Sr. Staff Technical Program Manager, Software

$175,000 - $233,000/Yr

Lucid Group - Newark, CA

Full-time - Senior

Newark, CA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Sr. Staff Technical Program Manager for Software at Lucid Motors is responsible for leading and overseeing the vehicle software program for the Midsize platform. This role requires a highly experienced individual with a proven track record in managing complex cross-functional software programs within the automotive industry. The position emphasizes high-quality execution from concept to delivery, proactive communication, and coordination among various teams to ensure successful project outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the vehicle software program for the Midsize platform, ensuring high-quality execution from concept to delivery.
• Work closely with company executives and engineering leaders to define and maintain the digital development roadmap and rollout plan.
• Create and own development and validation plans that align with internal customer needs, cross-team integration points, and major company milestones.
• Lead conversations through the complete lifecycle of software features with in-house development teams and third-party suppliers.
• Identify and track cross-team dependencies and handshake points, monitor status, help resolve issues, report, and fill the gaps.
• Drive JIRA ticket issue resolution process, including triaging, root cause analysis, countermeasure identification, verification, and implementation.
• Interact with and coordinate work between hardware and software teams, design UX teams, and other company entities requiring inputs/outputs from the software team.
• Manage an overall software portfolio including dependencies between internal teams as well as on external teams.
• Define main work packages and priorities for the software program and related functions.
• Ensure adherence to Functional Safety requirements.
• Facilitate system architecture documentation.
• Communicate program status to the overall software organization, other program managers, and executives as required.
• Plan and manage releases in conjunction with release managers and technical leads.

Requirements

• A minimum of 15 years of experience program/project managing large systems development programs.
• A minimum of 8 years in consumer-facing electronics development including hardware and software.
• A proven track record of delivering products to production.
• Experience using Agile/Scrum methodology including sprint planning and execution relative to overall program targets.
• Experience bringing integrated software/hardware products from the early development phase to production.
• Embedded system development experience.
• Experience with best software practices for development.
• Experience with development in Android and Linux environments.
• Experience working directly with design/UX teams and in UX/UI development.
• Experience engaging, working, and managing the output of third-party suppliers.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in developing automotive software systems.
• Experience with infotainment and instrument cluster development.
• Exposure to OS/systems development, backend development, mobile application development, and hybrid (cloud/embedded) development.
• Experience with test and build aspects of software development.
• Product management experience and a willingness to embrace portions of the product management role.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Vacation
• 401k
• Equity program participation
• Discretionary annual incentive program