Vehicle Systems Integration TPM | Cross-Functional Leader

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

Benefits offered by this job

Pre-tax commuter benefits

Employer-subsidized healthcare

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Disability and life insurance

401k plan

Job summary

HireArt is seeking a Technical Program Manager - Vehicle System Integration in Foster City, CA. The role focuses on translating high-level product definitions into safe, traceable system-level implementations and coordinating cross-functional teams across engineering, safety, validation, and product groups.

This contract role requires strong organizational skills and the ability to manage complex dependencies.

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 (STS) across key vehicle milestones.
• Coordinate cross-functional inputs to support systems engineering deliverables and milestone commitments.
• Drive SFMEA process including workshop facilitation, action tracking, and mitigation follow-through.
• Build and maintain dependency tracking across Product, Safety, Vehicle Engineering, Validation, and other groups.
• Lead system-level change management, 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 like requirement maturity, SFMEA progress, and verification status.
• Support systems engineers in defining validation strategies, test asset configurations, and requirements traceability across test environments.

Skills

Cross-functional coordination

Stakeholder management

Analytical/problem solving

Effective communication

Fast-paced environments

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Polarion

Jama

Job description

HireArt is seeking a Technical Program Manager - Vehicle System Integration in Foster City, CA. The role focuses on translating high-level product definitions into safe, traceable system-level implementations and coordinating cross-functional teams across engineering, safety, validation, and product groups.

This contract role requires strong organizational skills and the ability to manage complex dependencies.