Technical Program Manager

• Lead and manage Digital T&E prototype efforts from problem definition and market research through technical diligence, pilot execution, user evaluation, and transition.
• Translate military T&E workflows, capability claims, operational needs, and program decisions into software requirements, user stories, integration requirements, acceptance criteria, and measurable pilot outcomes.
• Design and evaluate end-to-end T&E workflows spanning requirements, mission and systems engineering, modeling and simulation, test planning, execution, data collection, analysis, reporting, and decision support.
• Define Measures of Performance, Measures of Effectiveness, test objectives, data requirements, evidence thresholds, and appropriate modeling, simulation, laboratory, cyber, and physical-range testing.
• Serve as a technical integrator across Digital T&E tool categories, including MBSE, DevSecOps/CI/CD, modeling and simulation, test planning, risk management, test execution, monitoring, analysis, visualization, reporting, and data governance.
• Develop and validate digital-thread concepts connecting authoritative data and artifacts across engineering, test, and assessment tools.
• Coordinate commercial software integration into defense RDT&E infrastructure, including cloud, edge environments, networks, classified/unclassified enclaves, cybersecurity, identity and access management, data protection, interoperability, and accreditation.
• Identify and resolve technical barriers involving APIs, data schemas, metadata, containerization, software deployment, network connectivity, data federation, tool interoperability, and legacy systems.
• Work with Government test organizations, program offices, users, data owners, security teams, software vendors, and infrastructure providers to establish pilot architectures and execution plans.
• Conduct technical due diligence of commercial software and emerging T&E technologies.
• Create and lead Government-commercial teams to prototype, integrate, test, and evaluate Digital T&E solutions.
• Develop executive-level briefs, test concepts, pilot plans, integration roadmaps, decision memos, and technical documentation.
• Engage stakeholders to curate problems and maintain awareness of developments in digital engineering, test automation, AI-enabled T&E, data engineering, simulation, digital twins, software assurance, and test-management technologies.
• Support demonstrations and limited-user tests; define success criteria and collect quantitative and qualitative evidence.
• Define reusable T&E templates, reference workflows, data standards, and interoperability patterns.
• Identify dependencies and approval gates, including cybersecurity/RMF, cloud and network hosting, data classification, software deployment, spectrum, and range constraints.
• Bridge test practitioners and software teams while preserving rigor, traceability, configuration control, and evidentiary standards.
• Operate under Test & Evaluation / Strategic Integration leadership with independent judgment and close coordination with Government and commercial stakeholders.

Technical Program Manager, Digital Test & Evaluation

• Provide software development process and project management for the Real Time Domain team within the In-Vehicle-Infotainment team, focusing on platform development
• Cover UWB, Bluetooth, NFC, BLE, Power Modding, FuSa items, Ethernet Switch and Cyber Security topics
• Identify development risks, assess program impact and work with Engineering managers to mitigate risks
• Coordinate cross-functional and cross-team communication to deliver committed project outcomes
• Work with software engineers, system engineers, testing engineers and product managers throughout the project lifecycle
• Manage project schedules and identify blockers, potential issues and incongruencies
• Communicate issues clearly to stakeholders
• Lead external vendors on timelines and deliverables
• Coordinate milestones between internal and external releases
• Drive several technical projects across vehicle software domains and help set engineering priorities

Senior Staff Technical Program Manager – IVI Platform

• Design and stand up the enterprise AI program’s operating model, governance, and decision rights across interlocking workstreams
• Author workstream charters and RACI models, define escalation paths, and formalize role boundaries across programs and executive offices
• Establish mission-alignment forums, recurring cadences, shared metrics, and cross-program governance practices
• Design and execute phased global AI capability adoption rollouts, including geographic and functional wave planning
• Identify and unblock adoption gaps, adjust rollout plans based on learnings, and drive change management through resistance
• Design sprint operating models and lead technical delivery teams through waterfall-to-agile transitions
• Run sprint cycles, facilitate retrospectives, and tune delivery models using team feedback and velocity data
• Build work breakdown structures and maintain dependency-aware program plans across concurrent workstreams
• Establish communication infrastructure and mission site hubs containing program documentation
• Operate bi-weekly executive reporting rhythms and maintain shared workboards for dependencies, owners, and dates
• Evaluate AI opportunities, translate business pain points into technical use cases, and own use-case lifecycles from discovery through deployment
• Develop business cases, facilitate investment discussions, and publish quarterly readouts on adoption, velocity, and rollout status
• Deliver roadmaps and resourcing proposals for future investment
• Resolve data quality and hygiene issues affecting AI use cases
• Coordinate custom-built or lightly engineered internal tools and applications and integrate them into program workflows
• Ensure safe and responsible AI deployment guardrails are defined, met, and auditable

Principal Technical Program Manager

• Lead complex, high-priority technical programs from early planning through launch, adoption, and ongoing iteration
• Translate product strategy and team objectives into clear, executable plans
• Establish program structures, decision-making forums, operating cadences, and accountability across teams
• Align product, design, engineering, data, operations, and other stakeholders around priorities and delivery plans
• Manage technical dependencies, sequencing, delivery risks, and launch readiness
• Identify strategic and execution gaps, develop recommendations, and drive decisions
• Anticipate risks and blockers, clarify tradeoffs, resolve disagreements, and escalate decisions
• Own communication, enablement, change management, and rollout strategies
• Lead post-launch onboarding, training, office hours, hands-on support, and adoption programs
• Build trusted relationships with users and gather candid feedback
• Observe product use in real workflows and identify confusion, friction, and unmet needs
• Combine user feedback, usage data, and operational signals to identify improvements
• Translate user insights into recommendations for product, design, and engineering
• Create feedback loops to test assumptions and iterate toward product-market fit
• Define and track program health, adoption, user sentiment, and operational outcomes
• Maintain visibility into portfolio priorities, progress, dependencies, and risks
• Prepare decision-oriented updates and recommendations for senior leadership
• Improve planning and execution practices while keeping processes lightweight

