Zoox
Senior/Staff Technical Program Manager - Autonomy Behaviors
$213K–$273K
Foster City, CA · Hybrid · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 24, 2026
- Experience
- 10–12+ years in engineering program management.
- Education
- BS/MS in computer science, engineering, or a technical field, or equivalent job experience.
About the job
Leads complex, cross-functional AI/ML programs for autonomy behaviors, translating corporate strategy into roadmaps and driving delivery across engineering teams.
What you'll do
- Own programs from strategy through delivery, coordinating teams and senior stakeholders.
- Define program metrics, surface risks, improve processes, and report status and recommendations to leadership.
- Build program-management practices, tools, and processes, and mentor other TPMs.
What they ask for
- BS/MS in computer science, engineering, or a technical field, or equivalent job experience.
- 10–12+ years of engineering program management experience, including programs spanning multiple organizations or director-level+ stakeholders.
- Deep experience with AI/ML, autonomous vehicles, computer vision, reinforcement learning, simulation, and/or automotive or aerospace processes.
- Track record of resolving high-ambiguity cross-organizational risks and aligning senior leadership; experience scaling program-management processes, strategy, and tooling.
Nice to have
- Experience in the AV industry or robotics.
- Experience integrating AI tools/agents into program-management workflows; experience using JIRA or similar tools.
Pay
USD 213,000–273,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
AI/ML, computer vision, reinforcement learning, simulation, JIRA
AI focus
Own and drive cross-organizational AI/ML programs; integrating AI tools/agents into program-management workflows is a bonus qualification.
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