Staff Technical Program Manager — Hardware Systems (Hybrid)

Aurora; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 163,000 - 236,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Equity compensation

Benefits

Job summary

Aurora is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager to support EDS and VIT. You will serve as the connective tissue between electrical design and physical implementation across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing and operations.

This high-impact role sits in the Hardware Product Engineering organization and reports through VIT TPM leadership, driving cross-functional execution through full product lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience managing complex hardware development programs with cross-functional resources in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and quality.
• Proven ability to build and maintain program control documentation including IMS, risk registers, resource plans, and budgets.
• Experience executing engineering change management processes.
• Proficiency with program and task management tools such as Smartsheet, MS Project, Jira, and Confluence.
• Ability to be located in Pittsburgh, PA.
• Ability to travel, up to 20%.

Responsibilities

• EDS Leadership: Engage with HPE and cross-functional development teams to ensure EDS work is reflected in program schedules and that all prerequisite materials are delivered on time.
• Cross-Functional Integration: Engage with HPE and cross-functional development teams to ensure EDS is represented, accounted for in program planning, and that all prerequisite materials are delivered on time.
• First Article Development: Act as the primary liaison for internal “first article” harness builds and help advise on build priorities across the portfolio. Solicit redline feedback and ensure it’s incorporated into designs.
• External Fabrication Support: Partner with supply chain, quality, and our external suppliers to align on design releases, build plans, identify material bottlenecks, and establish implementation schedules.
• Risk Management: Guide the engineering team through planning and execution of EDS risk assessments to proactively identify and mitigate program risks.
• Design Control: Lead EDS focused engineering change control board (CCB) submissions from initiation through incorporation and support the documentation/activities associated with final safety case closure.
• Operational Excellence: Look for opportunities to standardize and streamline team processes and ways of working. For example, standardizing how the team tracks work through the development lifecycle.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Scheduling

Risk management

Documentation

Travel readiness

Tools

Smartsheet

MS Project

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Aurora is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager to support EDS and VIT. You will serve as the connective tissue between electrical design and physical implementation across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing and operations.

This high-impact role sits in the Hardware Product Engineering organization and reports through VIT TPM leadership, driving cross-functional execution through full product lifecycle.