Technical Program Manager, People Innovation Labs

• Lead the strategy and execution of programs supporting the bringup, operations and modernization of infrastructure for NVIDIA's Hardware EDA ecosystem
• Partner internally within Hardware Infrastructure and externally with senior management and other business-unit partners to scale the EDA Infrastructure charter
• Develop and standardize planning, reporting and execution methodologies and metrics
• Shape technical strategy, build programs and coordinate execution to scale bringups seamlessly, quickly and efficiently
• Drive continuous improvement across tooling, automation and cluster operations and management
• Guide engineering efforts through planning, prioritization, design, dependency management, implementation and execution using agile program methodology
• Apply metrics, OKRs and KPIs to measure program success and identify improvements
• Create communication channels for program status, risks and opportunities
• Serve as a technical and non-technical liaison among developers, customers and partners to drive alignment across a multifunctional matrixed organization

Senior Technical Program Manager – EDA Chip Infrastructure

• Lead strategy and execution of programs supporting bringup, decomposition, operations, and modernization of infrastructure for NVIDIA’s Hardware EDA ecosystem
• Partner with Hardware Infrastructure, senior management, and other business-unit partners to scale the EDA Infrastructure charter
• Develop and standardize planning, reporting, execution methodologies, and metrics
• Shape technical strategy, build and decommission programs, and coordinate execution to support seamless, fast, and efficient scaling
• Drive continuous improvement across tooling, automation, and processes for cluster build operations and management
• Guide engineering efforts through planning, prioritization, design, dependency management, implementation, and execution using agile methodology
• Apply metrics, OKRs, and KPIs to measure program success and identify improvements
• Create communication channels for program status, risks, and opportunities
• Liaise between developers, customers, and partners to align a multifunctional matrix of leads

Senior Technical Program Manager – EDA Cluster Builds and Decoms

• Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of multiple concurrent projects, including BOPIS, Ship-from-Store, Endless Aisle, and POS integrations, from concept to launch
• Work with Solution Architects and Engineering Leads to ensure technical designs are scalable and aligned with business goals
• Identify and resolve critical path dependencies between frontend teams (Web/Mobile), backend services (OMS/ERP), and third-party logistics providers
• Provide clear, data-driven status reporting to VP-level executives regarding program health, risks, and milestone achievements
• Facilitate Sprint Planning, Scrum of Scrums, and Quarterly Planning (PI Planning) sessions to prioritize the backlog effectively
• Drive execution of the Omnichannel roadmap across Engineering, Product, Supply Chain, and Retail Operations
• Orchestrate a portfolio of complex, interdependent projects unifying customer experience across mobile apps and web

• Drive triage accuracy and routing for defects, high-severity live-service issues, and safety-critical events
• Run triage reviews and route issues to downstream teams
• Track throughput, misclassification, latency, backlog aging, automation coverage, and regulatory-reportable issues
• Flag risks early and provide leadership with decision-ready updates
• Program-manage triage tooling and automation
• Gather requirements for tools and automation, sequence automation work, and track delivery, adoption, and freed capacity
• Manage intake paths, escalation criteria, and shared boards
• Turn milestones into quarterly triage commitments
• Forecast demand across onshore, offshore, and vendor teams
• Partner with software development, software integration, QA, safety, product, vehicle operations, and the Program Management Office

Technical Program Manager – System Behavior Analysis

• Drive engineering teams toward containment and resolution of issues from design reviews, virtual builds and build events
• Protect the program schedule through start of production (SOP) and ongoing production
• Maintain supplier relationships in collaboration with the Supply Chain team to ensure timely build-event deliveries
• Monitor work outputs and deliverables for system and vehicle incompatibilities and integration opportunities
• Ensure problems are transparent and risks are identified
• Proactively ensure risk-mitigation actions continue within relevant engineering teams
• Set agendas for key decisions to eliminate bottlenecks and retire risks
• Support cross-functional decisions across engineering, finance and strategy
• Travel up to 15% of the time
• Scope work, plan requirements, identify risks, estimate budgets and communicate progress
• Deliver integrated electric-vehicle interior systems targeting cost, weight, efficiency and operational tolerances

Senior Technical Program Manager – Interiors

• Design, build, and maintain project plans including scope, schedule, resources, dependencies, and budget
• Lead gathering of product requirements and project scope across multiple teams or business functions
• Negotiate priorities and establish delivery plans and schedules aligned with organizational objectives
• Identify and resolve strategic issues that may impair delivery schedules
• Monitor progress and design recovery strategies when projects deviate from plan
• Provide data analytics for operational, process improvement, and cost reporting
• Design and deliver executive-level presentations supporting Product Lifecycle Management governance
• Design and run program-level meetings to communicate status and coordinate efforts
• Conduct retrospectives to support process, policy, and tool-set improvements
• Collaborate across the organization to solve problems, develop continuous improvement plans, and coordinate work
• Support Engineering/Operations project teams as part of the Project Management Organization
• Work with Product Management, developers, architects, and operations to prioritize features and stories and align with customer and program needs

Technical Program Manager jobs in California

Technical Program Manager, Digital Test & Evaluation

Senior Staff Technical Program Manager – IVI Platform

Principal Technical Program Manager

Technical Program Manager, People Innovation Labs

Senior Technical Program Manager – EDA Chip Infrastructure

Senior Technical Program Manager – EDA Cluster Builds and Decoms