Job Description
The role involves managing and coordinating the development of hardware and software architectures for autonomous vehicle systems, working closely with engineering teams and stakeholders to ensure technical and business objectives are met, while driving architectural improvements and managing complex projects in the self-driving technology space.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with senior engineering leaders to develop architectural proposals and evaluate new technologies.
- Coordinate with engineering teams to ensure architecture aligns with business objectives and hardware transitions.
- Transform complex challenges into actionable architectural solutions and improvements.
- Drive the definition, recommendation, decision-making, and execution of major architectural initiatives.
- Develop detailed engineering plans for architectural projects supporting hardware and software systems.
- Evaluate and integrate vendor-supplied fallback systems to ensure system safety and reliability.
- Lead architectural improvements to autonomy stacks for enhanced onboard execution at scale.
- Facilitate executive program reviews and ensure alignment on architectural progress and goals.
- Identify and remove obstacles to team execution, balancing priorities to maintain momentum.
Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years experience as a Technical Program Manager, Product Manager, or Engineering Manager in autonomous systems, robotics, embedded systems, or software development, with an architecture focus.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Math, Information Systems, or a related area.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to adjust communication based on audience, including senior executives.
- Strong technical aptitude and an ability to understand complex technical designs, software development lifecycle, challenges, and risks, with the ability to work closely with engineers.
- Strong experience in project management with practical familiarity with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies and the flexibility to adapt and apply them when appropriate to improve and not hinder team execution velocity, quality, and efficacy.
- Ability to work in Mountain View, CA, with occasional travel expected to support vendor conversations and cross-functional team alignment.
- Experience evaluating and integrating vendor-supplied fallback systems.
- Experience with architecture development, evaluating new technologies, and de-risking architectural decisions across hardware and software systems.
- Experience coordinating with various engineering teams and departments to ensure architecture meets business objectives and supports hardware transitions.
- Experience leading the development of architectural proposals, executing efforts to de-risk architectural decisions, and driving architectural improvements for automotive SoC-based compute platforms, Aurora Driver Hardware Kit, and fallback systems.
- Ability to develop detailed and credible engineering plans for architectural projects.
- Partnering with stakeholders across hardware and software to understand product roadmaps and how architectural changes support future products.
- Proactively identifying and removing obstacles to unblock team execution, escalating when necessary to maintain momentum and clear roadblocks.
Benefits & Perks
Base salary range of $181,000 to $262,000 per year
Annual bonus eligibility
Equity compensation
Hybrid work environment with in-office presence at least 3 days per week
Support for vendor conversations and cross-functional team alignment through occasional travel
Commitment to safety policies and safety-focused organizational culture
Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities
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