Senior / Staff Technical Program Manager, Platform Software

Job overview

The Senior / Staff Technical Program Manager, Platform Software role is onsite in San Francisco, CA. The U.S. salary range is $150,000–$230,000 per year, with additional equity awards and an annual performance bonus. Waabi develops Physical AI technology for autonomous trucks and robotaxis. The program manager coordinates software execution across hardware platforms, physical infrastructure, onboard software, embedded systems, and systems engineering. By aligning milestones, dependencies, risks, and test readiness, the role helps ensure platform software is integrated and ready on schedule for vehicle platforms.

What you'll do

• Define and maintain integrated platform software program plans and milestones
• coordinate platform bring-up work with Hardware Platform Managers
• capture stakeholder inputs before design commitments
• map dependencies, critical paths, owners, and ETAs
• report to executive forums and surface risks with data-backed options
• track releases, bring-up, test campaigns, coverage, sign-off readiness, and milestone alignment
• build cross-functional roadmaps
• promote tools that provide a single source of truth
• develop scalable tracking mechanisms and processes.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

technical program manager

senior / staff

platform software

san francisco ca

waabi

autonomous vehicles

embedded systems

hardware integration

cross-functional programs

program planning

$150k–$230k/year

equity and bonus

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Equity awards
• medical, dental, and vision coverage for full-time employees
• unlimited vacation
• flexible hours and work-from-home support
• daily drinks, snacks, and catered meals in office
• team-building activities and social events.

Why this role

Requires 5+ years of technical program management experience focused on cross-functional software integration for hardware platforms; experience with autonomous vehicles or robotics; preferred experience includes onboard compute bring-up, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and systems engineering.

About the employer

Waabi is hiring for this role. Industry: Custom Computer Programming Services. Sector: 54.