Technical Program Manager - Vehicle System Integration

HireArt; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 104,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pre-tax commuter benefits

Healthcare benefits

Flexible Spending Account

Disability & life insurance covered

401k

Job summary

HireArt is seeking a Technical Program Manager - Vehicle System Integration for an on-site role in Foster City, CA. You will drive cross-functional alignment to translate product definitions into safe, traceable system-level implementations and partner with engineering, safety, validation, and product teams.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, technically curious, and skilled at coordinating complex efforts across engineering, safety, validation, and product teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or related technical discipline.
• Experience coordinating complex cross-functional engineering programs or technical projects.
• Strong organizational, planning, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience managing technical requirements, dependencies, risks, and change control processes.
• Ability to communicate effectively with engineering, safety, validation, and executive stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working in fast-paced product development environments.

Responsibilities

• Manage lifecycle, governance, and release readiness of System Technical Specifications across key vehicle milestones.
• Coordinate cross-functional inputs to support systems engineering deliverables and meet milestones.
• Drive SFMEA process including workshop facilitation, tracking, and mitigation follow-through.
• Build and maintain dependency tracking across Product, Safety, Vehicle Engineering, Validation, and other stakeholders.
• Lead system-level change management activities; ensure ECRs are reviewed and impacts assessed.
• Identify and resolve cross-functional risks, dependencies, and timeline conflicts before they affect execution.
• Track and report systems engineering health metrics like requirement maturity and SFMEA progress.
• Support systems engineers in defining validation strategies, test asset configurations, and requirements traceability across test environments.

Skills

Cross-functional coordination

Stakeholder management

Engineering program management

Systems engineering

Communication

Analytical thinking

Fast-paced environment

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or CS

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Polarion

Jama

Job description

Expected compensation: 91.85 USD Per Hour

HireArt is helping an on-demand, autonomous ride-hailing company find a Technical Program Manager - Vehicle System Integration to serve as the operational engine behind the vehicle's functional architecture.

In this role, you’ll drive the cross-functional alignment and execution required to translate high-level product definitions into safe, traceable, and technically sound system-level implementations. You’ll partner closely with cross-functional teams to ensure engineering teams remain aligned against critical vehicle milestones.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, technically curious, and skilled at coordinating complex cross-functional efforts across engineering, safety, validation, and product teams.

As a Technical Program Manager - Vehicle System Integration, you'll:

• Manage the lifecycle, governance, and release readiness of System Technical Specifications (STS) across key vehicle development milestones.
• Coordinate cross-functional inputs required to support systems engineering deliverables and ensure milestone commitments are met.
• Drive execution of the System Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (SFMEA) process, including workshop facilitation, action item tracking, and mitigation follow-through.
• Build and maintain dependency tracking across Product, Safety, Vehicle Engineering, Validation, and other stakeholder groups.
• Lead system-level change management activities, ensuring Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) are reviewed, communicated, and assessed for downstream impacts.
• Identify and resolve cross-functional risks, dependencies, and timeline conflicts before they affect program execution.
• Track and report key systems engineering health metrics, including requirement maturity, SFMEA progress, and verification status.
• Support systems engineers in defining validation strategies, test asset configurations, and requirements traceability across test environments.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical discipline
• Experience coordinating complex cross-functional engineering programs or technical projects
• Strong organizational, planning, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience managing technical requirements, dependencies, risks, and change control processes
• Ability to communicate effectively with engineering, safety, validation, and executive stakeholders
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience working in fast-paced product development environments
• This role will require safety boots that conform to ASTM F2412 / F2413 requirements

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience supporting systems engineering, vehicle integration, or product development programs
• Familiarity with requirements management, verification, validation, or functional safety processes
• Experience working in automotive, robotics, aerospace, or other complex hardware/software environments
• Experience with engineering lifecycle tools such as Jira, Confluence, Polarion, Jama, or similar platforms

Benefits

• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Employer (HireArt) subsidized healthcare benefits (eligibility begins on the first of the month following 60 days of service)
• Flexible Spending Account for healthcare-related costs
• HireArt covers all costs for short- and long-term disability and life insurance
• 401k package

Commitment

This is a full-time, ongoing contract position staffed via HireArt. It will be onsite and available to candidates who are local to the Foster City, CA area. HireArt values diversity and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. Unfortunately, we are not able to sponsor visas or employ corp-to-corp.