Senior Hardware TPM for Global Maritime Sensing

Quartermaster AI; Arlington (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Hybrid/Remote options

Professional development

Job summary

Quartermaster AI is seeking a hands-on Technical Program Manager to own the hardware program from design freeze through EVT/DVT/PVT, ramp at contract manufacturer, and fielding of hundreds of units worldwide. You’ll drive schedule, manage risks, and coordinate between electrical, mechanical, firmware, and manufacturing teams to keep milestones on track.

The role requires 5+ years in hardware-focused program management, strong vendor management, and experience with regulatory and sourcing

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field
• 5+ years of technical program or project management in hardware/embedded systems
• Experience with contract manufacturers, first article inspection and testing
• Knowledge of hardware compliance and certification (EMC, ingress, regional market access) and government sourcing constraints (TAA)
• Experience managing BOMs and long-lead procurement
• Familiarity with milestone-driven and hybrid development methodologies
• Exceptional communication and organizational skills
• Experience with Linear, Notion, and Gantt/schedule tooling
• Bonus: maritime, aerospace, defense or field-deployed sensing systems; marine environmental standards

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end planning and execution of the hardware program: architecture freeze, component selection, EVT/DVT/PVT, production ramp, field deployment
• Build and maintain the integrated master schedule with dependency-mapped milestones and critical path across tracks
• Drive open-item burn-down to design freeze and run lightweight design reviews
• Manage contract manufacturer engagement and long-lead component procurement
• Coordinate the certification roadmap with engineering and test labs so certs don’t gate fielding
• Run the engineering change process ensuring documentation and cross-team communication
• Plan new product introduction and field rollout: spares provisioning, field-service procedures, QA
• Facilitate cross-functional cadence and act as primary program status contact
• Maintain program artifacts: schedules, risk registers, FMEAs, trackers and dashboards
• Feed lessons learned back into design and manufacturing and align with OKRs

Skills

Technical program management

Hardware development

Embedded systems

Vendors & procurement

Cross-functional coordination

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

Linear

Notion

Gantt charts

Job description

Quartermaster AI is seeking a hands-on Technical Program Manager to own the hardware program from design freeze through EVT/DVT/PVT, ramp at contract manufacturer, and fielding of hundreds of units worldwide. You’ll drive schedule, manage risks, and coordinate between electrical, mechanical, firmware, and manufacturing teams to keep milestones on track.

The role requires 5+ years in hardware-focused program management, strong vendor management, and experience with regulatory and sourcing