The Role
Lead complex hardware programs from concept to production, manage schedules and resources, coordinate global teams, and report on program status and risks.
Summary Generated by Built In
We’re seeking a Director, Systems Engineering Program Management to lead complex hardware programs from concept through high-volume production. You’ll drive alignment across engineering, manufacturing, and executive teams to deliver high-quality products on time and at target cost. This role combines strategic planning with hands-on execution, ensuring readiness across global operations and supporting seamless collaboration between contract manufacturers and local teams.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Lead end-to-end program management for multi-disciplinary hardware systems—from design and validation through ramp and mass production.
- Develop and execute strategic program plans that align with business objectives, capacity goals, and long-term product roadmaps.
- Coordinate with global contract manufacturers and internal teams to ensure product readiness, build execution, and quality performance.
- Integrate DFM, quality, and supply chain inputs early in the development cycle to drive manufacturability and cost efficiency.
- Manage schedules, milestones, and build readiness across global teams, ensuring smooth prototype-to-production transitions.
- Identify and mitigate program risks, track KPIs for cost, quality, and schedule, and report status to executive stakeholders.
- Facilitate cross-functional alignment across engineering, operations, supply chain, and quality teams to resolve critical issues.
What You Have:
- 10+ years of program management experience in hardware or systems engineering, with a focus on high-volume production.
- Proven success leading global programs with contract manufacturers from NPI through production.
- Strong strategic planning and execution skills, with the ability to align technical programs to business objectives.
- Deep understanding of manufacturing processes, industrialisation strategies, and lifecycle management for complex systems
- Expertise in DFM, configuration control, FACA, and root cause analysis.
- Experience managing RFQ, supplier selection, and basic commercial negotiations.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across global and executive audiences.
- Proficiency with tools like JIRA, Confluence, or similar.
- Background in automotive, LiDAR, or advanced manufacturing preferred.
- BS/MS in Engineering or related field required; PMP or equivalent preferred.
What's in it for you
- Be part of a fast paced and dynamic team
- Very competitive compensation and meaningful stock grants
- Exceptional benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, and more
- Unlimited PTO: We care about results, not punching timecards
Skills Required
- 10+ years of program management experience in hardware or systems engineering
- Proven success leading global programs with contract manufacturers
- Expertise in DFM, configuration control, FACA, and root cause analysis
- Strong strategic planning and execution skills
- BS/MS in Engineering or related field
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The Company
What We Do
Aeva develops a new sensing & perception paradigm for autonomous machines. Aeva's technology brings together the best of vision, depth & motion sensors into a single product with superior performance. Compared to today's best in class, it provides greater range & resolution across weather conditions and a new dimension to precisely measure velocity of every pixel in the scene.
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