Atoms
Senior Program Manager, Vehicle Configuration
$160K–$200K
San Francisco, CA +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Aug 31, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 6+ years; equivalent hands-on experience may replace the degree requirement.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field, or equivalent hands-on experience.
About the job
Owns the vehicle configuration system and change-control processes that track hardware and software across R&D vehicle platforms and support testing, releases, and data provenance.
What you'll do
- Define and maintain the configuration data model and system of record for vehicle hardware and software states.
- Design configuration capture, audit, change-control, and release/campaign eligibility processes.
- Set configuration requirements and integration design for PLM, ERP, MES, inventory, and data provenance systems; coordinate across teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field, or equivalent hands-on experience.
- 6+ years in technical program management, technical product management, engineering program management, or a comparable role.
- Experience reconciling physical asset and software states in autonomous vehicles, automotive, EV, robotics, or aerospace; working knowledge of engineering change/configuration and software release management.
- Demonstrated end-to-end ownership of a technical program or internal system, operational process measurement, and strong written communication; ability to work onsite five days a week in San Francisco and travel to deployment and test sites.
Pay
$160,000 - $200,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
PLM, ERP, MES
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