Mission Summary:
Motional is seeking a Senior TPM to join our Platform Milestones team. The qualified applicant will contribute directly to Motional's driverless future by overseeing the technical aspects of company-wide milestones through effective cross-functional leadership. This person will shape and lead future company milestones by collaborating with both technical and non-technical teams, ensuring a balance between company objectives, partnership goals, and technical feasibility.
As a key member of a collaborative team working closely with other Technical Program Managers (TPMs) and technical leaders across the organization, you will contribute to building comprehensive technical roadmaps, addressing program-wide risks, and developing schedules to achieve our company's overarching goals.
In your day-to-day responsibilities, you will focus on identifying gaps and risks throughout the entire program, actively driving risk mitigations and solution paths in collaboration with key stakeholders to maintain program alignment. You will provide clear and concise updates to both leadership and the working-level team to ensure organizational coherence.
Furthermore, you'll play a pivotal role at the forefront of industry breakthroughs, facilitating the development of fully autonomous vehicles across diverse operational domains. This dynamic role involves clarifying ambiguous objectives by fostering collaboration with cross-functional teams through an iterative process that yields impressive results.
What you'll be doing:
- Collaborating cross-functionally to define the next company goals and objectives
- Setting priorities and coordinating between internal engineering teams and stakeholders to support development from concept through launch
- Managing day-to-day program execution, tracking progress against key milestones, and resolving blockers and inefficiencies
- Identifying risks and working with the team to develop action plans, proactively tracking issues until closure
- Communicating analyses and recommendations clearly and concisely to leadership and the team
What we're looking for:
- A problem solver comfortable discussing technical details with engineers and communicating synthesized summaries to a cross-functional audience
- Ownership mindset willing to proactively initiate actions to reduce barriers and make effective decisions
- Passion for quick learning and bringing clarity to ambiguous situations
- Someone who thrives on solving big problems by breaking them down into milestones and collaborating with a team to execute plans
- Willingness to initiate and maintain strategic relationships with stakeholders inside and outside the company
More specifically, our team is looking for a TPM with:
- A degree in Engineering, Robotics, or equivalent practical experience
- 3+ years of hands-on engineering experience (preferably in Systems, Robotics, Software, or Hardware disciplines)
- 3+ years of experience managing complex, multi-disciplinary technical programs with competing priorities (cost, schedule, feasibility)
- Creative problem-solving skills in fast-paced, dynamic environments
- Experience in hardware development (autonomous vehicles, consumer electronics, and/or robotics) and an understanding of software development life cycles/dependencies
- Experience in managing and driving overarching program-level deliverables, including leadership and partnership skills, and a strong sense of urgency and assertiveness
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical audiences
Bonus Points:
- MS degree or related field
- Familiarity with AV development process
- Experience launching a product from idea to production
You will experience a fast paced working environment where you’ll be challenged to find new ways of working. Your colleagues are eager for new ideas to address the challenging problems still remaining to be solved. Our team is commercializing a world-class driverless system. The Motional team is behind some of the industry’s largest leaps forward in the last decade, including the first fully-autonomous cross-country drive in the U.S, the launch of the world’s first robotaxi pilot, and operation of the world’s most-established public robotaxi fleet. Strategically formed by Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv, Motional is fundamentally changing how people move through their lives. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion and provide a supportive work environment that prioritizes collaboration, communication, and creativity. Our team members are committed to delivering high-quality results that make a real difference in the world. If you are passionate about the future of autonomous vehicles and want to work with a team of talented and motivated professionals, we encourage you to apply to join our team. Additionally, we offer excellent benefits to include generous medical plans, wellness benefits, unlimited PTO, 401k and equity, to name a few.
Working conditions:
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to convey and detect communication
- The employee occasionally required to remain stationary at times for up to 50% of working time, move in designated working areas; & operate and use office equipment
- The employee may occasionally move up to 50 pounds
The Motional Pittsburgh office is located in the new Hazelwood Green development, a culmination of the city’s goal of restoring an economic driver to the neighborhood in a thoughtful, inclusive, and sustainable way. With views along the Monongahela river, the Pittsburgh office is in the heart of this new state of the art development. This position can support remote work within the United States with occasional travel.
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors including but not limited to specific skills, experience and expertise, role location, certifications, licenses, and business needs. The estimated compensation range listed in this job posting reflects base salary only. This role may include additional forms of compensation such as a bonus or company equity. The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.
Candidates for certain positions are eligible to participate in Motional’s benefits program. Motional’s benefits include but are not limited to medical, dental, vision, 401k with a company match, health saving accounts, life insurance, pet insurance, and more.
Salary Range
$118,100—$174,500 USD
Motional is a driverless technology company making autonomous vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. We’re driven by something more.
Our journey is always people first.
We aren't just developing driverless cars; we're creating safer roadways, more equitable transportation options, and making our communities better places to live, work, and connect. Our team is made up of engineers, researchers, innovators, dreamers and doers, who are creating a technology with the potential to transform the way we move.
Higher purpose, greater impact.
We’re creating first-of-its-kind technology that will transform transportation. To do so successfully, we must design for everyone in our cities and on our roads. We believe in building a great place to work through a progressive, global culture that is diverse, inclusive, and ensures people feel valued at every level of the organization. Diversity helps us to see the world differently; it’s not only good for our business, it’s the right thing to do.
Scale up, not starting up.
Our team is behind some of the industry's largest leaps forward, including the first fully-autonomous cross-country drive in the U.S, the launch of the world's first robotaxi pilot, and operation of the world's longest-standing public robotaxi fleet. We’re driven to scale; we’re moving towards commercialization of our technology, and we need team members who are ready to embrace change and challenges.
Formed as a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv, Motional is fundamentally changing how people move through their lives. Headquartered in Boston, Motional has operations in the U.S and Asia. For more information, visit www.Motional.com and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
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What We Do
Our team is commercializing a world-class driverless system. The Motional team is behind some of the industry’s largest leaps forward in the last decade, including the first fully-autonomous cross-country drive in the U.S, the launch of the world’s first robotaxi pilot, and operation of the world’s most-established public robotaxi fleet. Strategically formed by Hyundai Motor Group, one of the world’s largest vehicle manufacturers offering smart mobility solutions, and Aptiv, a global technology leader in advanced safety, electrification, and vehicle connectivity, Motional is fundamentally changing how people move through their lives.
Why Work With Us
Our leadership team has been working in this industry for decades and includes renown early innovators in driverless technology. We are creating a future where transportation is safe, reliable, and accessible. Join our team in revolutionizing the industry that will change how the world moves.
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