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About the Role
Waabi is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager, Platform Software to own program-level execution for software across Waabi's hardware platforms. This role focuses on cross-functional integration between physical infrastructure, onboard software, embedded systems, hardware platform, and systems engineering teams. You will be responsible for surfacing cadence collisions, identifying gaps, mapping the critical path, and ensuring risks are managed to deliver platform software on time.
Responsibilities
- Define and maintain integrated platform software program plans covering key milestones and cross-team dependencies.
- Ensure on-time delivery of platform software.
- Partner with Hardware Platform Managers to coordinate physical infrastructure, onboard software, and embedded systems work for platform bring-up.
- Ensure all stakeholder inputs are captured and integrated into program plans before design commitments.
- Build and enforce dependency maps across Physical Infrastructure, Onboard Software, Embedded Systems, Hardware, and Operations.
- Identify the critical path and ensure every dependency has an owner and an ETA.
- Own reporting into executive forums and surface risks with data-backed Path to Green options.
- Track platform software releases, bring-up, and test campaigns, ensuring test coverage, sign-off readiness, and milestone alignment.
- Build cross-functional roadmaps for shared visibility on interdependencies and sequencing.
- Champion tools to capture the single source of truth for program work.
- Build scalable tracking mechanisms and systematic processes for fleet scale.
Requirements
- 5+ years of technical program management experience, with a strong focus on cross-functional software integration programs for hardware platforms.
- Demonstrated experience working across teams with meaningfully different development cadences (e.g., robotics, autonomous vehicles, industrial automation, IoT, or defense systems).
- Deep understanding of software development lifecycles.
- Proven ability to build cross-functional program structure from scratch: dependency maps, risk registries, executive reporting, and milestone tracking.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience in autonomous vehicles or robotics.
- Familiarity with embedded systems and software development and their constraints.
- Hands-on experience with program tracking tools like Jira, Asana, and Microsoft Project.
Skills
- Technical breadth
- Self-starter
- Cross-functional influencer
- Risk-first mindset
- Comfort with ambiguity
Location
- Toronto
- San Francisco
- Dallas
- Pittsburgh
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Systems engineering
- Computer engineering
- Electrical engineering
- Related technical discipline
Salary/Compensations
- $150,000 - $230,000 USD
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and equity awards.
- Health and Wellness benefits encompassing Medical, Dental and Vision coverage (for full-time employees only).
- Unlimited Vacation.
- Flexible hours and Work from Home support.
- Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals (when in office).
- Regularly scheduled team building activities and social events both on-site, off-site & virtually.
About the Company
- Waabi is a technology start-up building technologies to transform the way the world moves.
- Founded by AI visionary Raquel Urtasun, Waabi is the leader in Physical AI.
- With a world-class team, we're unlocking the next era of autonomous transportation with technology that's powering commercial autonomous trucks and robotaxis.
- Waabi is backed by and partners with world leaders in AI, automotive, logistics, and deep tech.
- Waabi is growing quickly and looking for diverse, innovative and collaborative candidates who want to impact the world in a positive way.
Equal Opportunity
- Waabi is an equal opportunity employer.
- We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a supportive, inclusive, and accessible workplace for all our employees.
- We seek applicants of all backgrounds and identities, across race, color, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, age, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military or veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or parental status, caregiver status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.
- We make workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.
- If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please let our recruiting team know.