Senior Technical Program Manager, Hardware & Manufacturing

Divergent; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 156,000 - 214,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Compensation package

Equity plan

Incentive bonus opportunities

Paid vacation & holidays

Parental leave

Health & wellness benefits

Learning and development reimbursement

Collaborative environment

Job summary

Divergent is building the new industrial age in Los Angeles. The Staff Technical Program Manager will translate complex hardware and software objectives into clear plans, cross-functional ownership, milestones, and decisions.

You’ll manage risks, drive scalable processes, and coordinate readiness for major releases and deployments. Join a fast-paced, mission-driven team delivering production-ready systems for demanding industries.

Qualifications

• Ability to lawfully access information and technology that is subject to US export controls.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field.
• 6+ years of technical program, engineering, manufacturing, or product development experience.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex, cross-functional technical programs.
• Strong program planning, scheduling, risk management, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to translate ambiguous technical problems into clear plans, owners, milestones, and decisions.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication with technical teams and senior leadership.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced hardware development and manufacturing environment.
• Ability to work additional hours as required by the business.
• Ability to spend time in laboratory, manufacturing, and production environments as required.

Responsibilities

• Own integrated program schedules, roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, risks, and high-level development & execution plans.
• Identify and actively manage program risks, issues, blockers, and dependencies.
• Build and continuously improve scalable business processes, operating cadences, tools, and program controls.
• Drive cross-functional execution including triage and coordination such as change requests.
• Drive action-item ownership, escalation, decision-making, and closure.
• Enable successful change and configuration management.
• Provide clear program status, performance, tradeoffs, and recovery plans to stakeholders and leadership.
• Support coordination of technical and operational readiness for major releases, builds, qualifications, and deployments.
• Lead ad hoc, high-priority initiatives that require additional structure, coordination, or cross-functional execution.

Skills

Program planning

Scheduling

Risk management

Cross-functional collaboration

Clear communication

Hardware development environment

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field

Tools

Jira

PLM

ERP

MES

Requirements management

Program-management tools

Job description

Divergent is building the new industrial age in Los Angeles. The Staff Technical Program Manager will translate complex hardware and software objectives into clear plans, cross-functional ownership, milestones, and decisions.

You’ll manage risks, drive scalable processes, and coordinate readiness for major releases and deployments. Join a fast-paced, mission-driven team delivering production-ready systems for demanding industries.