Technical Program Manager

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with the Test Infrastructure team to track the design, fabrication, and commissioning of custom test fixtures and stands.
• Ensure test stands and fixtures are fully operational, calibrated, and ready ahead of scheduled validation tests.
• Act as the primary bridge between Manufacturing and Test teams to coordinate the flow of test assets, prototype units, and components from the production floor to the lab.
• Verify that units and components are delivered on time, built to specification, and ready for validation activities.
• Lead allocation planning for high-demand lab space, custom mechanical test fixtures, and test stands to maximize utilization.
• Balance competing engineering priorities to optimize the use of limited lab and test infrastructure resources.
• Owning and maintaining Jira boards as the single source of truth for the validation program, ensuring data accuracy and transparency.
• Build and maintain Confluence pages and tracking dashboards to visualize real-time testing progress and test cycles.
• Highlight program blockages and testing bottlenecks for the broader engineering team using clear metrics and dashboards.
• Coordinate test timelines with engineering leadership to align validation efforts with broader program milestones.
• Lead regular cross-functional syncs with Test Engineering Leadership, Test Infrastructure Engineers, Lab Technicians, and Production Schedulers.
• Align stakeholders on asset readiness, resource constraints, and upcoming validation needs.
• Decompose high-level engineering timelines into clear, sequential milestones using tracking tools such as Jira, Smartsheet, and Confluence.
• Track and communicate timeline dependencies, risks, and blockers across highly technical cross-functional teams.
• Maintain a strong focus on operations and infrastructure, including manufacturing build cycles, material tracking, and asset allocation strategies.
• Support continuous improvement of lab operations, test infrastructure planning, and validation workflows.
• Contribute to the scaling of battery technology programs by ensuring efficient and reliable test execution.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related physical discipline.
• 2+ years of experience managing complex, physical hardware programs such as battery systems, automotive, aerospace, or industrial machinery.
• Experience with production scheduling, test infrastructure, or lab operations in a hardware-focused environment.
• Power-user level experience with Jira, including building filters, customizing workflows, and generating progress metrics and dashboards.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing build cycles, material tracking, and asset allocation strategies.
• Knowledge of lead times associated with assembling mechanical test rigs and related infrastructure.
• Proven track record of taking high-level engineering timelines and decomposing them into clear, sequential milestones.
• Experience using tracking tools such as Jira, Smartsheet, and Confluence for program planning and execution.
• Exceptional ability to coordinate across highly technical cross-functional teams.
• Strong skills in highlighting timeline dependencies and clearly tracking program blockers.
• Experience in hardware testing and hardware validation.
• Program management experience in engineering-heavy environments.
• Project management skills with an emphasis on execution and delivery.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a structured, cross-functional practice.

Essential Skills

• Experience working with battery systems or battery-related technologies.
• Experience in automotive, aerospace, or industrial machinery programs.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies applied to hardware or mixed hardware-software programs.
• Experience building and maintaining Confluence pages for documentation and communication.
• Experience creating and managing data dashboards for real-time program visibility.
• Strong communication skills to clearly convey status, risks, and priorities to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-moving company environment with breakthrough technology and an ambitious mission.
• Demonstrated ability to operate with a high degree of execution autonomy and ownership.