Technical Program Manager - Solutions

FortyFive; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

FortyFive is seeking a Technical Program Manager for its Forward Deployment team in Mountain View, California. The role involves leading customer engagements, managing technical teams, and ensuring successful deployment of solutions. Ideal candidates have over 5 years experience in technical program management or related fields. The position is vital in driving customer satisfaction and improving deployment operations. We value individuals who can thrive in a dynamic environment and encourage diverse applications.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in technical program management, solutions engineering, or customer success.
• Strong project management and stakeholder communication skills.
• Comfort with ambiguity and rapidly evolving requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end customer deployment projects from scoping to handoff.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including solution engineers and robotics specialists.
• Manage customer expectations, timelines, and success criteria.
• Identify opportunities to productize custom solutions.
• Build processes that scale as we grow our deployment operations.

Skills

Technical program management

Customer-facing technical deployments

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Join Us in Building the Future of Physical AI

We build the simulation infrastructure for physical AI. We develop GenAI-powered tools that enable robotics teams to create unlimited, diverse training data and realistic evaluation environments. Our team spun out of MIT CSAIL, where we pioneered techniques that trained robots using only synthetic data. We're helping robotics companies transition to AI-native development workflows.

We're a lean team of researchers and engineers from DeepMind, OpenAI, FAIR, and top universities including MIT, Berkeley, Caltech, Harvard, and Yale. We've published best papers at top robotics conferences, won International Olympiad medals, and built core systems at leading AI labs. We believe in building complex systems that bring simplicity to our customers.

Global Team: We operate across US and China time zones. We value people who communicate proactively, document thoroughly, and take ownership of smooth handoffs across teams.

What to Expect

As TPM for our Forward Deployment team, you will lead customer engagements from initial scoping through successful deployment. You'll coordinate technical teams, manage customer relationships, and ensure our solutions deliver measurable value.

What You'll Do

• Lead end-to-end customer deployment projects from scoping to handoff
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including solution engineers and robotics specialists
• Manage customer expectations, timelines, and success criteria
• Identify opportunities to productize custom solutions
• Build processes that scale as we grow our deployment operations

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years in technical program management, solutions engineering, or customer success
• Experience with customer-facing technical deployments
• Technical depth to understand robotics, ML, and simulation systems
• Strong project management and stakeholder communication skillsComfort with ambiguity and rapidly evolving requirements

Nice to Have

• Background in robotics, automation, or industrial systems
• Experience at professional services or consulting organizations
• Familiarity with enterprise software deployment

We believe diverse teams build better products. Even if you don't meet every requirement listed, we encourage you to apply if you're excited about this role and our mission.