Technical Product Manager

ALTEN Technology USA; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Job summary

ALTEN Technology USA is seeking a technically fluent Product Manager to own strategy, development, and execution across current vehicle platforms and future automotive programs. You will drive 0-to-1 product development, aligning customer needs, market opportunities, and business objectives with hardware, firmware, software, and operations teams.

You will define priorities, manage tradeoffs, and build stakeholder consensus to ensure successful delivery throughout the product lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of PM experience delivering 0→1 products in automotive/AV.
• Ability to influence a wide array of stakeholders to drive decisions and consensus.
• Balance long-term strategic objectives against near-term tactical wins.
• Self-starter with a track record of taking action and delivering.
• Adept at critical thinking and navigating complex tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Define product areas across current vehicle and future platform.
• Own the successful execution of the product across its lifecycle.
• Understand customer, market, and business objectives to find opportunities and align domain to goals.
• Serve as Product Owner in a cross-functional HW, FW, SW, and operations process.
• Prioritize features ruthlessly and clearly communicate priorities at all times.

Skills

Product management experience

Stakeholder influence

Strategic vs tactical balance

Self-starter

Critical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical field

Job description

We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life‑saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.

We are seeking a technically fluent Product Manager to own the strategy, development, and execution of products across current vehicles and future automotive platforms. This role will drive 0-to-1 product development from concept through launch and ongoing lifecycle management, aligning customer needs, market opportunities, and business objectives. Working cross‑functionally with hardware, firmware, software, and operations teams, the Product Manager will define product priorities, manage tradeoffs, and build stakeholder consensus to ensure successful delivery.

Responsibilities

• Define your product areas across our current vehicle and future platform
• Own the successful execution of the product across its lifecycle
• Develop a deep understanding of the customer, market, and business objectives to find new opportunities and align your product domain to company goals
• Be the Product Owner in a highly cross‑functional product development process spanning HW, FW, SW, and operations
• Ruthlessly prioritize features and ensure priorities are clearly communicated at all times

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (engineering, computer science, or related field) required, with the technical fluency to engage credibly with HW, FW, and SW teams
• 6+ years of direct product management experience bringing 0->1 products to market in the automotive or AV space
• You are a shrewd negotiator and can influence a wide array of stakeholders to quickly drive decisions and consensus
• You can balance long-term strategic objectives against near‑term tactical wins
• You’re a self‑starter that has a track record of taking action and delivering
• You’re adept at critical thinking and can navigate complex tradeoffs in a structured way

Salary Range

• $115,000 - 125,000
• The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate’s combination of job‑related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or pregnancy.

Compliance Notice: Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Drug Screening Requirement: As a federal contractor, Alten USA maintains a drug‑free workplace. All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre‑employment drug screening as a condition of hire.