Zoox
Manager, Technical Program Management - System Safety for Cross Functional Initiatives
$186K–$255K
Foster City, CA · Hybrid · Manager · Full-time · Posted Jan 30, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years; related-industry experience is preferred.
- Education
- BS or MS in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads cross-functional verification and validation programs to substantiate the safety case for Zoox’s autonomous software, vehicle platform, and operations.
What you'll do
- Own V&V program strategy from planning through execution and closure, including simulation-based and structured test plans.
- Align validation pipelines, coordinate teams, and manage dependencies, risks, resources, critical paths, and milestones.
- Drive cross-team issue resolution and mitigation, and brief executives on program-critical topics.
What they ask for
- BS or MS in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 7+ years leading complex technical programs or engineering initiatives; automotive, robotics, aerospace, or related industry experience preferred.
- Proficiency with project and issue tracking tools such as JIRA; familiarity with Gantt charting, dependency mapping, and critical path management.
- Strong technical foundation across hardware, software, and systems, plus proficiency with basic statistics and probability.
Nice to have
- Experience validating safety-critical or high-integrity systems.
- Familiarity with simulation environments, software pipelines, data-driven system modeling and analysis, or scaling validation and test strategies for complex autonomous systems.
Pay
USD 186,000–255,000 (per-year-salary)
Tools
JIRA
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