Technical Program Manager (Robotics)

Location: San Carlos, California, United States; onsite

Salary: $190,000–$230,000 per year plus equity

Company

hirify.global develops humanoid robots designed to operate safely alongside people in real-world environments, including the NEO general-purpose robot.

What you will do

• Own the integrated product development and launch schedule for the hirify.global Developer Platform.
• Connect software team milestones, hardware timelines, dependencies, and company goals into one trusted critical path.
• Define milestones, owners, dependencies, and dates across multiple engineering teams.
• Identify risks and blockers early, drive cross-team resolution, and escalate decisions when needed.
• Coordinate communication across firmware, Companion, AI, product, design, and hardware teams.
• Accelerate launches by parallelizing work, shortening feedback loops, and removing critical-path constraints.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering or technical program management for complex, multi-team software products.
• Experience taking a large, multi-team software initiative from 0 to 1.
• Proven ability to build and manage integrated schedules with dependencies outside your direct control.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, a related engineering field, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• Ability to communicate schedule status, risks, priorities, and decisions clearly to engineers and executives.

Nice to have

• Experience in robotics, automotive, or high-volume consumer product launches.
• Familiarity with hardware product development and software readiness gates for hardware builds.
• Experience with Linear, MS Project, Jira, or similar schedule and program management tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Builder-oriented environment emphasizing ownership, speed, honesty, and respect.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Paid time off, company holidays, and parental leave.
• 401(k) plan with company match, plus FSA and HSA options.
• Commuter benefits, disability and life insurance, employee assistance support, onsite snacks, and catered lunches.