Glydways

Technical Product Manager

• Define and evangelize the long-term product vision and strategy for the Glydways vehicle, aligning with company goals and market opportunities.
• Own and prioritize the vehicle product roadmap, identifying key features, functions, and improvements based on user needs, technical feasibility, and business impact.
• Translate high-level strategic objectives into detailed product requirements, user stories, and technical specifications for engineering and design teams.
• Analyze tradeoffs between different user needs, requirements and solutions using both judgment and quantitative models to define the product that meets the Glydways vision within the constraints of an operational system.
• Conduct thorough user research, market analysis, and competitive landscape assessments to deeply understand customer needs, pain points, and emerging trends in transportation and autonomous vehicles.
• Collaborate closely with hardware engineering, software engineering (autonomous driving, controls, embedded systems), industrial design, UX design, operations, safety, and manufacturing teams to ensure successful product development and launch.
• Develop a deep understanding of the Glydways vehicle's technical architecture, including its autonomous driving capabilities, motion actuation systems, safety features, sensor suite, closures and user interface systems.
• Define key performance indicators (KPIs) for the vehicle and work with engineering to ensure the product meets or exceeds targets for safety, reliability, efficiency, and user satisfaction.
• Effectively communicate product plans, progress, and challenges to executive leadership and various internal and external stakeholders.
• Manage the entire product lifecycle of the Glydways vehicle, from pre-production to production and launch, iteration, and end-of-life planning.
• Proactively identify and resolve complex product challenges, making data-driven decisions and adapting to evolving requirements.

Principal Technical Product Manager – Autonomous Vehicle

Account Manager

• Serve as primary liaison to government stakeholders and funding partners to build support and secure local, state, and federal funding
• Track, analyze and prioritize transportation, infrastructure, climate and economic development funding opportunities
• Maintain a forward-looking calendar of grant programs, legislative appropriations, and discretionary funding programs aligned with Glydways projects
• Lead development of funding strategies for project portfolio and ensure alignment with local, regional and state mobility priorities
• Partner with internal teams and external consultants, grant writers, and technical teams to produce high-quality applications and funding packages
• Ensure Glydways technology and project outcomes are framed to meet program evaluation criteria
• Build and maintain relationships with funding agencies, grant administrators and policymakers
• Design and execute engagement strategies to cultivate political and institutional support and secure endorsements
• Coordinate letters of support, stakeholder endorsements, and alignment with planning and policy priorities
• Represent Glydways at public meetings, policy briefings, and interagency working groups
• Draft and deliver presentations, memos, and talking points for elected officials, staff, and community partners
• Collaborate closely with Project Delivery, Communications, Community Engagement, and Legal to align projects with timelines, siting, and regulatory requirements

Director of Strategic Partnerships, Government Affairs

Engineer

• Perform safety analysis at all levels of the Glydways Automated Transit System to identify design vulnerabilities and specify safety requirements for the Glydways system, transit network operations, and guideway infrastructure to ensure passenger and operations safety
• Work with project stakeholders to analyze hazards specific to each project, assure compliance to local safety and regulatory standards, and support safety certification for new systems
• Work with cross-functional teams to contribute to the development of automated transit technology, coordinate safety requirements across a complex system, and support definition of system constraints
• Tailor system safety and safety certification plans to comply with project regulatory environment and project schedule
• Perform hazard and risk analysis and define prevention and control measures to control safety risk
• Perform operational hazard analysis including Egress analysis, Fire Life Safety, Maintenance hazard analysis and HMI
• Perform Failure Modes, Effects and Analysis (FMEA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) of the System, Hardware and Software
• Derive safety requirements for system, hardware and software levels, including design constraints regarding performance and timing to ensure faults and failures are properly mitigated
• Perform RAM analysis and drive system requirements to assure compliance to project RAM targets
• Identify, organize, track, and document all necessary Functional Safety activities within the project
• Communicate findings and recommendations through written and oral presentations to achieve consensus across multi-disciplined teams

