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Zoox

Senior/Staff Technical Program Manager - Compute Hardware

Foster City, CA · On-site · Senior

Discipline
Hardware
Industry
Automotive

Spec sheet

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Advanced Hardware Engineering

Senior/Staff Technical Program Manager for Zoox Compute Hardware, owning the PCU program end-to-end, including schedule management and cross-functional alignment.

Required

  • cross-functional collaboration
  • program management
  • schedules and milestones
  • risk flagging and mitigation
  • budgets estimation and maintenance
  • complex problem solving
  • communication of progress
  • influencing without formal authority

Preferred

  • experience with autonomous hardware
  • PCU or compute hardware familiarity
  • vendor / supply chain coordination
  • systems engineering liaison
  • manufacturing / integration coordination

Benefits

  • medical
  • 401k
  • PTO

Employer description

Zoox’s Advanced Hardware Engineering team is in charge of delivering all the autonomous hardware, infotainment electronic control units and electrical components that go into Zoox’s future fleet of self-driving vehicles. At the heart of our hardware architecture is the Primary Compute Unit (PCU) - the compute system that runs the AI stack that enables the vehicle to drive autonomously. We are looking for a seasoned technical program manager own the PCU program end-to-end, including the integrated program schedule. 
 
In this role, you will work cross-functionally with our vehicle engineering, systems engineering, software, safety, supply chain, quality, manufacturing and integration teams to achieve our strategic objectives and tactical milestones. You will develop project schedules with numerous dependencies, map program milestones to company milestones, flag and mitigate risks, estimate and maintain budgets, identify solutions to complex problems, navigate ambiguity, all the while holding teams accountable and clearly communicating expectations and ongoing progress.
 
As with any startup, we move fast here at Zoox, and many candidates will be asked from time to time to wear many hats. We would love to hear from you if you are up for solving very challenging problems across numerous cross-functional teams, delivering milestones with numerous dependencies, and scaling your impact by developing and adopting structured ways of working. Additionally, if you are an expert at herding cats and influencing without formal authority, then this role was made for you!
 
 

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