Senior Technical Program Manager - ADAS/AD Systems Engineering

In this role, you are embedded within the ADAS department as a Sr. Technical Program Manager - ADAS/AD Software Development to collaborate with a wide range of cross-functional teams at Lucid Motors on tracking and bringing to completion of all phases of ADAS/AD SW development and release process.    

The Sr. Technical Program Manager - ADAS/AD Software Development will help guide the internal SW development ADAS teams in the development of ADAS and Autonomous Driving SW for Lucid vehicles.  

This role is located on-site in Southfield, MI 

  Role and Responsibilities   

• Coordinate across platform, applications (Maps, Motion Planning & Control, Perception), and Data teams to create an integrated stack that aligns with feature development  

• Define and track progress toward SW integration milestones and identify, escalate, unblock issues that impact SW Development  

• Manage and coordinate critical program activities between the key stakeholders, cross-functional teams and other project managers/tech leads  

• Manage and coordinate SW release cadences both for ADAS internal validation, and overall system integration and validation milestones     

• Employ project management skills related to overall project tracking, deliverables management, action item tracking, meeting minutes, team communications, and presentations; keep stakeholders apprised of project status and defined deliverables.  

• Use tools like Jira and Confluence to communicate key tasks, track progress, and publish critical information to the complete project team.   

• Contribute to Strategy development and operation management for the entire ADAS/AD department  

Required Qualifications:  

• BS or MS degree in an engineering disciple or equivalent experience  

• 3+ years of experience in technical program management in ADAS SW development, or 7 years of experience in the automotive field, with ADAS/AD features and systems  

• Success in leading cross-functional teams in launching ADAS/AD features into production 

• An ability to lead through ambiguity and enabling teams to perform in this environment  

• Expertise using JIRA, Confluence, and other project management tools  

• Excellent written, presentation, and verbal communication skills and an ability to explain difficult or sensitive information in an easy to understand manner  

• Ability to quickly comprehend complex problems and effectively facilitate the team to a decision and coordinate the action plan.  

• Excellent interpersonal, communication and collaboration skills, with ability to work in a high-pace highly complex cross-functional environment.  

• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with ability to drive decisions using data and metrics   

Preferred Qualifications:  

• Previous project management experience from an OEM or a Tier1 in ADAS/AD SW development, or feature definition and systems engineering  

• Previous experience with lean-agile framework, and development and deployment process   

• Knowledge of relevant regulations and applicable safety standards for typical ADAS features (e.g. ASPICE, FMVSS, EuroNCAP, R79, GSR2, etc.)  

• MS or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, System Engineering, or similar preferred