Technical Program Manager, R&D

About the role

The R&D Team at Fluidstack designs the next generations of our data center product, including modular builds, new cooling and power architectures, and the lab-to-field pipeline that turns prototypes into deployable capacity. This role involves owning program plans across R&D workstreams, driving cross-functional execution, and optimizing for velocity.

Responsibilities

• Own program plans across R&D workstreams: scope, sequencing, owners, and the critical path from concept through prototype, qualification, and production handoff.
• Run NPI programs end to end, coordinating design reviews, build schedules, long-lead procurement, and lab/test capacity so nothing waits on ambiguity.
• Drive cross-functional execution between R&D, manufacturing, supply chain, and deployment teams; surface risks early and force decisions fast.
• Build the reporting cadence leadership runs on: honest status, slipping items named, recovery plans attached.
• Turn recurring chaos into process only where process pays for itself.

Requirements

• 5+ years of technical program management across hardware or infrastructure programs (NPI, data center, energy, aerospace, automotive, or similar build-heavy domains).
• Comfortable in the details of mechanical/electrical/controls engineering programs. You can read a schedule risk off an engineering conversation.
• Proven at running multiple concurrent programs with distributed engineering, manufacturing, and vendor teams.
• Bias to action: you close loops yourself, escalate with options not problems, and keep programs moving without waiting to be asked.

Qualifications

• You live close to the lab and the factory floor.

Skills

• Strong technical background in mechanical, electrical, or controls engineering.
• Experience managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and manage competing deadlines.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Benefits

• Pay equity and transparency.
• Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
• Committed to pay equity and transparency.
• Will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.

Pay

• $186K - $220K

Schedule

• On-site energy: this role lives close to the lab and the factory floor.