Senior Staff Technical Lead Manager, In-Car Experience

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Be a manager of a few TLMs and their teams, leading the development of all components of the entire in-car experience (ICX), partnering with product, design, and data science on creating the premier autonomous vehicle…
• Set the overarching technical architecture, defining a multi-year technical vision across the entire in-car experience (ICX), bridging the gap between the different layers of the stack, from low-level hardware bring-up…
• Identify broad, cross-team bottlenecks (e.g., OS stability, rendering performance, release automation), and translate them into clear, actionable engineering milestones for the teams to execute on that improve both…
• Steer the technical integration of complex, high-impact features, such as our 3D car view, AI features, and in-car app ecosystem.
• Act as a force multiplier for the organization by establishing high standards for code health, system reliability, and testing excellence, while providing deep technical mentorship to junior and senior engineers.
• Set high level direction and empower your TLMs to drive projects, while you ensure the bar is met and the sum of the pieces is aligned and creates a cohesive and compelling product

Job requirements

• Management experience with a total team size over 25 with multiple sub-teams.
• Managed multiple TLMs, each with team size of 6-8
• Proven experience as a technical lead with a track record of setting strategic technical direction and delivering concrete solutions for complex, multi-team domains.
• Experience working with Android/AOSP (building Android platform features, frameworks), not just developing apps on top of Android
• Deep expertise spanning the modern application and embedded stack, specifically involving Android OS internals, C++ native layers, and modern UI frameworks (Kotlin, Jetpack Compose), as well as complementary backend…
• Strong system design skills with a demonstrated ability to decouple monolithic architectures, build reusable platform infrastructure, and optimize resource-constrained environments.
• Exceptional communication and cross-functional leadership skills, capable of influencing without direct authority to build alignment across Product, UX, Systems Engineering, and Hardware teams.
• AI-native mindset with a proven track record of deploying agent systems to improve team velocity