Autonomous Vehicle Program Specialist (Remote)

Cognizant • Phoenix, AZ

3d • $22 - $27 • Remote

About The Position

The Autonomous Vehicle Program Specialist plays a critical role in ensuring technical accuracy, operational efficiency, and quality excellence across autonomous vehicle workflows. This position focuses on defining standards, managing quality control processes, and driving continuous improvement through data-driven insights and automation.

Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring company sponsorship now or at any time in the future.

Requirements

• Minimum Graduate in streams of commerce, geography, management, mathematics, science, computers, or engineering
• Familiarity with the autonomous vehicle domain.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work across cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to design incubation programs, review objectives, align success criteria, and provide functional oversight throughout the pilot journey.
• Identify synergies between workflows and recommend guideline or process changes to optimize operations.
• Provide insights on policies and guidelines across products and markets.
• Support internal teams with policy interpretation and resolve queries related to specific tasks.
• Conduct quality checks on transactions, deliver feedback to stakeholders, and participate in calibration sessions to ensure alignment on quality processes.
• Perform meta-quality control (meta-QC) on workflows to maintain high standards.
• Offer technical support to vendor leads and resolve workflow-related issues promptly.
• Serve as L3 escalation support for complex mitigation/evaluations
• Drive automation and tooling feedback loops for teams
• Define test criteria, calibration standards, and evaluation rubrics for global SWQ
• Focus on standardization, rapid dissemination, and expert clarification to handle continuous policy flux
• Codify tribal knowledge into structured playbooks and scenario libraries

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees