Senior Technical Program Manager, Advanced Hardware Manufacturing

The role

You will plan and own multiple capital expenditure projects for manufacturing capacity, from early concepts through final commissioning. You will lead the work with internal engineering teams and external partners to build capacity for autonomy hardware assemblies.

What you will do

• Drive planning, detailed engineering design and execution for complex manufacturing facility upgrades and line implementation.
• Act as the primary technical liaison for equipment integrators and engineering partners, managing relationships, schedules and deliverables.
• Develop project-level RASICs and build relationships across Manufacturing, Hardware, Facilities, Program Management and Supply Chain.
• Lead and prepare updates for department, program steering team and leadership meetings.
• Own integrated program schedules from design through equipment installation and commissioning.
• Track capital expenditure budgets and resolve critical path risks to ensure operational readiness.

Required qualifications

• BS/MS in Industrial, Mechanical, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 8+ years of TPM or operations experience.
• Proven track record leading large-scale industrial CapEx projects or facility build-outs from concept to commissioning.
• Track record of managing complex, cross-functional programs with hard deadlines and competing priorities.
• Deep technical expertise in industrial automation, production and assembly processes for mid to high volume manufacturing.
• Experience in factory design, layout planning and equipment installation.
• Experience working with suppliers and partners on large capital equipment projects, including project requirements and Statements of Work (SOWs).
• Ability to negotiate with external vendors and drive consensus among cross-functional technical teams.
• Exceptional communication skills, able to synthesize complex technical and financial data into leadership updates.

Nice to have

• Experience collaborating with Product Development, Hardware Engineering or other engineering teams to influence Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and new product introductions (NPI).
• Experience with sensors, optics, high performance compute, telematics or other advanced hardware development and industrialization.
• Experience scaling manufacturing in Robotics, Consumer Electronics, Automotive, EV, Aerospace, Data Center Hardware or Advanced Robotics industries.
• Proficiency with factory design tools (AutoCAD, Navisworks) and program management software (Smartsheet, MS Project).

Before you apply

• You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply.

About the company

Zoox is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem to bring this technology to market. It aims to provide next-generation mobility-as-a-service in urban environments.