Aptiv
Technical Program Manager, Robotics and Drones
Boston, MA - USA · Contract
Sponsorship not specified$170k-$200kDetected 21 hours ago
Machine LearningProduct ManagementProduct StrategyProject ManagementAgileJiraStakeholder ManagementForecastingCadenceEmbedded SystemsSystems EngineeringRoboticsElectrical EngineeringLeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingOrganizational Skills
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Lottery odds (Level IV)94
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About the role
- We work in partnership with almost all car manufacturers.
- Aptiv's Robotics and Drones business is focused on providing autonomy and AI/ML related technologies for Industrial Robots such as Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs), Robotic Arms and Humanoids as well as for Commercial and Defense Drones.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain integrated program plans with scope, deliverables, milestones, dependencies, resource assumptions, and critical path visibility aligned to product roadmap and customer commitments.
- Drive on-time, at-cost, and high-quality delivery of assigned programs, proactively identifying schedule risks, tradeoffs, and mitigation actions.
- Partner with Sensors and Compute product leaders to ensure all engineering work aligns with platform strategy, product roadmap, and reuse objectives across robotics programs.
- Support feasibility assessments for new features, customer requests, and platform enhancements, including implications for architecture, timing, resource needs, development cost, manufacturability, and performance.
- Coordinate engineering staffing needs with functional managers and technical leads to balance priorities across multiple programs.
- Drive the program operating cadence across sprint reviews, milestone reviews, risk reviews, change control, and executive updates.
- Manage scope changes, engineering change requests, and SOW updates, with clear assessment of impacts to schedule, cost, quality, and deliverables.
- Proactively identify cross-functional dependencies, lead issue triage and root-cause resolution planning.
- Own product related resource allocation, including staffing and materials, and forecasting
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage ambiguity and drive decisions.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 8+ years of experience in technical program management, systems engineering, product development, or a related role in robotics, automotive, embedded systems, or other complex technical environments.
- Proven track record of managing complex cross-functional programs involving both hardware and software deliverables.
- Strong working knowledge of product development lifecycles, release planning, integration, and validation processes.
- Experience with Agile development practices and program tracking tools such as Jira.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to synthesize technical detail into executive-ready updates.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple teams toward a common mission and hold teams accountable to commitments.
Nice to have
- Experience with AMRs, drones, industrial automation, ADAS, autonomous systems, or other safety- and reliability-critical products.
- Familiarity with robotics software stacks, perception systems, sensors, embedded compute platforms, or edge AI deployment workflows.
- Exposure to regulated or standards-driven environments, including functional safety or industrial safety frameworks.
- PMP, Agile, Scrum, or similar program/project management certification.
- It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment.
- An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
Skills
- Senior Technical Program Manager, Robotics & Drones
- Our sensors, systems and software can already be found in almost all passenger cars today.
Compensation
- As a candidate for this position, your salary and will be contingent upon your work experience, education, skills and any other factors Aptiv considers relevant to the hiring decision.
Benefits
- Maintain Jira dashboards and related reporting tools to track feature readiness, sprint health, defect trends, issue closure, dependencies, and key engineering milestones.
Company info
- Senior Technical Program Manager, Robotics & Drones We are Aptiv - a global technology company with 200,000 specialists in 48 countries.
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