Senior/Staff Technical Program Manager - 3D Mapping
Job Summary
Job Description
Zoox is seeking a Senior/Staff Technical Program Manager to drive their autonomous mobility solution. This role involves working cross-functionally with engineering leaders in software, hardware, vehicle engineering, and product to translate corporate strategy into detailed roadmaps for effective execution. You will collaborate with engineering teams to develop project schedules, identify milestones, flag risks, estimate budgets, and communicate progress. The CLAMS team, focusing on Calibration, Localization, and Mapping Simultaneously, is crucial for building and maintaining HD maps, ensuring vehicles enter service rapidly, and providing foundational services for the AI stack. Responsibilities include building systems for map expansion and maintenance, creating product roadmaps and timelines, delivering technical presentations, assessing system needs with engineers, driving pipeline efficiency, planning and deploying new mapping pipeline technologies, and collaborating with finance on resource requirements. This role requires establishing standard reports for stakeholder communication on program status, issues, and accomplishments.
Must have:
- BS or MS degree in computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, or equivalent experience
- At least 8 years of experience in technical program management, engineering, program management, or management consulting
- Deep familiarity with software development processes
- Strong track record of managing complex cross-functional projects
- Ability to keep the big picture in focus and communicate clearly
- Demonstrated ability to drive end-to-end product or program ownership and shape roadmap strategy
Good to have:
- Experience with mapping technologies or pipelines (e.g., home robots, SLAM for AR/VR, large-scale industrial/commercial mapping like Google Maps, Here Maps, drone-based mapping)
Perks:
- Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
- Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
- Sign-on bonus may be offered
- Paid time off (sick leave, vacation, bereavement)
- Unpaid time off
- Health insurance
- Long-term care insurance
- Long-term and short-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
4 skills required
Job Details
Zoox has embarked on a highly ambitious journey to develop a full-stack autonomous mobility solution for our cities. As a technical program manager, you will work cross-functionally with engineering leaders across software, hardware, vehicle engineering, and product to drive our corporate strategy into tactical and detailed road maps that facilitate effective execution at each stage of our growth curve. You will work with each engineering team to develop project schedules, identify milestones, flag risks, estimate budgets, and clearly communicate ongoing progress.
The CLAMS team (Calibration, Localization and Mapping Simultaneously) is a key part of Zoox’s broader AI team. CLAMS sits on the cutting edge of the business, running initiatives like building and maintaining HD maps of new areas that our robotaxis and test fleet operate, ensuring freshly manufactured or reworked vehicles are able to rapidly enter service, and providing rock-solid foundational services that the rest of the on-vehicle and off-vehicle AI stack relies on.
In this role, you will:
- Build systems to understand, plan and prioritize map expansion and maintenance needs, to meet downstream consumer teams needs
- Work with department leaders to translate the top-down corporate strategy and milestones into detailed mapping team product roadmaps, timelines, and deliverables
- Create and deliver technical presentations that explain mapping team initiatives, requirements, and impact to upstream and downstream consumer teams
- Confer with engineers, engineering managers, other TPMs, and consumer teams to assess systems needs and requirements
- Drive efficiency in our mapping pipeline
- Plan, test, and deploy a new mapping pipeline technology initiatives
- Collaborate with cross-functional leaders and Finance team in order to define and track resource requirements (headcount and budget)
- Establish standard reports to provide concise and effective communications to key stakeholders on program status, issues/risks, and accomplishments
Qualifications
- BS or MS degree in computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, or equivalent job experience
- At least 8 years of experience in technical program management, engineering, program management, or management consulting
- Deep familiarity with software development processes
- Strong track record of managing complex cross-functional projects, scaling, optimizing, and managing operational pipelines
- An ability to keep the big picture in focus and to provide clear, well-structured, and concise communications tailored to each appropriate audience
- Demonstrated ability to drive end-to-end product or program ownership. Ability to shape roadmap strategy and lead execution
Bonus Qualifications
- Experience with mapping technologies or pipelines. E.g. mapping for home robots, SLAM for augmented reality / virtual reality applications, or large scale industrial or commercial mapping experience (e.g. working on products like Google Maps, Here Maps, drone-based mapping, etc.)
$172,000 - $273,000 a year
Base Salary Range
There are three major components to compensation for this position: salary, Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), and Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights. A sign-on bonus may be offered as part of the compensation package. The listed range applies only to the base salary. Compensation will vary based on geographic location and level. Leveling, as well as positioning within a level, is determined by a range of factors, including, but not limited to, a candidate's relevant years of experience, domain knowledge, and interview performance. The salary range listed in this posting is representative of the range of levels Zoox is considering for this position.
Zoox also offers a comprehensive package of benefits, including paid time off (e.g. sick leave, vacation, bereavement), unpaid time off, Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights, Amazon RSUs, health insurance, long-term care insurance, long-term and short-term disability insurance, and life insurance.
About Zoox
Zoox is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring this technology to market. Sitting at the intersection of robotics, machine learning, and design, Zoox aims to provide the next generation of mobility-as-a-service in urban environments. We’re looking for top talent that shares our passion and wants to be part of a fast-moving and highly execution-oriented team.
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Accommodations
If you need an accommodation to participate in the application or interview process please reach out to accommodations@zoox.com or your assigned recruiter.
A Final Note:
You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. Here at Zoox, we know that diverse perspectives foster the innovation we need to be successful, and we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.
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