Robotics Hardware Program Manager: Systems Lead

Mind Robotics; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Mind Robotics is seeking a Hardware Program Manager to own the integrated development plan for our robot platform. You will coordinate mechanical, electrical, compute, actuation, and sensor work, partnering with industrial design, software, and data teams to ensure milestones are met and risks are mitigated.

You will drive planning rhythms, track program health, and push for timely decisions while balancing engineering curiosity with business goals to deliver deployed robots that perform real

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in technical program management for hardware product development, ideally in robotics or other products that integrate mechanical, electrical, compute, actuation, and sensing systems.
• Proven track record taking hardware projects from ideas to hardened, reliable products.
• Strong fundamentals in engineering/science to engage in architecture, planning, and systems integration discussions.
• Experience managing programs spanning multiple interdependent domains with software and operations cross-functional dependencies.
• High sense of urgency, comfortable with ambiguity, and driven by engineering curiosity to understand the full system.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Planning: Own the overall plan for development of our robot — including subsystem plans and investigations across mechanical, electrical, compute, actuation, and sensor systems.
• Technical/Business Grounding: Engage directly in architecture and design discussions to stress-test estimates and align with business goals.
• Guiding Technical Decisions: Move decisions to closure at the team level, escalating when needed.
• Program Practice Design: Establish hardware program management rhythms connecting team work to org milestones and decision artifacts.
• Progress Tracking: Build the tracking layer to report status, blockers, and risks to leadership.
• Risk and Issue Management: Identify risks early, drive mitigations and resolution.

Skills

Industry experience

Proven track record

Technical depth

System complexity

Execution & ownership

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

Mind Robotics is seeking a Hardware Program Manager to own the integrated development plan for our robot platform. You will coordinate mechanical, electrical, compute, actuation, and sensor work, partnering with industrial design, software, and data teams to ensure milestones are met and risks are mitigated.

You will drive planning rhythms, track program health, and push for timely decisions while balancing engineering curiosity with business goals to deliver deployed robots that perform real