General Motors

Staff Technical Program Manager, Simulation

General Motors • $159K — $245K *
Sunnyvale, CA 94087Hybrid
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Qualifications

  • 10+ years of technical program management experience, with at least 2 years in quality, AI/ML, robotics, or large-scale reliability programs.
  • BS or MS in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • Experience in running SEV processes across multiple engineering teams.
  • Strong systems thinking and data-driven decision-making skills.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities; adept at influencing across diverse teams.
  • Familiarity with Agile delivery, Jira, Confluence, and technical workflows.

Responsibilities

  • Own simulation validation and health reviews, ensuring documents are prepared and stakeholders are involved.
  • Track active simulation SEVs and incidents, managing detection, mitigation, and resolution efforts effectively.
  • Run and enhance the post-mortem process for simulations, converting findings into actionable Jira items.
  • Collaborate with SEO and engineering on the Close the Loop process to ensure quality issue resolution tracking.
  • Define KPIs for simulation health and regularly update stakeholders on risks and progress.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Accounts.
  • Retirement savings plan.
  • Paid vacation and holidays.
  • Tuition assistance programs.
  • Employee assistance program and sickness/accident benefits.
  • GM vehicle discounts.
  • Opportunity to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program.
Full Job Description
Job Description

We are seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager to lead simulation health, validation, and incident/SEV operations for GM's enterprise Autonomous Driving Program. You will own the core operational rhythms around simulation reliability (weekly health/ops reviews, SEVs, retros, and Close the Loop), ensuring issues are surfaced quickly, routed correctly, and driven to resolution.

What You'll Do (Responsibilities):
  • Own weekly Simulation Validation Ops and Sim Ops Health reviews: ensure docs are ready, the right ticket owners attend, statuses are up to date, and P0s are resolved or have clear mitigation.
  • Track all active Simulation SEVs and incidents, maintain a central status view, and drive incidents from detection through mitigation and resolution with a focus on reducing sim error rates.
  • Run and improve the Sim post-mortem / retro process: maintain the schedule, ensure retros use the standard template, convert follow-ups into Sim CTL Jira items, and track to closure.
  • Partner with SEO and engineering on the Close the Loop process: ensure complete, high-quality Jira ticket creation, accurate routing, and live tracking of issue resolution.
  • Define and maintain KPIs and dashboards for simulation health, SEV/retro follow-through, and CTL progress, and regularly communicate status and risks to stakeholders and leadership.


Yours Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):
  • 10+ years of technical program management experience, including 2+ years in quality, AI/ML, robotics, autonomous systems, or large-scale platform/reliability programs.
  • BS or MS in Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field.
  • Proven experience running SEV/incident, reliability, or ops review processes across multiple engineering teams.
  • Strong systems thinking, data-driven decision making, and ability to connect metrics and SLAs to day-to-day execution.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; comfortable influencing across engineering, data, and operations.
  • Deep familiarity with Agile delivery, Jira, Confluence, and technical development workflows.


What Can Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):
  • Experience in autonomous vehicles, robotaxis, or other safety-critical, requirements-driven domains (e.g., automotive, aerospace, defense).
  • Background in simulation or test infrastructure, and scaling test creation and health monitoring.
  • Experience partnering with metrics/SEO teams on error investigation and close-the-loop processes.


Compensation: The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position, as well as geography of the selected candidate.

The salary range for this role is $159,400 - $245,000. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.

Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.

Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.

Company Vehicle: Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review, you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program, through which you will be assigned a General Motors vehicle to drive and evaluate. Note: program participants are required to purchase/lease a qualifying GM vehicle every four years unless one of a limited number of exceptions applies.

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GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc).This role is based remotely, but if the selected candidate lives within a specific mile radius of a GM hub, they will be expected to report to the location three times a week {or other frequency dictated by your manager}.

About General Motors

General Motors Company engages in the manufacture and sale of cars and trucks in the United States, China, Brazil, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Italy. It offers sedans, crossovers, sport utility vehicles, pick-up trucks, coupes, sports/convertibles and hybrid vehicles, hatchbacks/wagons, and vans, as well as mini cars in India. The company also provides parts and accessories, such as iPod and MP3 compatibility, mobility accessories, performance parts, AC parts and services, and merchandise. In addition, it offers vehicle safety, security, and information services. The company provides used vehicles. It offers its products through dealers and distributors. General Motors Company was formerly known as NGMCO, Inc. and changed its name to General Motors Company in July 2009. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Detroit, Michigan. It operates manufacturing facilities in India, the United States, and Canada. General Motors Company operates as a subsidiary of the United States Department of The Treasury. General Motors led global vehicle sales for 77 consecutive years from 1931 through 2007, longer than any other automaker, and is currently among the world's largest automakers by vehicle unit sales. General Motors acts in most countries outside the USA via wholly-owned subsidiaries but operates in China through 10 joint ventures. GM's OnStar subsidiary provides vehicle safety, security, and information services. In 2009, General Motors shed several brands, closing Saturn, Pontiac, and Hummer, and emerged from a government-backed Chapter 11 reorganization. In 2010, GM made an initial public offering IPOs to date and returned to profitability later that year.

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Size
157,000 employees
Market Cap
$46.9 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$6.4 billion
Founded
1908
5 Year Trend
-3.2%
Revenue
$122.4 billion
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