Staff Technical Program Manager - Autonomy

Therobotage; Northern (KY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Serve Robotics is seeking a staff Technical Program Manager for autonomy to lead planning and coordination across autonomy model development, data infrastructure, simulation, ML, mapping, and process development.

You will work with engineering, product, operations, and business stakeholders to align roadmaps and improve workflows, ensuring autonomous systems perform in real-world city environments.

Qualifications

• Staff-level program management experience in autonomy, robotics, ML, or complex software systems.
• Ability to lead cross-functional technical projects with many dependencies.
• Strong communication across engineering, product, operations, and business teams.

Responsibilities

• Define scope, timelines, milestones, resources, and risk plans for autonomy programs.
• Coordinate model development, data infrastructure, simulation, ML, and mapping work.
• Gather requirements and align priorities across multiple teams.
• Improve workflows and communication around autonomy roadmap execution.

Skills

Program management

Autonomy

Robotics

Machine learning

Cross-functional leadership

Job description

What the role actually is

Serve Robotics is hiring a staff TPM for autonomy. The role covers planning and coordination for autonomy model development, data infrastructure, simulation, machine learning, mapping, and process development.

This is a technical program role at the center of the robot's decision-making stack. The person would work with engineering, product managers, operations, and business stakeholders to keep autonomy roadmaps coherent.

What you would work on

• Define scope, timelines, milestones, resources, and risk plans for autonomy programs
• Coordinate model development, data infrastructure, simulation, machine learning, and mapping work
• Gather requirements and align priorities across engineering, product, operations, and business teams
• Improve workflows and communication around autonomy roadmap execution

What they are asking for

• Staff-level program management experience with autonomy, robotics, ML, or complex software systems
• Ability to lead cross-functional technical projects with many dependencies
• Strong communication with engineering, product, operations, and business stakeholders
• Comfort building processes that make autonomy development more predictable

Why this one is worth a look

Serve's autonomy work is tied to a fleet already operating in city environments. That makes this role a good fit for someone who wants to manage ML and simulation programs that have to survive contact with messy streets, pedestrians, merchants, and operations teams.