About this role
Our team seeks a Technical Program Manager to lead development and delivery with a focus on the robotics products. In this role, you will lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver new cutting-edge technologies and product innovations to the market. You will establish requirements with internal and external customers, manage program schedules, identify risks and associated mitigation plans, and clearly communicate to program stakeholders. You will define and drive highly complex, cross-functional plans for new product introductions. You will also lead build planning and execution, including establishing requirements and build goals, managing schedules, and identifying and tracking risks and associated mitigations. You will be responsible for the communication of the program and build status and risk to key stakeholders and executive leadership. You will partner closely with Operations and Hardware Engineering.
We look for technical program managers who have a a technical foundation in hardware or robotics engineering and have experience motivating and aligning cross-functional teams toward shared goals, cross-functional relationship builders, and champions for driving the right level of process and effective communication to ensure smooth and predictable program execution in a fast-paced, highly collaborative, and innovative environment.
Responsibilities
Manage and host build activities from prototype through NPI phases in collaboration with the engineering and operations teams
Frequent coordination with suppliers (foreign and domestic) to enforce development schedules, quality and manufacturing processes required during product development (Proto, EVT, and DVT)
Drive program schedules, builds, and DOEs at FATP and SMT sites to support early development investigations and NPI builds
Contribute to product development process and best practices for factory management
Effectively communicate build statuses, identify potential risks and setbacks, drive escalations and actions to address build blockers or critical issues, and develop mitigation strategies
Work cross-functionally to develop best practices and technology development processes in a an evolving environment to ensure on time delivery
Interface directly with cross-functional teams including engineering, process, test, supply chain, quality, and factory teams to drive development releases, DFMs, readiness, build execution, reliability, production and shipment
Travel within Mainland China, with some travel to Asia Pacific region and US
Qualifications
BS in Mechanical, Electrical engineering, or other relevant engineering discipline, physics, or equivalent experience
Fluency in written and spoken English and Mandarin is required because the role involves direct coordination with suppliers and factory teams in Mainland China
Experience and understanding requirements and development flow of building consumer electronics products
5+ years experience as an engineering / technical program manager managing hardware programs from concept to mass production
Hands-on engineering program management experience driving system and module level development as an individual contributor (especially in Mainland China)
Experience working with CM/JDM/ODM suppliers or key component vendors
Problem-solving and organizational experience and a focus on continuous improvement
Experience building relationships and collaborating with cross-functional teams
Experience operating autonomously across multiple teams Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
Experience in first party product development, defining requirements and program constraints, and collaborating with both internal and external stakeholders
Experience with consumer electronics products, wearable products
Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
Experience in building 0-to-1 product at both JDM and CM vendor engagement models
Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies