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Title:

Technical Program Manager (TPM),

BMS Hardware Test Location:

Berkeley, CA (on site 5x per week)

Duration:

Contract-to-hire (6 months)

Pay Range:

$65 - $75/

Hr Why It's Open:

The BMS team is managing a complex testing program and needs a TPM to create structure around the work. This person will build the schedule, establish a consistent team rhythm, track test completion, communicate progress, and proactively escalate blockers. This is program oversight, not people management, and spans approximately 1.5 teams and four major workstreams.

What You'll Do:

Requirements-based testing: Translate BMS requirements maintained in Jama into verification plans and test coverage.

DFMEA risk-mitigation testing:

Coordinate testing for high-severity failure modes and confirm mitigations are effective.

Reliability testing:

Validate long-term BMS performance beyond basic functional testing. UL 991 compliance: Coordinate testing and documentation required to demonstrate regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities:

Own the master schedule, milestones, dependencies, and critical path across the 13-board BMS testing effort. Determine required test volume, sequencing, ownership, readiness, and alignment with program milestones. Establish weekly operating rhythms for progress tracking, risk reviews, status reporting, and escalation. Coordinate hardware, embedded software, systems engineering, test engineering, regulatory, lab operations, and external certification bodies. Manage the design, procurement, fabrication, assembly, and commissioning schedules for HIL systems, test fixtures, instrumentation, and environmental chambers. Track test failures, anomalies, retesting, and RCA activities through closure. Provide leadership with clear progress updates, risks, capacity constraints, and mitigation plans.

Must-Have Requirements:

5+ years of TPM, technical project management, engineering program management, or lead test engineering experience. Experience managing complex programs involving both hardware and software. Strong hands-on experience with Smartsheet, Jira, and technical scheduling. Ability to build and manage detailed schedules, milestones, dependencies, and critical paths. Experience coordinating physical engineering assets such as test fixtures, HIL systems, or laboratory equipment. Strong cross-functional communication, risk management, and blocker-escalation skills. Experience in an industry where hardware and software overlap.

Preferred Requirements:

Previous experience as an electrical, hardware, systems, or test engineer. Familiarity with

UL 991, UL 1998, IEC 61508, ISO

26262, or a comparable safety standard. Understanding of PCBAs, HIL testing, BMS architecture, and board-level validation. Experience with Jama or another requirements-management tool. Experience with DFMEA, reliability testing, or requirements-based verification. Experience working with UL, Intertek, or another external certification body. Background in automotive, aerospace, medical devices, energy storage, or another safety-critical industry.

Benefits:

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, (paid time , paid sick and safe time , hours of paid vacation time, weeks of paid parental leave, paid holidays annually - AS Applicable)