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FieldAI · 1 week ago

Technical Project Manager – Robotics Hardware

Irvine, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$70K/yr - $300K/yr

5+ years exp

Field AI is transforming how robots interact with the real world by building risk-aware AI systems for robotics. The Technical Project Manager will coordinate end-to-end hardware execution, ensuring alignment across engineering teams and overseeing production scaling and certification efforts.

Enterprise SoftwareRobotic Process Automation (RPA)Robotics

Responsibilities

Build hardware team roadmaps across development and operations. Identify critical paths, coordinate dependencies and drive weekly progress

Develop and maintain a resilient supply chain by tracking long-lead components, evaluating vendor options, and coordinating with suppliers. Assess and manage manufacturing paths including contract manufacturers, local technicians, and internal builds

Define validation plans (thermal, ingress, reliability, functional), allocate prototype units, manage test fixtures and setups, and verify test results. Ensure hardware meets the requirements for reliable field deployment

Work closely with EE and ME teams to ensure designs are ready for certification. Coordinate external lab logistics for EMI/EMC, IP and other critical certifications

Maintain current design files, test results, build procedures, and release documentation. Ensure engineering changes are version-controlled and clearly communicated across teams and vendors

Facilitate alignment between hardware and autonomy/software teams, operations, platform integrators and field deployment groups. Represent hardware in company-wide planning

Qualification

Hardware program managementCertification processesCross-discipline collaborationRobotics experienceAgile methodologiesTechnical leadershipCommunication

Required

5-10 years of experience in hardware program management in a cross-discipline environment (EE/ME/FW/Test)

Experience running hardware through validation cycles

Strong familiarity with certification processes (EMI/EMC, FCC, IP ratings)

Technical ability to engage with electrical, mechanical, sensing and compute teams and understand system-level trade-offs

Strong communication and leadership skills, comfortable working with engineers, operations teams, external labs and company leadership

BS in EE, ME, CE, Robotics or related; MS a plus but not required

Preferred

Track record of managing multiple concurrent hardware programs, vendor relationships, schedule risk and cross-team dependencies

Experience in robotics, autonomous systems, or sensing/compute payloads

Experience in both structured and agile/hands-on environments (e.g., small hardware team inside larger org or scrappy startup)

Experience scaling production of technical hardware systems

Company

FieldAI

FieldAI is pioneering the development of a field-proven, hardware agnostic brain technology that enables many different types of robots to operate autonomously in hazardous, offroad, and potentially harsh industrial settings – all without GPS, maps, or any pre-programmed routes.

Founded in 2023

Mission Viejo, California, USA

11-50 employees