System Safety Engineer

Mechanical Engineer

• Design and integrate innovative sensor cleaning systems for various autonomous vehicle sensors (e.g., LiDAR, radar, cameras).
• Define system requirements and specifications, considering factors like fluid management, power consumption, and durability.
• Conduct feasibility studies and trade-off analyses for different cleaning technologies.
• Contribute to the mechanical design and packaging of vehicle components, ensuring they are manufacturable and durable.
• Assist in troubleshooting any dimensional issues in vehicle designs and builds.
• Review and recommend assembly processes for components, focusing on controlling variation and improving processes.
• Plan, develop, and execute reliability and performance tests for sensor cleaning systems, including environmental stress, durability, and real-world condition testing.
• Analyze test data to evaluate system effectiveness and identify areas for improvement.
• Troubleshoot and debug issues related to sensor contamination and cleaning system failures.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, and perception software engineers to ensure seamless integration and validation of cleaning systems.
• Work with suppliers to source and validate components.
• Stay current with industry trends and advancements in sensor cleaning technologies and other mechanical engineering disciplines.

Autonomous Vehicle Mechanical Engineer – Sensor Cleaning

Full-stack Engineer

• Maintain and enhance developer workflows, including build, lint, code coverage, and testing support for C++, Python, and Go languages.
• Collaborate closely with software engineering teams to identify and implement improvements in the continuous integration (CI) system, utilizing AWS and Buildkite.
• Develop, deploy, and support automation tools to streamline common developer workflows, such as change submission, integration testing, and dependency management.
• Design and implement basic monitoring services to track the performance and stability of internal processes and systems.
• Contribute to the eventual migration of the build system to Bazel, working with team members to ensure a smooth transition.

Senior Software Engineer, Developer Platform

Site Reliability Engineer

Electronics Hardware Reliability Engineer

Product Manager

• Define and evangelize the long-term product vision and strategy for the Glydways vehicle, aligning with company goals and market opportunities.
• Roadmap Development: Own and prioritize the vehicle product roadmap, identifying key features, functions, and improvements based on user needs, technical feasibility, and business impact.
• Requirements & Specifications: Translate high-level strategic objectives into detailed product requirements, user stories, and technical specifications for engineering and design teams.
• Modeling, Analysis & Decision Making: Analyze tradeoffs between different user needs, requirements and solutions using both judgment and quantitative models to define the product that meets the Glydways vision within the constraints of an operational system
• User Research & Insights: Conduct thorough user research, market analysis, and competitive landscape assessments to deeply understand customer needs, pain points, and emerging trends in transportation and autonomous vehicles.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Collaborate closely with hardware engineering, software engineering (autonomous driving, controls, embedded systems), industrial design, UX design, operations, safety, and manufacturing teams to ensure successful product development and launch.
• Technical Acumen: Develop a deep understanding of the Glydways vehicle's technical architecture, including its autonomous driving capabilities, motion actuation systems, safety features, sensor suite, closures and user interface systems.
• Performance & Reliability: Define key performance indicators (KPIs) for the vehicle and work with engineering to ensure the product meets or exceeds targets for safety, reliability, efficiency, and user satisfaction.
• Stakeholder Management: Effectively communicate product plans, progress, and challenges to executive leadership and various internal and external stakeholders.
• Lifecycle Management: Manage the entire product lifecycle of the Glydways vehicle, from pre-production to production and launch, iteration, and end-of-life planning.
• Problem Solving: Proactively identify and resolve complex product challenges, making data-driven decisions and adapting to evolving requirements.

