Technical Program Manager – Diagnostics (Vehicle Systems Integration)

Our Client, an AV Manufacturing company, is looking for a Technical Program Manager – Diagnostics (Vehicle Systems Integration) for their Foster City, CA location.
 

Responsibilities:

Own Diagnostic Roadmap including requirements, execution, validation and integration to meet Client milestone deliverables.

Drive execution of diagnostic workstream through planning the agenda, engaging relevant stakeholders and identifying action items with strong follow up.

Breakdown Diagnostic Roadmap into granular deliverables that align with overall vehicle program quarterly planning

Demonstrate agility in execution by adapting the short term plan to maintain progress when roadblocks or delays are encountered.

Ensure timely delivery of diagnostic requirement updates to firmware teams as defined in the diagnostic roadmap.

Secure necessary alignments and approvals for milestone scope changes based on program priorities.

Proactively identify cross-functional execution risks, unblock technical dependencies, and manage escalations through program management forums.

Develop and maintain a dashboard for Fleet Monitoring of Diagnostics in Service and Engineering Fleet to identify emerging trends, false positives and prioritization.

Lead milestone and gate reviews to present overall status of Diagnostics Roadmap to Client leadership.

Interface with upstream and downstream stakeholders to ensure diagnostic coverage that meets system observability, fail safe operations and serviceability requirements.

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science Engineering or related technical field.

+ years of experience in technical program management roles within the automotive embedded systems or diagnostics domains.

Proven experience delivering diagnostic feature sets in firmware for distributed automotive systems (, AUTOSAR, low-level firmware stacks, gateway controllers).

Familiarity with diagnostic standards and protocols: UDS (ISO ), CAN/CAN-FD, OBD-II (SAE J).

Strong understanding of software/firmware development workflows, release management and gate approval processes.

Analytical skills in extracting actionable insights from field diagnostics dashboards and vehicle telemetry data

Experience with diagnostic integration in EV powertrains or autonomous vehicle platforms.

Familiarity with service-oriented architecture (SOA), diagnostics via IP (DoIP), or Ethernet-based diagnostic frameworks.

Hands-on experience with JIRA, Vector CAN tools (, CANoe, CANalyzer, vFlash), embedded logging frameworks, or calibration tools (, INCA, ETAS).

Knowledge of ISO or ASPICE processes as applied to diagnostics coverage planning and validation.

Ability to lead detailed technical discussions while tracking milestones, quality gates, and cross-functional interdependencies.

Why Should You Apply?

Excellent growth and advancement opportunities