Technical Program Manager - Vehicle System Integration

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• 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

Pay

91.85 USD Per Hour

Schedule

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.