage scope, schedule, budgets, and risks, partner with technical leads across systems, mechanical, electrical, and software domains, and drive performance against commitments with a focus on customer satisfaction.