Technical Program Manager

Job Title: Technical Program Manager (TPM) – Pre-Sales & Delivery | Automotive / Silicon

Location: San Diego, CA

Role Overview

We are seeking a Technical Program Manager (TPM) to partner closely with Sales and Engineering to support pre-sales pursuits and post-award program delivery within the automotive and silicon/semiconductor domains.

This role blends technical leadership, customer engagement, and program execution. The TPM will act as a technical face to customers during the sales phase, shaping solutions, driving proposals, and de-risking scope and then transition into delivery ownership once projects become billable.

Key Responsibilities

Pre-Sales & Sales Support

• Serve as the pre-sales technical lead for automotive or silicon customer engagements
• Partner with sales teams on customer discovery, solution scoping, and technical strategy
• Own and contribute to RFI/RFQ/RFP responses, technical proposals, and SOW inputs
• Define solution architecture approach, milestones, assumptions, resourcing, and effort estimates
• Lead customer workshops, requirement discovery sessions, and technical alignment meetings
• Coordinate demos and proof-of-concepts (POCs) with engineering SMEs
• Identify technical risks and propose mitigation strategies to support deal closure
• Support business case development and ROI justification

Program Delivery Transition & Execution

• Develop structured handover plans to transition won work into delivery
• Own program kickoff, planning, risk management, and milestone tracking
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across engineering, product, and operations
• Ensure on-time, high-quality execution aligned with customer expectations
• Maintain strong customer relationships throughout delivery lifecycle

Required Experience & Skills

• 6+ years of experience as a Technical Program Manager, Solutions Engineer, or Pre-Sales Technical Lead
• Strong domain experience in either:
  • Automotive systems (vehicle software, ADAS, infotainment, embedded platforms), or
  • Silicon / semiconductor programs (SoC, IP development, validation, bring-up, platform integration)
• Proven experience supporting pre-sales technical pursuits, including proposals and customer discovery
• Ability to translate business requirements into executable technical programs
• Strong customer-facing communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience coordinating cross-functional engineering teams
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced, pursuit-driven environments