Senior TPM - Industrial Hardware Scale-Up & Compliance

Rhoda; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Rhoda AI is seeking a Senior TPM for Industrial Programs to own operational readiness and process rollout for hardware delivery and customer shipments. You will manage supplier coordination, ramp planning across prototype, pilot, and production, and drive scale-up execution from first builds to high-volume output, while ensuring integration with certification and compliance timelines.

In this role you will partner with engineering and operations to mitigate supply chain risks, maintain

Qualifications

• 7+ years in technical program management, operations program management, or supply chain program leadership.
• Experience managing hardware ramp programs from prototype through production.
• Strong understanding of NPI processes, supplier qualification, and manufacturing readiness reviews.
• Demonstrated ability to manage certification and compliance schedules (CE, UL, FCC, or equivalent).
• Track record of coordinating multi-party supplier relationships under aggressive production timelines.
• Excellent data-driven communication skills; able to synthesize production metrics into clear executive-level reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead operational readiness and process rollout to support hardware delivery and customer shipment commitments.
• Manage supplier coordination and unit ramp planning across prototype, pilot, and production phases.
• Own scale-up execution from initial builds through high-volume production, tracking yield, throughput, and quality targets.
• Drive certification and compliance processes, sequencing regulatory approvals to avoid downstream delivery bottlenecks.
• Coordinate handoffs between prototype validation and commercial launch, ensuring quality and readiness standards are met.
• Build and maintain supplier scorecards, production readiness reviews (PRR), and manufacturing milestone plans.
• Partner with engineering and operations to identify and mitigate supply chain risk and factory capacity constraints.
• Define process controls and documentation required for repeatable, scalable production output.

Skills

Program management

Supply chain

NPI processes

Regulatory compliance

Data-driven reporting

Vendor management

Job description

Rhoda AI is seeking a Senior TPM for Industrial Programs to own operational readiness and process rollout for hardware delivery and customer shipments. You will manage supplier coordination, ramp planning across prototype, pilot, and production, and drive scale-up execution from first builds to high-volume output, while ensuring integration with certification and compliance timelines.

In this role you will partner with engineering and operations to mitigate supply chain risks, maintain