Staff Technical Program Manager, Hardware NPI Test

Aurora•Mountain View, CA

2d•$181,000 - $290,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Aurora’s mission is to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly. The Aurora Driver will create a new era in mobility and logistics, one that will bring a safer, more efficient, and more accessible future to everyone. At Aurora, you will tackle massively complex problems alongside other passionate, intelligent individuals, growing as an expert while expanding your knowledge. We’re searching for a Staff Technical Program Manager - Hardware NPI Test. The Hardware NPI Test TPM will be responsible for providing planning, coordination and execution support for the Hardware NPI test team. This individual will work closely with design engineering, internal manufacturing, NPI test engineering, purchasing, supply-chain and the contract manufacturer.

Requirements

Experience managing engineering changes in short schedule development cycle
Experience with developing safety critical hardware, bonus points for experience in robotics, automotive, or the aerospace/defense industry.
Experience with launching new hardware products to market and managing hardware product life cycles.
Strong technical understanding of manufacturing and EOL test processes and test data management.
Strong PLM experience with tools such as Arena
Experience with project management tools such as Smartsheets, MS Project, etc.
Experience with task management tools such as Jira, Jira Tools, Confluence, etc.

Nice To Haves

At least 7 years experience managing complex hardware development programs and manufacturing processes
Preferred experience with moving prototype products to High Volume Manufacturing and/or new line bring up in Asia
Experience in a safety critical hardware industry (aerospace/defense, automotive, medical devices, etc)
Experience with the full product lifecycle (including development, verification, and market introduction)
Experience with AV or robotics
Experience and familiarity with the Agile development methodology (no certification is required)

Responsibilities

Lead planning, execution, and management of day-to-day actions for hardware modules (lidar, computer, pods etc.) with regard to their readiness for manufacturing EOL (End of Line) test.
Communicate with CM (Contract Manufacturers) on each program and drive escalation regarding items/schedule.
Partner with the development, systems, and test technical leads to represent activities at the relevant cross-functional meetings.
Pro-actively schedule meetings or discussions with cross-functional partners to help unblock the engineering teams for manufacturing test readiness.
Act as a liaison between manufacturing test and the development teams regarding all items which are related to the product launch at CM and internal manufacturing.
Track and communicate manufacturing test yield, test data, and Pareto analysis to the stakeholders.
Provide manufacturing test readiness status updates, risk assessments, and mitigation plans for weekly hardware program reviews and updates.
Run Change Control Board for hardware test from B sample on, and manage all change request schedule/execution.