Technical Program Manager (Robotics)

Location: On-site in Palo Alto, United States

What you will do

• Lead hardware development schedules from architecture and prototyping through validation, industrialization, and production ramp.
• Create and maintain program plans, Gantt charts, action trackers, and status reporting across actuators, electronics, structures, and sensors.
• Track cost, mass, reliability, and performance metrics while communicating blockers, risks, and progress to leadership.
• Coordinate mechanical, electrical, firmware, and software teams around design milestones, integration timelines, and test readiness.
• Partner with supply chain, suppliers, and contract manufacturers to deliver parts and assemblies on time and to specification.
• Drive design reviews, change control, BOM accuracy, and DVT/PVT planning across hardware subsystems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, or related engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of technical program management experience with complex hardware products such as robotics, consumer electronics, automotive, or aerospace systems.
• Demonstrated success shipping physical products from concept through mass production.
• Strong technical fundamentals across mechanical, electrical, and firmware design discussions.
• Experience managing electromechanical systems with interdependent motors, PCBAs, sensors, and structural assemblies.
• Experience with NPI, tooling qualification, PPAP, DVT/PVT, first-article inspections, contract manufacturers, and global suppliers.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time, on-site role within the Operations department.
• Requires ownership, urgency, comfort with ambiguity, and engineering curiosity.