We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.
As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.
When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.
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Location: Palo Alto, CA
The Staff Technical Program Manager for Android Framework, Apps, and CarPlay/Android Auto Certification will lead execution across AAOS framework integration, system and customer-facing application delivery, projection stack readiness, and certification compliance for Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. This role carries end-to-end accountability for planning, technical dependency management, partner coordination, issue triage, and certification readiness from early bring-up through launch. The role serves as the primary program-level interface between engineering, product teams, validation organizations, suppliers, and external certification partners to ensure high-quality infotainment experiences are delivered on schedule.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain integrated execution plans for Android Automotive OS framework, middleware, system apps, projection stack, validation, and certification deliverables.
- Coordinate dependencies across Android framework services, vehicle HAL/VHAL interfaces, projection, app lifecycle, UX, and HMI integration teams.
- Lead CarPlay and Android Auto certification readiness, including test planning, requirement traceability, issue triage, exception management, partner communications, and submission package coordination.
- Drive alignment between Ford engineering teams, validation teams, suppliers, and certification stakeholders to resolve compliance gaps and platform integration issues.
- Lead triage and recovery plans for defects impacting AAOS stability, app behaviour, projection connectivity, Bluetooth, media routing, certification test pass rate, or customer-facing infotainment experience.
- Provide clear status, risk, dependency, and escalation reporting for technical and executive audiences, translating complex software and certification issues into actionable program plans.
- Drive concurrent execution across framework, apps, projection, certification, and release readiness workstreams while helping engineering teams prioritize critical path deliverables.
- Improve software delivery practices, certification tracking, documentation, dashboards, and cross-functional operating rhythms for the infotainment software organization.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a related technical field
- 10+ years of experience in software program, product, release, or technical program management.
- 5+ years of experience working with Android, embedded Linux, infotainment, mobile projection, connected-device, or automotive software programs.
Preferred Qualifications
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- Experience with Android Automotive OS, Android framework services, system applications, AOSP development, HAL/VHAL integration, or platform middleware.
- Experience delivering Apple CarPlay and/or Android Auto programs, including certification planning, test execution, bug triage, exception handling, and reviewer communications.
- Strong understanding of infotainment domains such as Android Framework, media, audio routing, projection, app lifecycle, HMI/UX integration, and vehicle signal interfaces.
- Experienced in using Jira, Jama, Confluence, test management systems, and release dashboards to manage cross-functional software execution.
- Experience negotiating technical scope, schedules, and tradeoffs with software suppliers, platform partners, validation teams, and certification stakeholders.
- Experience in automotive infotainment, embedded software, consumer electronics, mobile device ecosystems, or software-defined vehicle platforms.
- PMP, Scrum Master, Agile, or equivalent program delivery certification is a plus.
Salary Range
• $140,000 - 155,000
• The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate’s combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or pregnancy.
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Compliance Notice: Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Drug Screening Requirement: As a federal contractor, Alten USA maintains a drug-free workplace. All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
- 5+ years of technical program management experience on software products
- Experience owning a delivery schedule gated by an external party
- Exposure to smartphone projection, Apple CarPlay, and Android Auto
- Experience managing certification, compliance, or approval processes with external partners or accredited labs under fixed timelines
- Experience decomposing requirements into work tasks
- Experience running defect triage across organizational, supplier, and lab boundaries
- Experience communicating with engineering managers on technical topics and driving decisions to closure
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including escalation to director and PMO levels
- Automotive infotainment experience
- Familiarity with vehicle projection and connectivity features including USB, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, voice, navigation, and phone integration
- Working knowledge of Android Automotive OS, AOSP, Android framework and service layers, car framework, HAL, HIDL, and the Android build system
- Understanding of Apple MFi licensing and CarPlay compliance testing
- Understanding of Google certification requirements, including CDD, CTS, CTS Verifier, VTS, and ATS
- Experience working with third-party labs and OEM certification workflows
- Familiarity with projection debugging and log analysis using adb and system logs
- Understanding of QNX or Linux cockpit platforms and hypervisor-based architectures
- Vehicle program cadence experience, including bench and vehicle builds, software release trains, and launch readiness gates
- Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, Jama, Git-based workflows, and program reporting or dashboard tools
What We Do
ALTEN Technology USA is an engineering consulting company that provides innovative solutions for engineering, IT, and product development projects across the product life cycle. For decades, ALTEN Technology USA has been helping clients develop products that are changing the world, whether by shaping the future of space exploration, saving lives with medical devices that set new standards of care or creating the fully autonomous electric taxi of tomorrow. The company provides support across industries including aerospace, defense, MedTech and life sciences, unmanned systems and robotics, automotive OEM and tier 1 suppliers, commercial vehicles, electric vehicles, energy and environment, rail, and more.
Why Work With Us
Potential clients in the industries we serve, Professionals in the Industries, and Potential employees within New Product Development, Engineering Services, Sustaining Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Embedded Electronics Engineering, Software Engineering and IT, Mechanical Engineering, and Systems Engineering.
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