Regional Fleet Readiness Manager - WEST

Regional Fleet Integration & Scalability

Lead the strategic scale of new EV platforms across multiple Western Region markets, prioritizing fleet uptime and platform maturity through rigorous oversight of field integration, high-voltage stabilization, and sensor-health protocols.

Technical & Diagnostic Leadership

Provide dotted-line leadership and technical oversight to a multi-site team of Diagnostic Technicians, setting daily priorities and providing technical mentorship to ensure high-quality execution of complex powertrain and AV-stack troubleshooting.

Engineering-to-Ops Liaison

Serve as the primary conduit between Hardware/Electrical Engineering and Field Ops, translating systemic technical failures into actionable Standard Work (SW) and driving Root Cause Analysis (RCA).

Vendor Management & Workforce Readiness

• Demonstrated ability to manage complex service-level agreements (SLAs) while ensuring third-party partners are appropriately staffed and technically trained to support multi-platform EV operations.
• Experience auditing vendor "Standard Work" and safety certifications is essential.

Operational Governance & Automation

Champion the deployment of automated systems and advanced tooling to maximize depot throughput; provide executive-ready reporting on fleet health and maturity to Global Leadership.

Supply & Asset Integration

Partner with Supply Management to oversee critical component lifecycles and "just-in-time" part availability, ensuring zero-downtime for mission-critical EV hardware.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering or a related technical/industrial field.
• 10+ Years of Industry Experience: Proven track record in large-scale commercial operations, logistics, or hardware manufacturing, with at least 3 years specifically focused on Electric Vehicle (EV) platforms.
• NPI & Scaling Success: Demonstrated experience taking a vehicle platform or complex hardware product from the NPI phase through to stable, commercial-scale field deployment.
• Vendor Management Excellence: Proven ability to manage complex service-level agreements (SLAs) and drive vendor accountability through data-driven performance audits.
• Analytical Rigor: Advanced ability to interpret telemetry data, diagnostic codes (DTCs), dashboarding and fleet metrics to identify operational gaps and mitigate market-level risks.
• Project Leadership: Experience managing multiple high-stakes technical projects simultaneously in a high-velocity environment (e.g., retrofits, software-defined hardware updates).

Preferred Skills

• AV Industry Fluency: Direct experience with autonomous vehicle ecosystems, specifically the integration of compute/sensing suites with EV powertrains.
• Process Engineering (WOS/Lean): Experience implementing or refining formal operating systems (e.g., Waymo Operating System or Lean Manufacturing) to reduce operational drag.
• High-Voltage Safety: Advanced knowledge of EV safety standards and the ability to design/manage safe workspaces for high-voltage battery service.
• Change Management Leadership: Skilled in navigating organizational restructuring and leading teams through the "fluid" environment of a scaling startup.
• Relationship Building: Ability to build and manage relationships, engage in-person, and foster cross-functional communication and alignment.
• Strategic Decision-Making: Skilled in analytical and critical thinking, problem-solving, risk assessment, management, and long-term planning and prioritization.

Travel Requirement

25% of the time

Pay

The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level.