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Rivian is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager to electronics product development across the vehicle portfolio. This role owns complex, cross-functional hardware programs from early concept and development through vehicle integration, validation, and production readiness.
You will connect Electrical Hardware, systems engineering, ADAS/Autonomy, firmware and software, vehicle integration, validation, quality, manufacturing, supply chain, and external partners. You will establish clear plans and decision paths across custom sensor development, PCBAs, suppliers, and contract manufacturers, helping teams deliver robust technology to vehicle milestones.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Own integrated program plans for both in-house and vendor electronics for sensor modules including scope, requirements, schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, and production-readiness criteria.
- Lead cross-functional execution of in-house and vendor hardware development, coordinating electrical, RF, mechanical, systems, firmware, software, validation, and vehicle-integration workstreams.
- Translate system and vehicle needs into clear program deliverables, interfaces, milestones, and readiness gates; align teams on verification and validation plans.
- Drive technical reviews and decision-making, track actions to closure, and surface tradeoffs across performance, quality, cost, schedule, and product integration.
- Coordinate PCBA, ECU, sensor-module, and other electronics development with internal teams and external engineering partners.
- Plan and track prototype, development, and validation builds; align hardware availability, configuration, issue resolution, and vehicle-level dependencies.
- Lead supplier and contract-manufacturer engagements, including technical deliverables, design reviews, build plans, issue resolution, change control, escalations, and readiness tracking.
- Partner with manufacturing, quality, and supply chain teams to support manufacturability, build readiness, and transition from development to production.
- Maintain clear program health reporting for stakeholders and leadership, including risks, assumptions, decisions, dependencies, recovery plans, and status against milestones.
- Improve program operating cadence and execution practices across multiple concurrent workstreams.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 8+ years of experience in technical program management, systems engineering, or hardware development in a complex product environment.
- Familiarity with automotive radar systems and radar sensor or module development.
- Experience in automotive product development, ideally with an OEM, Tier 1 supplier, ADAS, or vehicle-electronics program.
- Demonstrated success leading cross-functional hardware or electronics programs from development through production.
- Strong program-management fundamentals, including integrated planning, milestone tracking, risk and dependency management, issue escalation, and change control.
- Experience coordinating engineering, validation, manufacturing, and other partners across multiple workstreams.
- Ability to interpret engineering and program artifacts such as requirements, block diagrams, schematics, test plans, validation reports, and engineering changes.
- Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills, including the ability to align technical teams and brief leadership.
- Comfort operating in ambiguity, building structure, and driving decisions without complete information.
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, systems engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Familiarity with PCBA development, including schematic and layout reviews, board bring-up, BOM maturity, validation, and manufacturing release.
- Experience leading custom development efforts from requirements and design through prototype builds, validation, and production release.
- Experience with contract-manufacturer (CM) engagements for electronics development, builds, manufacturing readiness, quality, and production ramp.
- Experience in vendor management, including oversight of technical deliverables, schedule, cost, quality, issue resolution, and escalations.
- Familiarity with other custom sensor technologies and their integration into vehicle electrical, software, and systems architectures.
- Familiarity with automotive validation and production-readiness processes, such as DVP&R, APQP, or PPAP.
- Familiarity with program-tracking tools such as JIRA and Confluence and with Agile or hybrid development environments.
- Master's degree in a relevant technical discipline.
INTRODUCTION
Rivian is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager to electronics product development across the vehicle portfolio. This role owns complex, cross-functional hardware programs from early concept and development through vehicle integration, validation, and production readiness.
You will connect Electrical Hardware, systems engineering, ADAS/Autonomy, firmware and software, vehicle integration, validation, quality, manufacturing, supply chain, and external partners. You will establish clear plans and decision paths across custom sensor development, PCBAs, suppliers, and contract manufacturers, helping teams deliver robust technology to vehicle milestones.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Own integrated program plans for both in-house and vendor electronics for sensor modules including scope, requirements, schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, and production-readiness criteria.
- Lead cross-functional execution of in-house and vendor hardware development, coordinating electrical, RF, mechanical, systems, firmware, software, validation, and vehicle-integration workstreams.
- Translate system and vehicle needs into clear program deliverables, interfaces, milestones, and readiness gates; align teams on verification and validation plans.
- Drive technical reviews and decision-making, track actions to closure, and surface tradeoffs across performance, quality, cost, schedule, and product integration.
- Coordinate PCBA, ECU, sensor-module, and other electronics development with internal teams and external engineering partners.
- Plan and track prototype, development, and validation builds; align hardware availability, configuration, issue resolution, and vehicle-level dependencies.
- Lead supplier and contract-manufacturer engagements, including technical deliverables, design reviews, build plans, issue resolution, change control, escalations, and readiness tracking.
- Partner with manufacturing, quality, and supply chain teams to support manufacturability, build readiness, and transition from development to production.
- Maintain clear program health reporting for stakeholders and leadership, including risks, assumptions, decisions, dependencies, recovery plans, and status against milestones.
