Systems Engineering Program Manager, Aeva
$132.4-179.2k
+ Meaningful stock grants
Office located in Mountain View, CA
Sensory perception technology for all devices
Be an early applicant
Sensory perception technology for all devices
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$132.4-179.2k
+ Meaningful stock grants
Office located in Mountain View, CA
201-500 employees
Company mission
To bring the next wave of perception to a broad range of applications from automated driving to industrial robotics, consumer electronics, consumer health, security, and beyond.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate has a proven track record of working with international contract manufacturers and coordinating closely with local design and engineering teams to bring complex hardware products from concept to high-volume production
- Direct experience working with contract manufacturers in different countries for high-volume production
- Strong understanding of manufacturing process flows and industrialization strategies for complex hardware products
- Familiarity with DFM principles, configuration management, and root cause analysis (FACA)
- Experience with build management and integration testing for both mechanical and electrical components
- Demonstrated ability to manage RFQ processes and conduct supplier quote evaluations and basic negotiations
- Strong communication and facilitation skills, especially in navigating time-zone differences and cultural nuances
- Experience delivering complex projects under aggressive timelines
- Proficiency with project tracking tools such as Atlassian Suite (JIRA, Confluence)
- Experience in the automotive or LiDAR supply chain is a plus, but not required
- Self-starter with the ability to work independently and adapt quickly in a fast-paced startup environment
What the job involves
- We are looking for an experienced Systems Engineering Program Manager to join our team
- This role is critical in bridging the gap between global manufacturing operations and local technical development, ensuring the product meets quality, cost, and schedule targets
- Collaborate with local design and engineering teams to drive design, validation, process development, and production ramp-up activities
- Serve as the primary interface between internal stakeholders and contract manufacturing partners in other countries to align on product readiness, build plans, and delivery schedules
- Drive closure on technical issues and development roadblocks to ensure projects meet top-level requirements and timeline objectives
- Manage build/test schedules across both in-house and CM-led integration efforts, ensuring smooth execution from prototype through production
- Track and manage release milestones, BOM readiness, and configuration control across global teams
- Facilitate cross-functional meetings to ensure alignment across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and quality teams
- Provide regular updates on risks, mitigation strategies, and status to executive stakeholders
Our take
The development of self-driving cars presents enormous opportunities for transportation, shipping, and ride-hailing industries, but getting these cars to run flawlessly is difficult. Cameras and radar sensors are used to detect obstacles for safe automated driving, but existing technology does not analyze enough data to meet these expectations.
Aeva builds sensory perception technology that maps the physical world around a vehicle on a granular basis to contribute towards the development of fully self-driving cars. The sensory system relies on what the company describes as being the world’s first 4D LiDAR-on-Chip. This technology comprises sensors that detect objects and events up to 300m away, recognize velocity-per-pixel, and are immune to interference from neighbouring frequencies.
Companies such as Tesla are already developing successful and safe fully self-driving software for their cars, but Aeva's approach to LiDar presents some serious competition to the existing camera-based technology. Despite further competition from Luminar and Velodyne, Aeva remains unique due to the condensed presentation of their technology into a tiny chip.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
5% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Oct 2018
$45m
SERIES A
Jan 2017
$3.5m
SEED
Total funding: $48.5m
Company benefits
- Health & Wellbeing: Beyond comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage, enjoy wellness benefits from leading providers like Gympass, Headspace, Cleo, and more
- Save for Tomorrow: In addition to matching your 401(k) contributions, we offer a Mega Roth option that allows you to contribute significantly more towards your retirement
- Rest & Recharge: We provide paid holidays and flexible time off, plus unlimited vacation and generous maternity/paternity leave policies
- Free Food & Snacks: Lunch is provided every day that you're in the office, with weekly food trucks and individual food delivery options, plus unlimited snacks and coffee
- Free EV Charging: We believe in driving the future - literally and figuratively. That's why we're proud to offer free electric vehicle (EV) charging at our office
- Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: We believe that diversity of thought and background drives innovation and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued and respected
Company HQ
Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Soroush Salehian
(Co-Founder & CEO)Studied Mechanical Engineering at Stanford before founding BlueLibris in June 2010. They then spent almost 5 years as an Apple Product Development Manager before co-founding Aeva in January 2017.
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