Waabi
Staff Vehicle Program Manager
$130K–$270K
San Francisco, CA +3 · Hybrid · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 9, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
Pittsburgh, PA
Toronto, ON
Remote US & Canada - Experience
- 8+ years of engineering experience, including 3+ years leading technical integration programs.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Mechanical, Electrical, Computer or Systems Engineering, or a related technical field.
About the job
Owns technical integration between Waabi’s autonomous driving system and an OEM partner, coordinating teams and milestones from program setup through driverless operation.
What you'll do
- Create and manage integrated program plans, dependencies, critical paths, and reporting with OEM partners.
- Coordinate priorities and trade-offs across Hardware, Embedded, Onboard, Infra, and Autonomy teams.
- Serve as the OEM’s technical contact and help engineers triage vehicle integration issues and drive them to decisions.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of engineering experience in vehicle development, autonomous vehicles, ADAS, or robotics, including 3+ years leading technical integration programs.
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Mechanical, Electrical, Computer or Systems Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Breadth across actuation and autonomy system integration, including sensors, compute, embedded, and software.
- Experience assessing technical dependencies, critical paths, risks, and trade-offs.
Nice to have
- Understanding of OEM planning, gating, validation, DVP&R, V&V, or supplier management; commercial truck or heavy-duty vehicle experience.
- Hands-on test vehicle experience, vehicle networks such as CAN, field issue triage, Jira, AI tools that reduce manual tracking, or self-driving vehicle development.
Pay
$130,000 - $270,000 USD yearly base salary
Tools
DVP&R, V&V, CAN, Jira
AI focus
Contributes to AI-first self-driving vehicle development and may use AI tools to reduce manual program tracking.
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