Senior Hardware Program Manager — Solar Construction

Terabase Energy, Inc.; Davis (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision

Hybrid flexibility

401(k) match

Stock options

Home office allowance

Career development

Job summary

Terabase Energy, Inc. is hiring a Project Manager to own end-to-end execution of a fast-moving solar construction equipment program in the Davis, CA area.

You will manage the integrated schedule, critical path, and milestone gates across multiple engineering tracks, supply chain, and external partners. This role separates program management from design leadership so engineering managers can focus on technical execution, with onsite work in Davis/Woodland and up to 20% travel to test sites and

Qualifications

• 5-7+ years technical program / project management experience in a hardware engineering environment.
• Demonstrated track record running multi-track engineering programs to defined milestone gates.
• Strong written and verbal executive communication; comfortable presenting to senior leadership.
• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or technical discipline, or equivalent industry experience.
• Fluency with modern project engineering/management platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own the integrated program schedule across all engineering tracks, supply chain, and external partners.
• Drive the critical path to defined hardware milestones and downstream certification deliverables.
• Run cadenced status reporting to program leadership — weekly internal stand-up and monthly executive review.
• Operate the intellectual property disclosure pipeline: route disclosures from engineering through internal review to outside counsel; maintain the disclosure tracker.
• Identify and mitigate program risks; escalate decisions that require executive action.
• Coordinate cross-functional dependencies — including third-party integration partners, supply chain qualification, and accredited test laboratory engagement.
• Maintain a RAID log and a decision log.
• Lead phase gate reviews and document attainment of gate criteria before each phase activates.

Skills

Program management

Hardware engineering

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Job description

Terabase Energy, Inc. is hiring a Project Manager to own end-to-end execution of a fast-moving solar construction equipment program in the Davis, CA area.

You will manage the integrated schedule, critical path, and milestone gates across multiple engineering tracks, supply chain, and external partners. This role separates program management from design leadership so engineering managers can focus on technical execution, with onsite work in Davis/Woodland and up to 20% travel to test sites and