Technical Program Manager – Vehicle System Integration

WorkGenius Group; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

WorkGenius Group seeks an experienced Technical Program Manager for Vehicle System Integration in Foster City, CA. The role governs system specifications, cross-functional collaboration, and maturation of the vehicle program through milestones.

You will drive functional safety activities (SFMEA/DFMEA/FTA), manage changes, and ensure alignment with ISO 26262 and related standards while coordinating multi-disciplinary teams across engineering, safety, and validation. This is a ~6-month engagement.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience leading technical programs in automotive or safety-critical domains.
• Strong understanding of Systems Engineering V-model and requirements-to-validation lifecycle.
• Experience with functional safety methodologies (SFMEA/DFMEA/FTA) and ISO 26262 or similar standards.

Responsibilities

• Manage release, maturity lifecycle, governance, and verification progress of system specifications across vehicle program milestones.
• Drive safety activities, including SFMEA, DFMEA, FTA, safety workshops, and action closure.
• Coordinate dependencies across Systems Engineering, Product, Safety, Vehicle Integration, Design, Hardware, Software, Manufacturing, and Validation teams.
• Manage engineering changes and validation activities, assessing effects on requirements, schedules, and resources.
• Provide concise, data-driven program health updates to leadership.

Skills

Technical Program Management

Vehicle System Integration

Systems Engineering

Functional Safety

Requirements Management

SFMEA / DFMEA / FTA

ISO 26262

Engineering Change Control

Vehicle E/E Systems

Requirements-to-Validation

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical, Systems, Mechatronics, Aerospace Engineering or related technical discipline

Tools

Jama

Polarion

DOORS

JIRA

Smartsheet

Job description

Title: Technical Program Manager - Vehicle System Integration

Industry: Autonomous Vehicle / Technology

Location: Foster City, CA

Duration: Approximately 6 months

Responsibilities

• Manage the release, maturity lifecycle, governance, and verification progress of System Technical Specifications and requirements across vehicle program milestones.
• Drive functional safety and risk-management activities, including SFMEA, DFMEA, FTA, safety workshops, mitigation tracking, and closure of safety-related actions.
• Coordinate cross-functional dependencies and execution across Systems Engineering, Product, Safety, Vehicle Integration, Design, Hardware, Software, Manufacturing, and Validation teams.
• Manage system-level Engineering Change Requests and impact assessments, including effects on requirements, schedules, resources, hardware, software, and validation.
• Track program health, risks, milestones, deliverables, requirements stability, safety actions, and verification progress; provide concise, data-driven updates to leadership.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a Technical Program Manager, Systems Engineer, or similar technical program leader in automotive, autonomous vehicles, aerospace, robotics, or another safety-critical engineering environment.
• Strong understanding of the Systems Engineering V-model, requirements-to-validation lifecycle, vehicle electrical/electronic systems, and complex hardware/software interfaces.
• Experience with functional safety and risk-analysis methodologies such as SFMEA, DFMEA, and FTA, plus familiarity with ISO 26262, MIL-STD-882, or comparable standards.
• Experience managing technical requirements, engineering changes, dependencies, and validation activities using tools such as Jama, Polarion, DOORS, JIRA, or Smartsheet.
• Bachelor's or master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline; strong cross-functional communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Skills

• Technical Program Management
• Vehicle System Integration
• Systems Engineering
• Functional Safety
• Requirements Management
• SFMEA / DFMEA / FTA
• ISO 26262
• Engineering Change Control
• Vehicle E/E Systems
• Requirements-to-Validation

Hourly rate is commensurate with experience and is an estimated range provided by WorkGenius.