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Technical Program Manager- Diagnostics (Vehicle Systems Integration)

Foster City, California

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.

Technical Program Manager – Diagnostics (Vehicle Systems Integration)

We are seeking a technically proficient Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) to lead end-to-end development and integration of the Robot Platform Diagnostic Roadmap. They will play a central role in planning and execution for diagnostics and health monitoring deliverables across the Robot Platform ECU’s. 

 

The ideal candidate brings deep experience in automotive control systems development, diagnostic protocols and software program management. They will engage with cross-functional stakeholders such as Systems Design and Mission Assurance, Fail Operational Response, Firmware Core, Firmware Applications, Fleet Ops and Vehicle Program Management to enable effective diagnostics, fleet insights, and enhanced serviceability. 

 

Responsibilities

  • Own Diagnostic Roadmap including requirements, execution, validation and integration to meet milestone deliverables.
  • Drive execution of diagnostic workstream through planning the agenda, engaging relevant stakeholders and identifying action items with strong follow up.
  • Breakdown Diagnostic Roadmap into granular deliverables that align with overall vehicle program quarterly planning 
  • Demonstrate agility in execution by adapting the short-term plan to maintain progress when roadblocks or delays are encountered.
  • Ensure timely delivery of diagnostic requirement updates to firmware teams as defined in the diagnostic roadmap.
  • Secure necessary alignments and approvals for milestone scope changes based on program priorities.
  • Proactively identify cross-functional execution risks, unblock technical dependencies, and manage escalations through program management forums.
  • Develop and maintain a dashboard for Fleet Monitoring of Diagnostics in Service and Engineering Fleet to identify emerging trends, false positives and prioritization.
  • Interface with upstream and downstream stakeholders to ensure diagnostic coverage that meets system observability, fail safe operations and serviceability requirements.

 

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science Engineering or related technical field.
  • 5+ years of experience in technical program management roles within the automotive embedded systems or diagnostics domains.
  • Proven experience delivering diagnostic feature sets in firmware for distributed automotive systems (e.g., AUTOSAR, low-level firmware stacks, gateway controllers).
  • Familiarity with diagnostic standards and protocols: UDS (ISO 14229), CAN/CAN-FD, OBD-II (SAE J1979).
  • Strong understanding of software/firmware development workflows, release management and gate approval processes.
  • Analytical skills in extracting actionable insights from field diagnostics dashboards and vehicle telemetry data

 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with diagnostic integration in EV powertrains or autonomous vehicle platforms.
  • Familiarity with service-oriented architecture (SOA), diagnostics via IP (DoIP), or Ethernet-based diagnostic frameworks.
  • Hands-on experience with JIRA, Vector CAN tools (e.g., CANoe, CANalyzer, vFlash), embedded logging frameworks, or calibration tools (e.g., INCA, ETAS).
  • Knowledge of ISO 26262 or ASPICE processes as applied to diagnostics coverage planning and validation.
  • Ability to lead detailed technical discussions while tracking milestones, quality gates, and cross-functional interdependencies.

 

 

Salary Range: $115,000-$135,000

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 

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