Senior Hardware TPM — Lead Cross‑Functional Programs (Hybrid)

Lightmatter; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 189,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Health Care Plan (Med/De

Retirement Savings Matching Program

Equity grants (full-time)

Flexible, hybrid workplace model

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Lightmatter in Mountain View, CA, is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager (Hardware) to drive program execution across the Hardware Systems team from design through production. You will manage schedules, resource planning, priorities, and cross-functional alignment with SI, PI, SW, supply chain, and external partners.

This hands-on role requires strong PM fundamentals and hardware awareness in a fast-moving startup environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical field.
• 5+ years in hardware engineering program management with cross-functional exposure.
• Experience coordinating with contract manufacturers and BOM management.

Responsibilities

• Own HW Systems program coordination and integrated schedules across projects and workstreams.
• Drive cross-functional alignment between HW Systems and other teams: setting agendas, facilitating meetings, capturing decisions, communicating delays and risks.
• Manage team-wide resource loading and capacity visibility with engineering leads to flag overallocation risks.
• Build and maintain integrated program schedules reflecting hardware development milestones and gates (EVT/DVT/PVT).
• Coordinate material flow within HW Systems and work with supply chain to ensure timely delivery of materials.
• Serve as the primary hardware program interface with external contract manufacturers and fabricators.
• Represent the HW Systems team in program reviews and cross-functional planning cadences.
• Track HW Systems budgets for engineering activities, prototype builds, and tooling.
• Establish lightweight program management processes: status Cadences, risk registers, and dependency tracking.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Facilitation

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical field

Tools

Microsoft Project

Jira

Smartsheet

Job description

Lightmatter in Mountain View, CA, is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager (Hardware) to drive program execution across the Hardware Systems team from design through production. You will manage schedules, resource planning, priorities, and cross-functional alignment with SI, PI, SW, supply chain, and external partners.

This hands-on role requires strong PM fundamentals and hardware awareness in a fast-moving startup environment.