Staff Technical Program Manager

Therobotage; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Apptronik in Sunnyvale seeks a staff technical program manager to stand up planning structures for a new site and to coordinate perception and ML workstreams for humanoid development. The role interfaces with executive, engineering, and partner teams to align critical workstreams and deliverables.

You will turn ambiguous priorities into concrete schedules, ownership, risks, and decisions, while working across AI/ML infrastructure and external partnerships.

Qualifications

• Staff-level technical program management experience in AI, robotics, perception, or infrastructure.
• Ability to work closely with executive stakeholders and senior engineering teams.
• Experience creating program structure in ambiguous, fast-moving technical environments.
• Strong communication across internal teams and external technical partners.

Responsibilities

• Stand up program management routines for Sunnyvale AI and perception teams.
• Coordinate ML operations and perception programs tied to humanoid development.
• Serve as a program interface with a major strategic AI partner.
• Turn ambiguous technical priorities into schedules, ownership, risks, and decisions.

Skills

Tech program mgmt

AI & robotics

Executive liaison

Ambiguity management

Job description

What the role actually is

Apptronik is hiring a staff technical program manager for its new Sunnyvale office. The role sits between AI/ML infrastructure, robot perception, and external AI partnerships for Apollo, the company's humanoid platform.

This is a program leadership role for technical product execution. The person would create planning structure for a new site, coordinate perception and ML workstreams, and keep executive, engineering, and partner teams aligned.

What you would work on

• Stand up program management routines for Apptronik's Sunnyvale AI and perception teams
• Coordinate ML operations and perception programs tied to humanoid robot development
• Serve as a program interface with a major strategic AI partner
• Turn ambiguous technical priorities into schedules, ownership, risks, and decisions

What they are asking for

• Staff-level technical program management experience in AI, robotics, perception, or infrastructure
• Ability to work closely with executive stakeholders and senior engineering teams
• Experience creating program structure in ambiguous, fast-moving technical environments
• Strong communication across internal teams and external technical partners

Why this one is worth a look

This is one of the more strategic Apptronik roles because it combines site-building, partner management, and the technical program layer around humanoid perception. The caveat is that it is not a classic product manager seat; it is for someone who likes turning deep technical work into coordinated execution.