Technical Program Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Partner with Simulation teams to define and shape the long-term vision and strategy for Applied's Autonomy Tooling platforms
• Drive the execution of programs that integrate simulation deeply into the ML development loop, establishing a seamless, reliable path for model training, offline evaluation, and validation
• Lead complex, cross-functional programs to platformatize and scale critical simulation workflows for both internal and external customers, accelerating developer velocity
• Own programs spanning multiple organizations, tracking progress and ensuring successful delivery of milestones, metrics, and final deliverables
• Continuously engage customers to surface pain points, translate their workflows into product gaps, and inform future engagements
• Navigate ambiguity and manage critical upstream/downstream dependencies across organizational boundaries, serving as a trusted technical partner to Engineering and Product

Job requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent hands-on experience
• 3+ years steering technical programs within a software engineering or large-scale infrastructure environment
• Background leading projects that touch autonomous system development, simulation techniques and data pipelines
• A history of taking complex technical programs from start to finish, keeping timelines, risks, and dependencies aligned across many stakeholders
• Sharp communication and interpersonal instincts, able to translate complex technical ideas for both research and infrastructure audiences