Cssmerge Senior Program Manager to own vehicle configuration and change control across multiple vehicle platforms. Define configuration data models, capture paths, and change processes to ensure accurate records and enable effective testing.
Responsibilities
We are seeking a Senior Program Manager to own vehicle configuration and change control: the record of what hardware and software is on every R&D vehicle we operate, and the process governing how it changes. In this role, you will define the configuration data model, the capture path that keeps the record accurate against development assets, and the change processes that enable us to test quickly and effectively. The role spans multiple vehicle platforms with different hardware, compute, and software, and requires regular time in the garage and around vehicles.
Configuration System of Record: Own the record of as-designed, as-built, and as-running configuration for every platform, covering hardware revision and serialization, harness and sensor set, compute generation, calibration state, and firmware and software versions. Define the configuration data model, including item and revision structure, effectivity rules, and the platform abstractions that hold across differing vehicle types.
Configuration Capture: Define how configuration data is captured at the point of work, so that build, modification, service, and software update events update the record through the tools technicians and engineers already use. Own record accuracy as a measured metric, including the audit methods used, and the cadence at which it runs.
Release and Campaign Eligibility: Establish how we determine which properties are eligible for a given software release, test campaign, or data collection mission, and the reason any vehicle is excluded.
Configuration and Data Provenance: Define how logged data and test results are tied to the configuration that produced them. Partner with software and data teams on how provenance is used in validation and training workflows.
Enterprise System Requirements: Define configuration requirements for PLM, ERP, MES, and inventory systems, own the integration design between those systems and the configuration record.
Cross-Functional Ownership: Partner with vehicle integration, manufacturing and technician teams, autonomy and software release, safety, supply chain, and operations, and resolve conflicting requirements across them.
Qualification
Bachelor's degree in engineering
Required
Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field is required, with 3+ years in technical program management, technical product management, engineering program management, or a comparable role. Equivalent hands-on experience will be considered in place of the degree.
Demonstrated ownership of a technical program or internal system end to end, from requirements through delivery and sustained adoption by users who were not required to use it.
Experience in environments where physical asset state and software state must be kept reconciled, in autonomous vehicles, automotive, EV, robotics, or aerospace.
Working knowledge of engineering change and configuration management, including BOM structure and revision control, ECR and ECO workflow, effectivity, serialization and genealogy, and as-designed to as-built reconciliation.
Working knowledge of software configuration and release management, including version and build identity, update and flashing paths, parameter and calibration management, and fleet-wide version reporting.
Demonstrated experience designing an operational process and measuring adherence to it, with the ability to describe what was measured and what the results showed.
Strong written communication across requirements, decision records, and status reporting, for technical and executive audiences.
Ability to work onsite five days a week in San Francisco, with regular time in the garage and around machines, and some travel to deployment and test sites.
