Scheduling Test Coordinator

We are seeking a Scheduling Test Coordinator to support and scale the company’s autonomous vehicle testing operations across R&D and commercial service environments.

In this role, you’ll work cross-functionally with engineering, operations, and site leadership to understand testing demand, allocate vehicle time, and ensure vehicles and personnel are scheduled and ready for service. You’ll play a key role in coordinating daily test execution, managing priorities across competing requests, and maintaining strong relationships with leadership at multiple testing sites.

The ideal candidate is organized, adaptable, and comfortable making decisions in a fast-paced environment. You bring strong coordination skills, communicate clearly with diverse stakeholders, and take a proactive approach to problem-solving.

Expected pay: 37.50 USD Per Hour

Schedule: Full time (usually 30+ hours/week)

Assignment length: Contract

As a Scheduling Test Coordinator, you’ll:

• Coordinate day-to-day scheduling activities for a growing autonomous vehicle fleet supporting both R&D and commercial operations.
• Review change control requests, prior-day failed missions, and evolving requirements to ensure milestone testing stays on track.
• Engage daily with cross-functional stakeholders to understand shifting priorities and testing demands.
• Exercise sound judgment to remove obstacles, adjust plans, and redefine approaches to support product testing needs.
• Ensure vehicles are properly configured and approved for each specific test or service requirement.
• Serve as a liaison between the company and proving ground or test-site leadership.
• Coordinate vehicle logistics, proving ground time, and personnel resources to support testing and service operations.
• Ensure service-ready vehicles and support staff are scheduled and prepared for daily operations.
• Make project-level prioritization decisions across competing requests, escalating when appropriate.
• Identify process improvement opportunities and collaborate on solutions to improve scheduling and utilization.

Requirements

• Manage the coordination of day-to-day activities for our growing autonomous vehicle fleet for both R&D and commercial operations.
• Review change control board requests, previous day failed missions, and engage stakeholders from multiple departments on a daily basis to understand changing requirements and demands to ensure milestone testing is executed on time.
• Exercise judgment and discretion to develop solutions to remove obstacles and redefine approaches for product testing.
• Ensure that vehicles are configured to meet the demands of each individual test or service need before allowing the vehicle to be used.
• Be a liaison for various proving ground site leadership.
• Coordinate vehicle logistics, time at various proving grounds, and personnel resources to support R&D and commercial operations.
• Ensure that service ready vehicles and support personnel are scheduled and ready for daily operations.
• Make decisions at the project level for priority calls between various requests, and escalating when necessary.
• Identify process improvement opportunities and brainstorm potential solutions

Benefits

• Pre-tax commuter benefits

• Employer-subsidized healthcare benefits
• Flexible Spending Account for healthcare costs
• All costs covered for short- and long-term disability and life insurance
• 401k package

Commitment: This is a full-time, ongoing contract position, open to candidates local to the Foster City area. contract position, open to candidates local to the Foster City area.