Technical Program Manager, R&D Testing

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.

The Program Management Office (PMO) is responsible for driving cross-functional program planning and execution at the highest level. We partner with leaders from across the company in vehicle development, system design, software engineering, manufacturing, fleet operations, and business functions to develop and deliver major corporate milestones on the path to launch and beyond. 

Our program managers contribute to the end-to-end success of technical, integrated product milestones involving both of our vehicle platforms - the Toyota Highlander test fleet and purpose-built robotaxi. PMO has teams focusing on AI & Autonomy, Robot Platform Development, Testing & Performance, and Service/Product readiness. All roles are deeply cross-functional, collaborative, and interdisciplinary. 

We are looking for a Technical Program Manager to oversee holistic testing operations, focusing on smooth operational execution, organizational interaction (presentations, escalations, etc.), and efficiency of testing. This role manages relationships with proving grounds, equipment providers, and other testing asset suppliers, while internally aligning stakeholders for the readiness and execution of pre-service testing activities on close-courses.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and iterate on the strategy for our R&D testing with cross-functional stakeholders from engineering, operations, finance, procurement, and PMO
• Organize a document management system for the processes in this space, ensure roles and responsibilities are known and understood by all stakeholders
• Ensure the operations teams have the proper resources to meet the testing requirements of the company
• Establish standard reports, including regular program meetings, to provide concise and effective communications to key stakeholders on program status, issues/risks, and accomplishments
• Manage the relationships with external testing providers including, but not limited to, proving grounds and test equipment suppliers.
• Define and manage the budget for test tracks, test equipment, and other resources to support testing in close-course environments
• Maintaining a strong technical understanding of our vehicle platforms, software lifecycle, clearance process, and test operations

Qualifications:

• BS or MS degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent experience
• At least 5 to 8 years of experience in engineering, program management, or management consulting
• Experience with scheduling and coordinating of assets
• An ability to keep the big picture in focus and to provide clear, well-structured, and concise communications tailored to each appropriate audience
• Proficient in tools or processes required to manage complex projects (i.e. Gantt charts, risk matrix, Smartsheet, JIRA, etc.)
• Excellent written, presentation, and verbal communication skills are a must, ability to create visualizations of KPIs and program risks

Bonus Qualifications:

• In-depth experience with system architecture, safety critical systems, corporate strategy, and/or test & validation
• Previous technical program management experience
• Product development experience at an automotive company or a Tier 1 auto OEM
• Strong track-record in managing complex cross-functional projects or facilities
• Experience with developing and scaling strategy, processes, plans, procedures, reporting and handling escalations
• Ability to effectively prioritize with strong time management skills in a fast-paced environment
• Strong interpersonal skills, able to develop channels of communication while understanding