Senior / Staff Safety & Systems Technical Program Manager

The role

You will lead the execution of safety and systems engineering work for autonomous vehicle platforms. You will keep safety assessments, system architectures, and verification and validation efforts on schedule, and coordinate engineering teams across the company.

What you will do

• Align Safety, Security, and Systems plans with other functional areas and the feature introduction roadmap.
• Consolidate project timelines, Jira boards, and status updates into a centralized master plan.
• Provide executive reporting on Safety, Security, and Systems tasks, deliverables, and resources.
• Track verification and validation in simulation and real-world testing, and support test leads.
• Coordinate Production Readiness Reviews and the delivery of safety and security artifacts.
• Lead alignment of continuous software evaluation activities across product maturity phases.
• Track issue burndown and route process, anomaly, and performance issues to stakeholders until resolved.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of technical program management experience leading complex, cross-functional technical programs.
• Direct experience in autonomous vehicles, robotics, aerospace, or another safety-critical environment spanning hardware, software, and systems.
• Strong technical fluency in systems engineering, safety assurance, and requirements management.
• Hands-on experience with program tracking tools such as Jira.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including summarizing technical status for leadership.
• BS or MS in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.

Nice to have

• Deep understanding of the autonomous trucking domain and commercial rollouts.
• Proven history of establishing single-source-of-truth planning systems across distributed teams.
• Experience executing production readiness reviews (PRR).

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity awards.
• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage.
• Paid parental, medical, and family care leave.
• Generous PTO policy.
• 401(k) or RRSP retirement savings options.
• Health savings account contribution options.
• Daily drinks, snacks, and catered meals when in office.
• Regular team building activities and social events on-site, off-site, and virtual.
• Additional benefits tailored to specific country locations.

Before you apply

• Accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities during the application or interview process.

About the company

Waabi, founded by Raquel Urtasun, develops Physical AI technology for commercial autonomous trucks and robotaxis. The company is backed by and partners with leaders in AI, automotive, logistics, and deep tech.