Hardware Test & Validation Program Manager

ALTEN Technology USA•Foster City, CA

5h•$100,000 - $115,000•Onsite

About The Position

We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more. As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing. When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow. As a Technical Program Manager for component and system validation, you will work cross-functionally with vehicle engineering, suppliers, and the project management team to drive our test planning into tactical and detailed road maps that facilitate effective execution at each stage of our growth curve. You will work with validation and engineering teams to develop schedules, identify milestones, flag risks, estimate budgets, and clearly communicate ongoing progress.

Requirements

BS or MS degree in engineering or equivalent job experience
2+ years of experience in engineering, program management, or management consulting
Strong track record of managing complex cross-functional projects
An ability to keep the big picture in focus and to provide clear, well-structured, and concise communications tailored to each appropriate audience

Nice To Haves

Previous experience with requirements management tools such as Polarion and issue management tools such as JIRA and Confluence
Previous experience with Change management
Deep familiarity with automotive development processes
An ability to keep the big picture in focus and to provide clear, well-structured, and concise communications tailored to each appropriate audience

Responsibilities

Work directly with validation team and engineering teams to understand part availability, part maturity (prototype, early stage sample, etc.), test status and timing across multiple components and subsystems. Manage burndown of the risks on a timely basis.
Create detailed summaries of testing timelines, issues/risks, progress and accomplishments to be shared with key stakeholders
Leverage department leaders to translate the top-down corporate strategy and milestones into detailed product roadmaps, timelines, and deliverables
Deliver technical presentations that explain validation initiatives to consumer teams
Ensure the validation team understands what they need to deliver at all times. Proactively remove obstacles to drive momentum and progress, identify gaps in communication or schedule, provide support to teams balancing competing priorities and drive results.
Define and manage process and regular meetings.