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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. The HW NPI TPM will be responsible for providing planning, coordination and execution support for the HW NPI team. This individual will work closely with design engineering, internal manufacturing, purchasing, supply-chain and the contract manufacturer.
Job Responsibility:
Lead planning, execution, and management of day-to-day actions for HW modules (lidar, computer, pods etc.) with regard to their readiness for manufacturing, communicate with CM on each program and drive escalation regarding items/schedule
Partner with the development, systems, and safety 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 MFG readiness
Act as a liaison between MFG/ and the development teams regarding all items which are related to the product launch at CM and internal MFG
Track and communicate MFG items/documentation for our OEMs and customers
Provide MFG readiness status updates, risk assessments, and mitigation plans for weekly hardware program reviews and updates
Run Change Control Board for HW products from B sample on, and manage all change request schedule/execution
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 MFG processes
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 have:
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)