Senior Technical Program Manager, Manufacturing Integration

At Zoox, we are reimagining personal transportation from the ground up. As an Issue Resolution Engineer, you will play a critical role in ensuring the quality and build readiness of our autonomous vehicles during manufacturing. You will operate at the intersection of engineering and production, driving rapid containment and resolution of issues identified during general assembly and end-of-line validation. This role requires strong technical depth, urgency in execution, and the ability to lead cross-functional teams to root cause and implement durable corrective actions. You will partner closely with Vehicle Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supplier Quality, and Operations to ensure vehicles meet Zoox’s quality standards and production targets. Your work will directly impact vehicle readiness, production efficiency, and overall fleet reliability. In this role, you will: Lead triage, containment, and resolution plan of issues identified during general assembly and end-of-line testing within your assigned subsystem/domain Define and execute short-term containment actions, including rework plans, part quarantine, and build flow protection Collaborate cross-functionally to lead root cause analysis across design, process, supplier, and manufacturing domains, identify and prioritize blockers, and drive Design for Manufacturing (DFM) improvements. Support cross-functional teams to implement permanent corrective actions (PCA) and prevent recurrence Support prototype builds, production trials, and engineering changes to validate fixes and improve manufacturability Develop and maintain metrics, dashboards, and reporting to track issue health, closure rates, and recurrence and improve PIRT processes, including issue tracking, prioritization, and cross-functional execution Qualifications B.S. or M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical field 8 to 12 years of experien

The Quality Engineer will interact with Corporate Quality, Field Quality, Manufacturing, Design Engineering, and fleet operations to ensure the products released to service are meeting design specifications, functionality, customer expectations, and required documentation. The successful candidate must have the ability to meet tight deadlines, have strong interpersonal and communication skills, be detail-oriented, and be able to work independently. In this role, you will: Manage quality issue tracking to implement Containment, drive Root Cause Analysis and Corrective Action for non-conformances identified during production quality audits and vehicle release process. Support diagnosis of issues reported during Rider Quality Audit and EFR process ; establish standard inspection process and define required tools. Design, champion, and execute strategic continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of production quality audit, EFR and issue resolution Work cross-functionally with Supplier Quality, Manufacturing and Vehicle Development to strategically resolve systemic product and process issues. Support develop and review of PFMEA and Control Plans to ensure compliance and robust risk mitigation strategies for all critical manufacturing processes. Good ability to communicate technical results clearly and accurately and drive issues to successful closure. Qualifications BS in Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Industrial Engineering Minimum 8 years of experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably automotive, aviation or contract manufacturing. Proven expertise in advanced problem-solving methodologies (e.g., Shainin Red X, Six Sigma Black/Green Belt) and demonstrated success driving systemic quality improvements across the value stream. Strong planning, organizational, analytical, negotiation, interpersonal, decision-making, oral

We are seeking an experienced Fleet Support Inventory Planning Manager to lead a team of inventory and transportation planners responsible for ensuring parts availability that supports our service operations, field maintenance, and fleet uptime. This role is critical to maintaining high service reliability, minimizing vehicle downtime, and ensuring the right parts are positioned in the right locations based on usage patterns, service forecasts, and operational priorities. The ideal candidate brings deep experience in service parts planning, after-sales support, and spare parts lifecycle management. This individual will work cross-functionally with Service Operations, Field Maintenance, Procurement, Engineering, Logistics, and Finance to ensure service parts are accurately forecasted, sourced, stocked, and replenished across the network. In this role, you will: Lead and develop a team of service parts and transportation planners. Oversee inventory planning and replenishment for all service and maintenance parts. Build and execute service parts strategies balancing availability, cost, and working capital. Ensure material readiness to support scheduled and unscheduled fleet service with zero downtime. Manage part lifecycle transitions including new service parts, supersessions, revisions, and end-of-life. Maintain accurate SAP (S/4HANA) planning data, including MRP parameters, lead times, and safety stock. Analyze consumption trends, failure rates, and field demand to forecast and right-size inventory levels. Collaborate with Procurement and suppliers to ensure reliable lead times and supply continuity. Coordinate transportation and logistics to ensure timely delivery of critical service materials. Monitor and report on KPIs such as fill rate, backorders, days of supply, and fleet uptime impact.

