Program Operations Manager - Mountain View, CA, United States
$132,400 - $179,200 USD yearly
Originally posted 2 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role will drive operational excellence across Aeva’s product and customer programs, working closely with Program Managers and cross-functional teams to establish, streamline, and execute processes and tools for complex program management. The role will have broad visibility across Engineering, Product, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, and Program Management, playing a key part in improving how Aeva plans, tracks, and executes its programs.
What you'll do
- Partner with Program Managers and cross-functional teams to improve planning, tracking, and execution of complex product development programs.
- Develop and maintain integrated program schedules, milestones, dependencies, and critical paths across multiple functional teams.
- Drive consistent execution of key program processes including change management, resource planning, milestone tracking, risk management, and phase-gate readiness.
- Coordinate cross-functional activities and follow up on actions, dependencies, and deliverables to ensure commitments are completed on time.
- Develop dashboards, reports, and KPIs that provide leadership with clear visibility into program health, schedule performance, resource needs, risks, and execution gaps.
- Identify opportunities to simplify and standardize Program Management processes, tools, templates, and reporting across programs.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Operations, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in program management, project management, program operations, engineering operations, or a related role.
- Experience supporting complex cross-functional hardware and/or software product development programs.
- Strong project planning skills with experience managing schedules, milestones, dependencies, and critical paths.
- Experience with resource planning, change management, risk management, or product development governance processes.
- Experience with project and program management tools such as Jira, Smartsheet, Confluence, and spreadsheets.
Nice to have
- Experience in automotive, autonomous systems, LiDAR, robotics, or another complex hardware/software development environment.
- Knowledge of automotive product development processes including EV/DV/PV, APQP/PPAP, ASPICE, or VDA.
- Experience developing program dashboards, automated reporting, and resource-management tools.
- Experience establishing or improving PMO/program-management processes in a growing technology organization.
- Familiarity with product lifecycle management and engineering change-control processes.
Skills: program management, product development programs, integrated program schedules, risk management, cross-functional activities
This role has been open 42 days — exactly the 42-day median for Technical Program Management roles.
Technical Program Management · Photonics
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Open roles in category
26
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Median days open
42 d
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Median salary
$190k
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| Metric | Aeva Technologies | All employers we track in this specialty (26 roles · 16 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 26 |
| Median days open | 42 d | 42 d (same as this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $190k |
Skills observed across this category: program management, product development programs, integrated program schedules, risk management, cross-functional activities
Who's hiring in this category
- Coherent Corp · 4 open roles · median 14 d
- Apple · 2 open roles · median 23 d
- Ayar Labs · 2 open roles · median 77 d
- Ayo · 2 open roles · median 43 d
- Lightmatter · 2 open roles · median 50 d
- Lumentum · 2 open roles · median 22 d
How we counted: 26 open Technical Program Management (Photonics) roles from 16 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.