Project Manager

About the role

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Project Manager to lead and coordinate complex technology projects from conception through completion. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background combined with excellent project management skills to ensure timely delivery of high-quality solutions that meet business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Drive strategic execution across multi-project portfolios defining milestones, manage budgets, oversee resourcing across engineering, field ops, product, and business teams.
• Align stakeholders and cross-functional teams to ensure clarity of scope, dependencies, risks, and timelines for successful robot deployment programs aligned with company goals.
• Coordinate go-to-market readiness to work with product, operations, and customer success teams to ensure deployment programs meet performance, safety, and scalability requirements.
• Track program performance metrics to monitor statuses, escalate risks proactively, and report on progress, financials, and ROI to leadership and investors.
• Prepare strategic communications to lead the creation of executive updates, board materials, and investor presentations.
• Identify and unblock risks for surface technical, operational, or commercial issues early and drive resolution to keep programs on target.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, or a related technical field.
• Two or more years of experience in project coordination, program support, or operations within a technical organization.
• Demonstrated ability to translate high-level requirements into structured task breakdowns and timelines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience coordinating across engineering teams.
• Proficiency with project tracking tools (for example, Jira, Asana, Monday, or equivalent).
• Ability to obtain and maintain any security clearance or export control authorization required for defense-related programs.

Skills

• Experience supporting robotics, autonomy, aerospace, or defense engineering programs.
• Familiarity with government contracting structures, including SBIR, SOWs, or deliverable-based contracts.
• Experience working directly with technical leads to define acceptance criteria and milestone definitions.
• Prior experience in a fast-growing startup environment.
• MS technical degree.
• PMP certification.
• Experience managing projects related to rugged ground autonomy.

Pay

The salary range for this role is $130,000-$200,000. The actual offer for this position will be based on factors such as relevant experience, competencies, certifications, and how well the candidate meets the qualifications outlined above.

Schedule

This is a fully onsite role, and candidates will be expected to work from our headquarters in Irvine office. In-person engagement is essential to our success, and we offer flexible working hours to support focus and work-life balance.

Benefits

Part of our compensation package also includes full benefits, equity, and generous time off.

About FieldAI

Field AI is transforming how robots interact with the real world. We build risk-aware, reliable, and field-ready AI systems that address the most complex challenges in robotics, unlocking the full potential of embodied intelligence. Our Irvine team is where embodied AI meets real robots, real sensors, and real field deployments. Based in the heart of Southern California’s robotics ecosystem, we build systems that solve the hardest problems in robotics and unlock the full potential of embodied intelligence.

We go beyond typical data-driven approaches or pure transformer-only architectures, combining rigorous engineering with learning systems proven in globally deployed solutions that deliver results today and get better every time our robots run in the field.

Our Field Foundational Models™ raise the bar for perception, planning, localization, and manipulation, with an emphasis on explainability and safety for real-world use. You will collaborate with a world-class team that thrives on creativity, resilience, and bold thinking. We bring deep experience from organizations such as DeepMind, NASA JPL, Boston Dynamics, NVIDIA, Amazon, Tesla Autopilot, Cruise, Zoox, Toyota Research Institute, and SpaceX, along with a track record of field deployments and strong performance in DARPA challenge segments.