The Role
Outrider is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead complex, cross-functional engineering programs supporting autonomous vehicle development and customer deployments.
The Technical Program Manager, Hardware serves as the operational leader responsible for aligning hardware, software, systems engineering, robotics, autonomy, product management, manufacturing, field operations, and safety teams around common program goals.
This role owns execution from concept through deployment, balancing competing priorities while proactively managing technical risk, dependencies, schedules, and stakeholder communication.
This position reports directly to the Director, Technical Program Management and Test Operations.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead cross-functional engineering programs from concept through deployment, ensuring successful delivery of technical milestones across software, hardware, systems, product, safety, manufacturing, and field operations.
- Identify technical, operational, and schedule risks early, develop mitigation strategies, and drive resolution to keep programs on track.
- Own program dependencies across engineering teams, proactively removing blockers and aligning priorities to maintain execution momentum.
- Coordinate hardware prototype builds, software releases, integration activities, and validation efforts to ensure readiness for testing and customer deployments.
- Partner with engineering and product leaders to define program plans, establish milestones, and drive accountability for deliverables.
- Monitor program health through metrics, dashboards, and KPIs, providing clear and concise updates to engineering leadership and executive stakeholders.
- Facilitate technical design reviews, program reviews, and cross-functional planning meetings, ensuring decisions, actions, and risks are documented and communicated effectively.
- Develop and maintain integrated program schedules that align engineering execution with business priorities and customer commitments.
- Drive continuous improvement of program management practices by standardizing planning processes, reporting, documentation, and execution frameworks.
- Build scalable operating mechanisms that improve cross-functional collaboration, increase organizational efficiency, and support predictable engineering execution.
- Serve as the central point of coordination across multiple technical teams, balancing competing priorities while maintaining focus on program objectives and delivery timelines.
- Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, and operational excellence by promoting proactive communication, ownership, and data-driven decision making.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering
- 3-5 years of Technical Program Management experience
- Experience with robotics, autonomous vehicles, automotive, industrial automation, aerospace, complex hardware/software products, or equivalent
- Experience with Agile and traditional development methodologies
- Experience coordinating hardware and software development simultaneously
- Strong technical acumen
- Excellent executive communication skills
- Ability to work independently in a flexible and complex technical environment
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary: $110,000 - $140,000
- Actual compensation is based on several factors, including but not limited to job-related skills, qualifications, experience, and specific work location due to differences in the cost of labor
- Equity: Equity package commensurate on experience and skillsHealth Insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Parental Leave
- 401(K) Retirement
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- Life insurance
- Pet insurance