- Improve program operating cadence and execution practices across multiple concurrent workstreams.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 8+ years of experience in technical program management, systems engineering, or hardware development in a complex product environment.
- Familiarity with automotive radar systems and radar sensor or module development.
- Experience in automotive product development, ideally with an OEM, Tier 1 supplier, ADAS, or vehicle-electronics program.
- Demonstrated success leading cross-functional hardware or electronics programs from development through production.
- Strong program-management fundamentals, including integrated planning, milestone tracking, risk and dependency management, issue escalation, and change control.
- Experience coordinating engineering, validation, manufacturing, and other partners across multiple workstreams.
- Ability to interpret engineering and program artifacts such as requirements, block diagrams, schematics, test plans, validation reports, and engineering changes.
- Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills, including the ability to align technical teams and brief leadership.
- Comfort operating in ambiguity, building structure, and driving decisions without complete information.
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, systems engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Familiarity with PCBA development, including schematic and layout reviews, board bring-up, BOM maturity, validation, and manufacturing release.
- Experience leading custom development efforts from requirements and design through prototype builds, validation, and production release.
- Experience with contract-manufacturer (CM) engagements for electronics development, builds, manufacturing readiness, quality, and production ramp.
- Experience in vendor management, including oversight of technical deliverables, schedule, cost, quality, issue resolution, and escalations.
- Familiarity with other custom sensor technologies and their integration into vehicle electrical, software, and systems architectures.
- Familiarity with automotive validation and production-readiness processes, such as DVP&R, APQP, or PPAP.
- Familiarity with program-tracking tools such as JIRA and Confluence and with Agile or hybrid development environments.
- Master's degree in a relevant technical discipline.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Staff Technical Program Manager
Document your cross-functional program scope
PERM requires your employer to define the role's minimum requirements before recruiting begins. Gather evidence of programs you've led across engineering, product, and operations teams, specificity in job duties strengthens the labor certification and reduces audit risk.
Verify your degree meets EB-2 standards
EB-2 covers advanced-degree professionals or those with a bachelor's degree plus five years of progressive experience in the same specialty. If your TPM background combines a bachelor's with years of increasing scope, document that progression clearly before your employer files the prevailing wage determination.
Search Migrate Mate for PERM-sponsoring employers
Not every company that hires Staff TPMs has experience filing PERM labor certifications. Migrate Mate surfaces employers with verified green card sponsorship history by role type, so you can prioritize outreach to organizations that have already navigated the process for similar positions.
Check prevailing wage before salary negotiations
DOL requires your offered salary to meet the prevailing wage for your occupation and location before PERM is filed. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the wage level for your SOC code in your target metro before entering offer discussions, accepting below the floor resets the process.
Target companies with dedicated immigration counsel
Staff TPM PERM cases often require defending a specialized job description during DOL audits. During interviews, ask whether the company retains in-house or external immigration attorneys, employers without dedicated counsel frequently delay or abandon sponsorship mid-process when complexity increases.
Understand AC21 portability before you accept
If you're already in the green card process, AC21 job portability lets you change employers once your I-485 has been pending 180 days or more, provided the new role is in the same or a similar occupation. Confirm this with your attorney before accepting a new Staff TPM offer mid-process.
Green Card Staff Technical Program Manager: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Staff Technical Program Manager role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Staff TPM roles typically qualify for EB-2 if the position requires a master's degree or a bachelor's degree plus five years of progressive specialized experience. EB-3 covers roles requiring a bachelor's degree with at least two years of relevant experience. Your employer defines the minimum requirements before filing PERM, so the degree threshold in the job description determines which category applies.
How is green card sponsorship different from H-1B sponsorship for a Staff TPM?
H-1B visa is temporary nonimmigrant status renewed in increments, while green card sponsorship leads to lawful permanent residence. For Staff TPMs, the difference is also procedural: PERM requires your employer to run a formal DOL recruitment test and obtain a prevailing wage determination before filing, unlike H-1B which uses a Labor Condition Application. Priority dates and per-country backlogs mean nationals from high-demand countries may wait years before the I-485 can be filed.
How can I find employers that sponsor Staff TPMs for green cards?
PERM filing history varies significantly across companies even when they actively hire for TPM roles. Migrate Mate shows employers with verified green card sponsorship history filtered by role type, so you can identify which organizations have actually filed PERM labor certifications for similar positions rather than relying on what recruiters say during screening calls.
What does the PERM labor certification process involve for a Staff TPM role?
Your employer first submits a prevailing wage request to DOL, then runs a mandatory recruitment campaign to test whether qualified U.S. workers are available. The employer documents every application received and why each candidate was not selected. Only after this recruitment test concludes can the employer file the PERM application with DOL. The entire process must be completed before the I-140 immigrant petition can be submitted to USCIS.
Can I change employers while my Staff TPM green card case is in progress?
AC21 job portability allows you to change employers once your I-485 adjustment of status application has been pending for 180 days or more, provided the new Staff TPM role is in the same or a similar occupational classification. Your priority date from an approved I-140 can carry over to a new employer's petition. Changing before the 180-day threshold requires your new employer to restart the PERM process from the beginning.