Senior Platform TPM — Robotics Launch & Cross‑Team Orchestration

1X; San Carlos (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

PTO & holidays

401(k) with company match

FSA/HSA options

Commuter benefits

Disability & life insurance

Employee assistance program

Onsite snacks & catered lunches

Job summary

1X is hiring a senior software/PM leader to own the fastest credible path from requirements to product launch for the 1X Developer Platform. You will align software, firmware, AI, and hardware roadmaps to deliver shipped robots on time.

You will drive cross-team dependencies, manage risks, and ensure honest scheduling across engineering, product, and operations, with a focus on speed, quality, and safe deployment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in software engineering or technical program management for complex software products spanning multiple teams and/or orgs.
• Experience taking at least one large software multi-team initiative from 0 to 1
• Demonstrated ability to build and manage an integrated schedule spanning multiple teams, including dependencies outside of your control
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, a related engineering field, or equivalent hands‑on experience

Responsibilities

• Own the integrated product development and launch schedule, connecting team milestones, hardware timelines, and company goals into a single critical path the whole company can trust
• Define credible milestones, owners, dependencies, and dates that align with the overall product schedule, bringing clarity to complex problems
• Manage cross-team dependencies and blockers, making handoffs explicit, surfacing risks early, and driving or escalating resolution before they reach a critical milestone
• Maintain strong cross-functional communication, keeping teams aligned on status, priorities, schedule changes, risks, and decisions so work proceeds from a shared understanding
• Drive the fastest credible path to launch by parallelizing work, accelerating decisions, shortening feedback loops, and removing constraints on the critical path

Skills

Software engineering

Technical program management

Cross-team collaboration

Scheduling/roadmap planning

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related engineering field

Equivalent hands-on experience

Tools

Linear

MS Project

Jira

Job description

1X is hiring a senior software/PM leader to own the fastest credible path from requirements to product launch for the 1X Developer Platform. You will align software, firmware, AI, and hardware roadmaps to deliver shipped robots on time.

You will drive cross-team dependencies, manage risks, and ensure honest scheduling across engineering, product, and operations, with a focus on speed, quality, and safe deployment.