We are seeking a Staff Logistics Engineer to lead the development of the logistics function for a major vehicle program – inbound planning, internal material flow and warehousing, outbound transportation, and logistics engineering – from initial facility build-out through start of production. You will also serve as the senior logistics leader and primary liaison to a key international manufacturing partner supporting body shop and metallic component manufacturing, as well as material flow across vehicle assembly plants. This role reports to the Manager, Logistics Engineering. The ideal candidate has taken a logistics organization from a greenfield or brownfield site through start of production, has led new-product or new-program launches in a complex automotive manufacturing environment, and has managed an executive-level manufacturing partner relationship. You are comfortable being the single point of accountability for logistics on a major program and can travel as required. In this role, you will: Lead the end-to-end design, layout, and operational launch of new Logistics programs, including inbound planning, internal material flow and warehousing, outbound transportation, and logistics engineering (packaging, systems, and industrial engineering). Serve as the senior logistics lead and primary liaison to a key international manufacturing partner, representing Logistics in onsite workshops, program steering meetings, and executive alignment sessions. Lead Logistics readiness across the full site lifecycle – from greenfield/brownfield facility build-out and build-location decisions through new-product launch and start of production (SOP). Develop a comprehensive logistics launch plan to drive cross-functional logistics readiness for program gate reviews, surfacing schedule, capacity, and material-flow risks early and driving them to closure. Manage a r

Zoox’s Advanced Hardware Engineering team is in charge of delivering all the autonomous hardware, infotainment electronic control units and electrical components that go into Zoox’s future fleet of self-driving vehicles. At the heart of our hardware architecture is the Primary Compute Unit (PCU) - the compute system that runs the AI stack that enables the vehicle to drive autonomously. We are looking for a seasoned technical program manager own the PCU program end-to-end, including the integrated program schedule. In this role, you will work cross-functionally with our vehicle engineering, systems engineering, software, safety, supply chain, quality, manufacturing and integration teams to achieve our strategic objectives and tactical milestones. You will develop project schedules with numerous dependencies, map program milestones to company milestones, flag and mitigate risks, estimate and maintain budgets, identify solutions to complex problems, navigate ambiguity, all the while holding teams accountable and clearly communicating expectations and ongoing progress. As with any startup, we move fast here at Zoox, and many candidates will be asked from time to time to wear many hats. We would love to hear from you if you are up for solving very challenging problems across numerous cross-functional teams, delivering milestones with numerous dependencies, and scaling your impact by developing and adopting structured ways of working. Additionally, if you are an expert at herding cats and influencing without formal authority, then this role was made for you! In this role, you will: Drive the PCU program forward with thought and energetic leadership, including supporting architecture alignment, hardware development, validation, integration, cross-functional alignment and company-wide communication. This will be done in close partnership with the technical lead and other core team members across multiple departments. Work with department le

Zoox is looking for an experienced technical program manager on our Advanced Hardware Manufacturing Operations team to support development of manufacturing capacity for hardware assemblies used on our autonomous vehicle platform. This is a high visibility, strategic and technical role driving complex manufacturing capacity upgrades and expansion. In this role you will plan and own multiple capital expenditure (CapEx) projects from early concepts through final commissioning, supporting manufacturing of critical subassemblies on both current and next-generation vehicle platforms. You will partner with internal Zoox engineering teams and external partners to develop the capacity to deliver these key pieces of our autonomy hardware stack to the fleet at scale. In this role you will Manufacturing Project Lifecycle Management: Drive the planning, detailed engineering design, and execution for complex manufacturing facility upgrades and line implementation. External Partner Interface: Act as the primary technical liaison, managing relationships, schedules, and deliverables with both equipment integrators and engineering partners. Cross-Functional Integration: develop project level RASICs and build strong relationships across Manufacturing, Hardware, Facilities, Program Management and Supply Chain. Communication: Lead and prepare updates for department, program steering team and leadership level meetings. CapEx & Risk Mitigation: Own integrated program schedules from design through equipment installation and commissioning. Track capital expenditure budgets and proactively resolve critical path risks to ensure seamless operational readiness. Qualifications BS/MS in Industrial, Mechanical, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related discipline. 8+ years of TPM or operations experience, wi