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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Technical Program Manager, Robotics and Drones - **Company:** Aptiv - **Location:** Boston, MA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $170,000.0 - $200,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Systems Engineering, JIRA, Computer Engineering, Scrum Methodology, Release Management, Software Engineering, Robot Operating System, Functional Dependencies, Information Technology, Tools for Reporting - **Published:** August 1, 2026 - **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/17766406?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F17766406%2FTechnical-Program-Manager-Robotics-Drones-Massachusetts-Boston ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field. * 8+ years of experience in technical program management, systems engineering, product development, or a related role in robotics, automotive, embedded systems, or other complex technical environments. * Proven track record of managing complex cross-functional programs involving both hardware and software deliverables. * Strong working knowledge of product development lifecycles, release planning, integration, and validation processes. * Experience with Agile development practices and program tracking tools such as Jira. * Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage ambiguity and drive decisions. * Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to synthesize technical detail into executive-ready updates. * Demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple teams toward a common mission and hold teams accountable to commitments., * Experience with AMRs, drones, industrial automation, ADAS, autonomous systems, or other safety- and reliability-critical products. * Familiarity with robotics software stacks, perception systems, sensors, embedded compute platforms, or edge AI deployment workflows. * Experience managing customer-facing development programs, pilots, or launches with external partners or OEMs. * Exposure to regulated or standards-driven environments, including functional safety or industrial safety frameworks. * PMP, Agile, Scrum, or similar program/project management certification. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. ## Description Program Planning & Execution * Define the program breakdown structure across hardware and software development, integration, validation, and deployment workstreams, and assign ownership across engineering teams. * Build and maintain integrated program plans with scope, deliverables, milestones, dependencies, resource assumptions, and critical path visibility aligned to product roadmap and customer commitments. * Translate product and customer requirements into execution plans with clear entry/exit criteria, development priorities, and release readiness gates. * Drive on-time, at-cost, and high-quality delivery of assigned programs, proactively identifying schedule risks, tradeoffs, and mitigation actions. Cross-Functional Technical Leadership * Facilitate strategic and technical discussions across Product Management, and Engineering teams to ensure alignment on scope and execution. * Partner with Sensors and Compute product leaders to ensure all engineering work aligns with platform strategy, product roadmap, and reuse objectives across robotics programs. * Support feasibility assessments for new features, customer requests, and platform enhancements, including implications for architecture, timing, resource needs, development cost, manufacturability, and performance. * Coordinate engineering staffing needs with functional managers and technical leads to balance priorities across multiple programs. Program Governance & Risk Management * Drive the program operating cadence across sprint reviews, milestone reviews, risk reviews, change control, and executive updates. * Establish disciplined meeting structures, agendas, and action tracking to improve accountability and execution velocity across teams. * Communicate clear program status to senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders, including progress, risks, recovery plans, key decisions, and business impact. * Maintain Jira dashboards and related reporting tools to track feature readiness, sprint health, defect trends, issue closure, dependencies, and key engineering milestones. * Manage scope changes, engineering change requests, and SOW updates, with clear assessment of impacts to schedule, cost, quality, and deliverables. * Proactively identify cross-functional dependencies, lead issue triage and root-cause resolution planning. * Own product related resource allocation, including staffing and materials, and forecasting ## Related Videos - [ShapeShift: Reinventing Agile for a B2B SaaS Scale-Up](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1655-shapeshift-reinventing-agile-for-a-b2b-saas-scale-up) - [Robots are coming into the wild! 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