About this Staff Hardware Technical Program Manager role at Agility Robotics
Agility’s commercially deployed humanoids operate alongside teams in warehouses, manufacturing facilities, and distribution centers—tackling physically demanding and repetitive tasks while enabling workers to focus on higher-value work. With industry-leading safety standards and years of proven deployment data, we're pioneering a new era of automation that enhances human potential.
About the Role
We are seeking a Staff Hardware Technical Program Manager (TPM) to drive cross-functional execution and alignment for our next-generation hardware platforms. This role manages the complete hardware product development lifecycle from early concept and product definition to detailed design, build execution (EVT/DVT/PVT), validation, commercialization, and General Availability (GA).
As the connective tissue of the hardware development organization, the Staff Hardware TPM coordinates multidisciplinary teams spanning core engineering, operations, go-to-market, and service organizations. You will establish scalable execution frameworks, manage the critical path, mitigate risks, and build structures that ensure predictable, high-quality delivery of complex hardware systems.
About the Work
End-to-End Hardware Lifecycle Ownership
- Full-Lifecycle Leadership: Own integrated execution planning and delivery tracking across all stages of hardware development (Concept → Architecture Definition → Detailed Design → Proto/EVT/DVT/PVT Builds → Mass Production & GA).
- Critical Path Management: Define, track, and manage the integrated master schedule, dependencies, hardware build readiness, and critical path milestones across hardware, firmware, and release streams.
- Risk & Mitigation: Proactively identify program risks, long-lead component bottlenecks, resourcing gaps, and technical trade-offs; drive mitigation strategies to keep programs on track.
Cross-Functional Engineering Integration
- Cross-Domain Alignment: Serve as the central coordination point across Product, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering (ME), Electrical Engineering (EE), Firmware (FW) and SW teams
- Design & Architecture Alignment: Facilitate interface alignment, system-level trade-off discussions, and structured technical review cycles across hardware and software disciplines.
- Build Execution & Validation: Coordinate prototype build bring-up, joint HW/FW integration, and system validation (EVT/DVT) testing cycles to ensure functional and quality gates are met.
Operations, Supply Chain & Manufacturing Bridge
- NPI & Operations Integration: Partner closely with New Product Introduction (NPI), Supply Chain, Quality, and Manufacturing teams to track component readiness, tooling leads, vendor deliverables, and factory build execution.
- Design for Excellence (DFX): Ensure DFM/DFA/DFT requirements are integrated into early mechanical and electrical detailed design phases.
- Cost & BOM Tracking: Manage program level tracking for BOM health, unit economics, tooling capital expenditure, and vendor execution dependencies.
Commercialization & Go-to-Market (GTM)
- Business & Service Alignment: Partner with Commercial, Marketing, Services, and Field Operations teams to align delivery schedules with launch readiness, field support structures, and commercial milestones.
- Executive Transparency: Drive regular operational reviews, maintain program dashboards, and communicate status, trade-offs, and critical escalations to executive leadership.
Execution Rigor & Process Scalability
- Greenfield & Scalable Systems: Build and refine scalable hardware governance, gate-review processes, and execution frameworks tailored for rapid scaling.
- Continuous Improvement: Post-build retrospectives to elevate predictable execution across development cycles.
About You
- Experience: 10+ years of technical program management experience leading complex hardware products through full lifecycle development (Concept to Volume Production / GA).
- Domain Expertise: Strong deep-dive familiarity with Systems Engineering, Architecture development, HW, SW and test. Demonstrated track record working with product requirements and managing early development.
- Cross-Functional Reach: Proven success collaborating across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing ops, and GTM teams.
- Vendor & Supply Chain: Direct experience working with contract manufacturers (CMs), component vendors, and long-lead hardware procurement.
- Execution Leadership: Strong ability to bring structure to greenfield/ambiguous environments, resolve priority conflicts, and influence cross-functional decisions without explicit authority.
- Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to summarize complex technical risks to executive stakeholders.
Location
- This is a hybrid position based out of our Fremont, CA office.
The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to: job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Agility Robotics is a multi-state employer and this salary range may not reflect positions who work in other locations. These ranges may be modified in the future.
In addition to base pay, our competitive total rewards package consists of the following for full-time employees:
- 401(k) Plan: Includes a 6% company match.
- Equity: Company stock options.
- Insurance Coverage: 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short/long-term disability insurance for employees.
- Benefit Start Date: Eligible for benefits on your first day of employment.
- Well-Being Support: Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Time Off:
- Exempt Employees: Flexible, unlimited PTO and 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown.
- Non-Exempt Employees: 10 vacation days, paid sick leave, and 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown, annually.
- On-Site Perks: Catered lunches four times a week and a variety of healthy snacks and refreshments at our Salem and Pittsburgh locations.
- Parental Leave: Generous paid parental leave programs.
- Work Environment: A culture that supports flexible work arrangements.
- Growth Opportunities: Professional development and tuition reimbursement programs.
- Relocation Assistance: Provided for eligible roles.
- Annual Discretionary Bonus: Provided for eligible roles.
All of our roles are U.S.-based. Applicants must have current authorization to work in the United States.
Agility Robotics is committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Each individual has the right to work in a professional atmosphere that promotes equal employment opportunities and prohibits unlawful discriminatory practices, including harassment. Therefore, it is the policy of Agility Robotics to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Agility Robotics prohibits any such discrimination or harassment.
Agility Robotics does not accept unsolicited referrals from third-party recruiting agencies. We prioritize direct applicants and encourage all qualified candidates to apply directly through our careers page. If you are represented by a third party, your application may not be considered. To ensure full consideration, please apply directly.
