Vehicle Systems TPM - Safety & Integration Lead

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

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.