Technical Project Manager - Camera Products (Copy)

Wyze
  • Kirkland, Washington
    2 days ago

    Job Description

    The Opportunity
    Wyze cameras reach millions of homes - and behind every launch is a tightly coordinated effort across teams in the U.S. and China. This role sits at the intersection of hardware and software delivery. As Technical Project Manager here at Wyze, you are tasked to be the hub of that intersection - turning product decisions and development milestones into clear plans, coordinated execution, and on-time releases. In this role, you'll own launch execution for camera hardware, help drive critical camera software initiatives, and modernize how we run projects using AI-enabled workflows. If you are fluent in hardware development lifecycles, energized by ambiguity, comfortable operating across cultures and timezones, and excited to make a distributed execution feel effortless, we'd love to talk.

    What You'll Do
    Drive camera product launches end-to-end
    • Own integrated launch plans that connect China-based development with U.S. launch readiness.
    • Track timelines, dependencies, risks, and decisions from concept to shelf.
    • Coordinate sample distribution, marketing, retail, CX, legal/finance review, and operational handoffs.
    • Run launch meetings that produce clear decisions and owners - not just notes.
    Support camera software delivery
    • Partner with product, firmware, app, cloud, AI, and platform teams to move key software initiatives from planning to release.
    • Manage the interface between hardware stage gates and software sprint cadences - keeping software teams unblocked when hardware dependencies shift.
    • Support sprint planning, dependency tracking, release readiness, and beta feedback loops.
    • Keep ownership and timelines visible across distributed teams.
    • Monitor project health - milestone completion, schedule variance, blockers, issue trends - and surface what matters.
    Build AI-enabled workflows that scale
    • Use AI tools to cut manual coordination: Meeting summaries, action tracking, risk roll-ups, beta synthesis, launch readiness updates, decision logs.
    • Create repeatable templates, dashboards, scorecards, and operating rhythms.
    • Turn scattered information across meetings, chats, and trackers into actionable intelligence.
    • Iterate on process based on retros and stakeholder feedback.

    What You'll Bring
    • Hardware Experiences - Required. This means direct experience managing or coordinating consumer hardware, IoT, robotics, connected devices, or embedded systems development.
    • Working knowledge of hardware NPI process: You know what EVT, DVT, and PVT mean in practice, not just on paper.
    • Comfort being hands-on with physical devices: Running workflows on hardware, validating device behavior, understanding the difference between a firmware issue and a software issue.
    • 3+ years in technical project management, program management, or hardware/software project management .
    • Proven experience working with distributed teams; experience with China-based teams strongly preferred.
    • Strong execution chops: project planning, dependency management, risk tracking, and driving accountability through indirect influence.
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical and cross-functional .issues into clear, actionable updates for product, engineering, business, and leadership audiences.
    • Hands-on experience with Jira, Confluence, or similar tools.
    • Demonstrated ability to apply AI tools and automation to improve project execution, documentation quality, communication efficiency, and cross-functional coordination.
    • Willingness to flex working hours several days per week to overlap with China time zones.
    • Fluency in Mandarin Chinese and English (written and spoken) required. Daily collaboration with teams in China is a given.

    Nice to Have
    • Experience coordinating launches across globally distributed teams.
    • Background in camera technology, computer vision, or home security product categories.

    What Success Looks Like
    • Launch plans are clear, current, and trusted by both U.S. and China teams and become more predictable and repeatable over time.
    • Camera software initiatives have unambiguous ownership, visibility, and cross-team coordination.
    • The interface between hardware stage gates and software sprints is actively managed - no one is blocked by a dependency they didn't see coming.
    • AI-enabled workflows measurably reduce manual follow-up and sharpen visibility into project health.
    More about us: 
    Over the years, Wyze earned a reputation for disrupting entrenched categories and delivering products that feel almost too good to be true. That early impact brought industry recognition from Forbes, TIME, Fast Company, PCMag, and others… all signals of momentum that helped establish Wyze as a breakout brand. 

    Today, Wyze is focused on its next stage of company building. We’re scaling our platform, strengthening our operating rigor, and investing for long-term growth, while staying true to the belief that everyday people deserve access to great technology. This is a phase defined less by headlines and more by execution, craft, and durable impact. 

    Our people are central to that work. Wyze has been recognized as a Best Place to Work by Built in Seattle and Seattle Business Magazine, but what matters most is the environment we’re building now: one where smart, pragmatic builders take ownership, move fast, and shape what comes next. 

    Come Join Us! 

    Benefits: 
    Wyze has a full benefits package through Premera Blue Cross. This includes Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life Insurance, Voluntary Life Insurance, EAP, Short-term disability, Long-term disability, FSA, and Daycare FSA. Depending on the benefits package you choose, a portion of the employee and dependent premiums will be covered by Wyze. 
    • 12 Holidays - 8 set holidays and 4 Floating Holidays 
    • 24 days of PTO every year 
    • Additional Wyze anniversary vacation days 
    • Principal 401k Plan (no company match at this time) 
     
    Wyze is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity and inclusion. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. We provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to enable participation in the job application or interview process, performance of essential job functions, and access to other benefits and privileges of employment, in accordance with applicable law. 
     
    If you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact recruiting@wyze.com. 
     

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationKirkland, Washington

    Skills

    • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
    • Atlassian JIRAunmatched
    • Automationunmatched
    • Beta Test/Releaseunmatched
    • Cloud Applicationsunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Computer Firmwareunmatched
    • Computer Visionunmatched
    • Cross-Functionalunmatched
    • Distribution Managementunmatched
    • Documentationunmatched
    • Embedded Systemsunmatched
    • English Languageunmatched
    • Financial Operationsunmatched
    • Hardware Developmentunmatched
    • Home Securityunmatched
    • Image Editorsunmatched
    • Internet of Thingsunmatched
    • Leadershipunmatched
    • Legalunmatched
    • Mandarin Chinese Languageunmatched
    • Marketingunmatched
    • Operational Auditunmatched
    • Plan Meetingsunmatched
    • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
    • Product Engineeringunmatched
    • Product Lifecycleunmatched
    • Product/Service Launchunmatched
    • Project Executionunmatched
    • Project Planningunmatched
    • Project Trackingunmatched
    • Project/Program Managementunmatched
    • Reporting Dashboardsunmatched
    • Retailunmatched
    • Riskunmatched
    • Roboticsunmatched
    • Scorecardingunmatched
    • Software Administrationunmatched
    • Sprint Planningunmatched
    • Team Lead/Managerunmatched
    • Team Playerunmatched
    • Technical Leadershipunmatched
    • Time Managementunmatched
    • Writing Skillsunmatched

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