Senior Technical Program Manager (Robotics)

Location: Colorado, Texas, Florida, South San Francisco, Florida Ridge, Texas City, New York, Boston, Seattle, Atlanta, or Remote in the USA

Company

Develops autonomous ground-handling vehicles for airlines and ground service providers, with deployments in real-world airport environments.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end program delivery for the Atlanta Airport deployment from planning through launch and steady-state operations.
• Define schedules, milestones, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder alignment routines.
• Drive accountability across Engineering, Systems, Safety, and Operations teams and remove execution blockers.
• Act as the primary liaison between Engineering and Operations leadership.
• Implement governance standards including status reporting, risk escalation, and cross-functional alignment.
• Build launch-readiness frameworks and contribute to shared TPM tooling, templates, and operating standards.

Requirements

• 5+ years of technical program or project management experience in integrated hardware/software, systems engineering, or a related technical environment.
• Experience owning complex, multi-stakeholder programs from planning through launch.
• Strong technical foundation in software systems, hardware integration, systems and safety, or robotics.
• Experience in safety-critical or high-accountability environments.
• Strong communication skills, including presenting program status and risks to engineering leads and executives.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field; proficiency with Jira, Asana, or equivalent tools.

Nice to have

• Experience in autonomous systems, robotics, aviation, or adjacent safety-critical industries.
• Experience supporting or mentoring other TPMs as a senior contributor.
• Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, or similar iterative development methodologies.
• Experience in field-deployed or operationally sensitive environments such as airports, manufacturing, or logistics.
• Master’s degree or PMP/PMI certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Work directly with Engineering, Systems, Safety, and Operations teams on a flagship deployment.
• Join the founding TPM group and help shape its operating model with the TPM Lead.
• Contribute to autonomy deployments supporting major airlines and ground service providers.