Principal Product Manager, Autonomous Vehicle

• The Lead Dimensional Engineer is responsible for the Glydcar vehicle overall and detailed dimensional strategy and ensuring that our vehicle assembly is both manufacturable and repairable in the field from a variability standpoint.
• Setting the fit and finish targets and strategy in conjunction with ID and engineering teams
• Ensure ease of assembly of all components to the vehicle in a production setting
• Trouble shoot any dimensional issues in the vehicle design and builds and help with supplier dimensional issues
• Will review and recommend assembly of Body, Exterior, Interior process and recommend ways to control variation and improve processes
• Dimensional studies and the capability to perform them and recommend/purchase software to do them as well and will work with a small team of dimensional engineers internal or external to the company to achieve this

Lead Dimensional Engineer

Producer

• Integrate hardware and software design to deliver a seamless end-to-end product experience.
• Translate rider and operator needs into clear, actionable direction for design, product, and engineering teams.
• Oversee the design portfolio at the program level, balancing near-term execution with long-term priorities.
• Own and refine the inbound request process, aligning resources and timelines with business needs.
• Plan, organize, and guide projects from early concept through production.
• Facilitate clear communication across Industrial Design, Human Interface, Engineering, and Product teams.
• Anticipate and resolve execution challenges before they become blockers.
• Maintain clear, accessible documentation of priorities, milestones, and key decisions.
• Champion the rider and operator experience while meeting safety, accessibility, and operational requirements.

Design Producer

Data Scientist

• Glydways is reimagining what public transit can be. We believe that mobility is the gateway to opportunity—connecting people to housing, education, employment, commerce, and care. By making transportation more accessible, affordable, and sustainable, we empower communities to thrive and unlock economic and social prosperity.\n• Our mission is to revolutionize transit with a solution that delivers high capacity, exceptional user experiences, unmatched affordability, and minimal environmental impact.\n• The Glydways system is a groundbreaking network of carbon-neutral, interconnected transit pathways powered by standardized autonomous vehicles on dedicated roadways. Operating 24/7 with on-demand access, it offers personalized and efficient mobility—without the burden of heavy upfront infrastructure costs or ongoing taxpayer subsidies.\n• With Glydways, we’re building more than a transportation system; we’re creating a future where everyone, everywhere, has the freedom to move.\n• The Global Supply Chain team drives centralized planning, sourcing, delivery and build for all components, parts, modules, CAPEX, services, software, and tools for prototype, engineering builds, and production. We work closely with vehicle hardware, vehicle software, autonomy, robot infrastructure, product teams and a diverse set of suppliers and partners to design, development, manufacture and deploy Glydcars and Glydways system.\n• Roles & Responsibilities: Lead the development of long-term strategic plans for global supply chain, ensuring alignment with company objectives and growth strategies.\n• Analyze market trends, supply chain performance data, and emerging technologies to provide actionable insights that optimize cost, efficiency, and supply chain continuity.\n• Develop and maintain key performance indicators (KPIs) to track the effectiveness of supply chain operations and identify areas for improvement.\n• Analyze and optimize cost structures across the supply chain, identifying opportunities to reduce costs while maintaining service levels.\n• Provide insights on cost drivers and work closely with cross-functional teams to drive cost reduction initiatives.\n• Lead BOM analysis to ensure accuracy, completeness, and alignment with production and procurement strategies.\n• Collaborate with product development and engineering teams to optimize BOM structures, reducing complexity and cost where possible.\n• Implement and streamline BOM management processes, order management and improve product lifecycle management.\n• Conduct ongoing analysis of local and federal regulations impacting the supply chain, ensuring full compliance with relevant laws, including Buy American Act and other regulatory requirements.\n• Work closely with cross functional teams to ensure all suppliers and sourcing decisions meet the necessary regulatory standards.\n• Develop and implement strategies to ensure the company adheres to domestic sourcing requirements, including supporting audits and maintaining necessary documentation.\n• Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Bachelor’s and / or Master’s degree in engineering, supply chain management or a related field. MBA is a plus.\n• 7+ years of experience in strategic planning, analytics, or supply chain management, with a focus on cost analysis, market research, and regulatory compliance.\n• Strong experience in data analysis, forecasting, and financial modeling related to supply chain operations.\n• In-depth understanding of supply chain processes, order management systems, and BOM structures.\n• Strong project management skills with the ability to lead and influence teams across functions.\n• Knowledge of compliance requirements, including Buy American Act and other local/federal regulations.\n• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders.