Hardware Program Manager — End-to-End, On-Site in Austin

Brightsmith; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Brightsmith is partnering with a fast-growing energy technology company in Austin to redefine reliable, scalable power. We are seeking an on-site hardware program manager who can own full lifecycle programs and align engineering with business goals.

You will manage plans, budgets, risk, design reviews, and supplier partnerships across engineering, manufacturing, procurement and EPC. You will build tracking infrastructure and remove bottlenecks to protect milestones.

Qualifications

• Full-lifecycle program ownership: concept through design, prototyping, qualification, and production ramp.
• Fluency in hardware realities: long-lead components, tolerances, test campaigns.
• Ability to translate technical work into business decisions.
• Experience building structure in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.

Responsibilities

• Owns program plans, milestones, budgets, and risk registers across hardware programs.
• Sits in design reviews and challenges tolerance stack-ups.
• Manages engineering, manufacturing, procurement, and EPC partners as one accountable system.
• Builds tracking infrastructure — Gantt charts, dashboards, daily check-ins — to keep programs honest.
• Sees bottlenecks early and clears them before milestones.
• Supports regulatory processes, audits, and qualification gates as needed.
• Translates between deep technical work and business decisions.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Design reviews

Budget management

Regulatory awareness

Education

Engineering degree — Mechanical, Systems, Electrical, or related

Job description

Brightsmith is partnering with a fast-growing energy technology company in Austin to redefine reliable, scalable power. We are seeking an on-site hardware program manager who can own full lifecycle programs and align engineering with business goals.

You will manage plans, budgets, risk, design reviews, and supplier partnerships across engineering, manufacturing, procurement and EPC. You will build tracking infrastructure and remove bottlenecks to protect milestones.