Senior Hardware TPM for AI Radar Systems

MatrixSpace; Hoffman Estates (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

MatrixSpace is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager, Hardware Systems to drive planning and execution across radar and RF hardware development teams. You will own the unified hardware execution plan and coordinate milestones, readiness gates, and dependencies across multiple functions.

You’ll lead phase-gate reviews from feasibility to production, coordinate ISO and quality audits, and ensure programs stay on schedule, within scope, and aligned with business priorities.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience managing complex hardware development programs.
• Strong understanding of hardware product-development lifecycles across radar/RF, electrical, mechanical, embedded systems, FPGA, systems integration, manufacturing.
• Experience translating complex technical and business priorities into actionable work plans and milestones, with experience leading hardware phase-gate reviews.
• Experience managing supplier, component, long-lead material, prototype, test-equipment, and manufacturing dependencies with Supply Chain, Quality, and Operations.

Responsibilities

• Participate early in program formation to test execution assumptions, resource needs, dependencies, schedules, and major risks before significant commitments are made.
• Own and maintain the unified hardware execution plan, reflecting approved priorities and engineering commitments in coordinated schedules across Radar/RF development teams.
• Partner across Product, Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, Operations, and customer programs to integrate requirements, suppliers, manufacturing, qualification, production readiness, software enablement, and deployment readiness into one executable plan.
• Lead cross-functional phase-gate reviews from feasibility through production, coordinating deliverables and signoffs and elevating unmet criteria to decision-makers.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Execution planning

Cross-functional leadership

Risk management

Technical program leadership

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Smartsheet

Microsoft Project

PLM systems

Job description

MatrixSpace is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager, Hardware Systems to drive planning and execution across radar and RF hardware development teams. You will own the unified hardware execution plan and coordinate milestones, readiness gates, and dependencies across multiple functions.

You’ll lead phase-gate reviews from feasibility to production, coordinate ISO and quality audits, and ensure programs stay on schedule, within scope, and aligned with business priorities.