Technical Program Lead

We’re seeking a Technical Program Lead to drive execution and coordination across the entire engineering organization. You will report directly to the CTO, Ben Burchfiel (linkedin.com/in/benburchfiel), and operate as a force multiplier for technical leadership—ensuring tight coordination between departments, exceptional execution, and clear priorities, ownership, and accountability across all of engineering. The role is roughly 75% technical program management and 25% chief-of-staff support to the CTO and senior technical leaders. It is high ownership and high trust, with significant opportunity to scale in scope and responsibility as we grow.

Responsibilities

• Own cross-functional execution, maintain the engineering roadmap, track dependencies and timelines across hardware, software, and AI, and surface blockers before they become problems.
• Run the operating cadence, own the weekly technical sync, drive the OKR process, and keep priorities, owners, and status clear across the org.
• Extend the CTO, manage context and information flow so the CTO and technical leadership team spend their time on the highest-leverage work. Prep decisions, track follow-through, and close loops.
• Build the execution machine, design lightweight processes, trackers, and workflows, human and AI, that let the team move fast without losing coordination.
• Ensure outward visibility into what matters, so the most important status and updates from the technical org are surfaced across the company.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in highly demanding high-ownership roles such as startups, technology companies, or consulting with a track record of delivering high-quality outcomes through tight timelines and challenging constraints.
• Hands-on technical grounding in at least one of robotics, AI, autonomous driving, or a related deep-tech field, and the ability to ramp quickly on new technologies.
• Phenomenal written and verbal communication skills and a talent for separating signal from noise to provide clarity and focus on what’s most important.
• Experience leading tightly coupled cross-functional initiatives across multiple technical teams.
• Outcome obsessed and able to balance short and long-term priorities to drive rapid, scalable, and sustainable improvement.
• Strong judgment, high ownership, and follow-through—you do not have to be checked on.
• Passionate about building at the frontier of robotics and physical AI alongside one of the best teams in the world.

Benefits

• Competitive total compensation program, including salary, annual cash bonus, and company equity.
• Company-subsidized insurance programs.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Flexible PTO.
• Daily lunch.