Technical Program Manager – Chassis Firmware Integration

Yoh Services LLC; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Prescription, Dental & Vision

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Life & Disability Insurance

MetLife Voluntary Benefits

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

401K Retirement Savings Plan

Direct Deposit & weekly epayroll

Referral Bonus Programs

Certification and training

Job summary

Yoh Services LLC in Palo Alto is seeking a Software Technical Program Manager for Powertrain to drive complex powertrain software programs from planning through delivery. You will coordinate with controls, systems, and integration engineers to align feature roadmaps and milestones, while ensuring DV plans and resource needs are met.

The role requires a strong technical background in automotive powertrain and motion controls, plus 5+ years in program management, product launches with OEMs, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years program management experience, with focus on automotive powertrain systems software development, verification and validation, or quality assurance.
• Product launch experience with a vehicle OEM in systems, software, or testing.
• Experience with automotive powertrain systems is required.
• Experience working with vehicle motion controls.
• Experience working with vehicle diagnostics.
• Experience with Agile Methodology, CI/CD is required.
• Proven track record of successfully managing complex projects in a fast‑paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate feature delivery roadmaps with controls, systems, and integration engineers and tie key deliverables to milestones.
• Work cross‑functionally to ensure torque controls development plans meet end‑user needs and DV test plans.
• Coordinate prototype vehicle and test asset allocation; ensure engineers have resources when needed.
• Lead sprint planning sessions and organize the engineering task workflow.
• Track sprint actions and progress; report status and escalate as needed.
• Assess team workload and vocalize resource gaps to engineering management.
• Prioritize work tasks and ensure steady team progress.
• Set the overall sprint timeline and resolve blockers.

Skills

Program management

Automotive powertrain

Vehicle diagnostics

Agile & CI/CD

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Quality assurance

Product launch experience

Project management leadership

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering/CS or related field

Job description

Software Technical Program Manager – Powertrain

As Technical Program Manager, you will use your technical expertise to holistically drive complex problems to completion. You will work with the team to scope work, plan requirements, identify risks, estimate budgets, and clearly communicate ongoing progress.

Seeking an experienced Software Technical Program Manager (TPM) for Powertrain and Motion Controls. The TPM will be responsible for driving the team to meet their committed deliverables as well as working with the engineers, technical leads, and managers across the broader organization to assess risk, communicate status, and drive closure to key issues. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in automotive powertrain systems and motion controls, excellent project management skills, and experience working with highly cross‑functional teams. This environment is not for everyone but will enrich the best talent with the opportunity to perform some of the best work of their careers.

Responsibilities

As a technical program manager, you will be a force multiplier and enable a world‑class team of engineers to execute with quality and under aggressive development timelines.

You will be responsible for the following domains: powertrain and motion controls.

• Coordinate with various controls, systems, and integration engineers to establish feature delivery roadmaps, define key deliverable delivery dates, and tie deliverables to engineering milestones.
• Work Right-to-Left to ensure that the vehicle and motor torque controls development plans meet end‑user needs, support hardware and system DV test plans, and meet engineering program milestones.
• Coordinate with vehicle program management on prototype vehicle and test asset allocation. Ensure engineers have the resources that they need, at the time that they need it, to complete their testing and validation.
• Run sprint planning sessions and help organize the engineering task workflow.
• Track sprint action items and progress towards engineering deliverables. Report status to engineering management and elevate concerns when necessary.
• Work with engineering management to assess team workload management and vocalize resource gaps.
• Assist engineering to prioritize work tasks and ensure team progress.
• Set the overall sprint timeline, identify and resolve roadblocks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
• Minimum of 5 years program management experience, with focus on automotive powertrain systems software development, verification and validation, or quality assurance
• Product launch experience with a vehicle OEM in systems, software, or testing
• Experience with automotive powertrain systems is required
• Experience working with vehicle motion controls
• Experience working with vehicle diagnostics
• Experience with Agile Methodology, CI/CD is required
• Proven track record of successfully managing complex projects in a fast‑paced environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Estimated Min Rate: $80.00

Estimated Max Rate: $100.00

Benefits

• Medical, Prescription, Dental & Vision Benefits (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• Health Savings Account (HSA) (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• Life & Disability Insurance (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• MetLife Voluntary Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401K Retirement Savings Plan
• Direct Deposit & weekly epayroll
• Referral Bonus Programs
• Certification and training opportunities

Note: Any pay ranges displayed are estimations. Actual pay is determined by an applicant's experience, technical expertise, and other qualifications as listed in the job description. All qualified applicants are welcome to apply.

Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

For California applicants, qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. All of the material job duties described in this posting are job duties for which a criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.