Senior Technical Program Manager - Vehicle Hardware

Lightship

Broomfield, CO, United States

Posted on: 2024-04-25

Category: emobility

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Senior

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

Lightship is an early-stage hardware startup launched in 2020 by Tesla alumni that is bringing the $26B recreational vehicle industry into the electric age. Based in San Francisco and Boulder, Lightship is designing and producing an aerodynamic, battery-powered trailer that liberates travelers from the noise, emissions, and range anxiety of gas RVing.

About the Role

Lightship RV is seeking an experienced Senior Technical Program Manager to spearhead our electric RV's development and production. As a key member of our team, you'll collaborate with talented engineers, designers, supply chain managers, and manufacturing engineers to ensure the success of our groundbreaking product. Reporting to the program management function, you'll drive the development process from concept to production, ensuring timely delivery, adherence to budget, and the highest quality standards. The primary focus of this role would be to assist the vehicle engineering team in helping to advance the development of the chassis, exterior body and interior systems.

Onsite/Hybrid Work

Hybrid roles at Lightship require onsite work from our offices Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Tuesdays and Fridays are optional work from home days, when your work will be executed more successfully from home. Speak to the hiring manager to learn more.

Responsibilities

Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including engineering, design, supply chain, finance, product, manufacturing, and quality to ensure seamless project execution.

Proactively identify and mitigate project risks, develop contingency plans, and provide regular status updates and recommendations to stakeholders across the company.

Create and maintain detailed project timelines and plans, considering workflow interdependencies.

Manage and execute programs end-to-end, escalating decisions when necessary, and balancing constraints across stakeholders.

Develop templates, workflows, and processes tailored to the team's needs.

Recommend program, product, engineering, strategy, and operational changes as needed.

Consistently document outcomes and decisions, and effectively communicate them to affected teams.

Foster collaboration, build trust, break down silos, and gain buy-in across the company.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering or equivalent professional exposure.

Minimum of 8 years of total experience, including:

5+ years of professional experience in technical program management or equivalent.

3-5 years of experience as a technical hardware contributor or equivalent.

Strong track record of successfully managing large cross-functional hardware projects from concept to launch.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, collaboration skills, and the ability to present complex technical problems to executive leadership.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills applicable in both technical and non-technical areas.

Demonstrated ability to lead high-complexity projects with large, cross-functional teams.

Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment with various levels of ambiguity.

Proficiency in grasping complex technical topics and abstracting key issues and risks into actionable forms.

Preferred Qualifications

Mechanical Engineering degree

Experience working in the automotive industry and vehicle is advantageous

Mechanical Engineering in chassis design and composite design is a plus.

Experience collaborating with Industrial Design teams is beneficial.

Previous experience at a startup involved in launching consumer products to market is desirable.

Equity

Lightship compensation consists of the yearly salary above plus equity, which gives you a stake in the company.

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