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Staff Technical Program Manager - HW NPI

Aurora
Mountain View, California
Full Time
Posted February 17, 2026
$181k - $290k
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Job Description

The Staff Technical Program Manager - Hardware NPI at Aurora is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing the development and manufacturing readiness of hardware modules for self-driving technology, working closely with engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain teams to ensure successful product launches and lifecycle management.

Key Responsibilities

  • Plan, coordinate, and execute hardware new product introductions (NPI) for modules such as lidar, computer, and pods.
  • Work closely with design engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, supply chain, and contract manufacturers to ensure hardware readiness for production.
  • Manage day-to-day activities related to hardware modules' manufacturing readiness and communicate with contract manufacturers.
  • Represent cross-functional activities at meetings with development, systems, and safety technical leads.
  • Schedule and facilitate meetings with cross-functional teams to resolve issues and unblock engineering for manufacturing readiness.
  • Act as a liaison between manufacturing and development teams regarding product launch activities.
  • Track and communicate manufacturing items, documentation, and status updates for OEMs and customers.
  • Provide hardware program status updates, risk assessments, and mitigation plans in weekly reviews.
  • Manage hardware change requests and run Change Control Board processes from B sample onward.

Requirements

  • Experience managing engineering changes in short schedule development cycles.
  • Experience with developing safety critical hardware, with bonus points for experience in robotics, automotive, or the aerospace defense industry.
  • Experience with launching new hardware products to market and managing hardware product life cycles.
  • Strong technical understanding of manufacturing (MFG) processes.
  • Strong PLM experience with tools such as Arena.
  • Experience with project management tools such as Smartsheets, MS Project, etc.
  • Experience with task management tools such as Jira, Jira Tools, Confluence, etc.
  • At least 7 years of experience managing complex hardware development programs and manufacturing processes.
  • Experience managing hardware development programs and manufacturing processes in a safety critical hardware industry such as aerospace, defense, automotive, or medical devices.
  • Experience with moving prototype products to high volume manufacturing and/or new line bring-up in Asia.
  • Experience with the full product lifecycle including development, verification, and market introduction.

Benefits & Perks

Annual bonus
Equity compensation
Benefits (unspecified)

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