Senior Technical Program Manager - Verification and Validation

The role

You will manage cross-functional engineering programs for Zoox's autonomy verification and validation work. You will turn corporate strategy into product roadmaps, timelines and deliverables, and help build scalable evaluation systems for autonomous vehicle behavior.

What you will do

• Partner with Autonomy V&V engineering managers to turn corporate strategy and milestones into product roadmaps, timelines and deliverables
• Drive and support teams of software and data engineers and scientists building evaluation pipelines using statistics, simulation and other methods
• Help build scalable systems that improve how Zoox evaluates autonomy behavior
• Work with cross-functional stakeholders to identify gaps, escalate risks, drive bug closure and track test coverage
• Serve as a trusted partner to engineering leadership and the main person for unblocking teams and driving solutions
• Develop project schedules, identify milestones, flag risks, estimate budgets and communicate progress with each engineering team

Required qualifications

• BS or MS degree in computer science, engineering or equivalent job experience
• At least 6 years of experience in engineering program management
• Strong track record of managing complex cross-functional projects and problem-solving
• Ability to keep the big picture in focus and give clear, well-structured, concise communication suited to each audience
• Deep familiarity with software development processes and tools such as Gantt charts, risk matrices, Smartsheet and JIRA
• Excellent written, presentation and verbal communication skills, including creating visualizations of KPIs and program risks

Nice to have

• Experience with AI/ML, autonomous vehicles, computer vision, large language models, reinforcement learning, simulation, and/or automotive or aerospace processes
• Experience working on complex safety-critical systems

Benefits

• Paid time off, including sick leave, vacation and bereavement
• Unpaid time off
• Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
• Amazon RSUs
• Health insurance
• Long-term care insurance
• Long-term and short-term disability insurance
• Life insurance

Before you apply

• Compensation varies by geographic location and level; level and position within level depend on experience, domain knowledge and interview performance

About the company

Zoox is developing a full-stack autonomous mobility solution for cities. The company is working on an ambitious program to build self-driving vehicles.