Technical Project Manager

Key Responsibilities

Technical Judgment & Recovery  

• Interrogate the plans and status you are given rather than relaying them — challenge assumptions behind dates, estimates, and readiness claims, and press until the answer holds up. 
• When a test failure, supplier slip, or design issue emerges, convene the right cross-functional group immediately, drive the team to root cause, and force a credible recovery plan with named owners and dates. 
• Develop and pressure-test contingency options in parallel with the primary plan, so the program has a Plan B before it needs one. 
• Challenge and verify supplier and manufacturing readiness claims rather than accepting them at face value. 
• Bring judgment, not just data — a status report that flags a risk without an assessment and a recommended path is an incomplete deliverable. 

Schedule & Deliverable Execution 

• Builds integrated plans with engineering, product management, supply chain, manufacturing, and operations leads real dependencies and a critical path working towards committed dates 
• Track deliverables to completion across all contributing functions — engineering releases, part qualification, procurement, build readiness, test execution, and documentation. 
• Maintain Exit Gate deliverable tracking for assigned programs and drive open items to closure ahead of gate reviews. 
• Run program meetings that produce decisions, owners, and dates — and follow up until items are actually closed. 

Interdependency & Risk Management 

• Identify cross-functional interdependencies in the plan and make them explicit before they cause a slip. 
• Surface emerging risks early and work with the responsible teams to develop practical mitigation options. 
• Maintain the program risk and issue log; escalate to the Principal Technical Program Manager with context and a recommended path. 
• Support resource and cost forecasting for engineering, product management, supply chain, manufacturing, and operations deliverables. 

Communication & Accountability 

• Produce clear, consistent program status reporting that distinguishes on-track from at-risk and states what decision is needed. 
• Drive accountability across functions for commitments made — professionally, persistently, and without needing to escalate every time. 
• Support the Commercial PMs with engineering deliverable status, hardware readiness, and installation, commissioning, and O&M documentation for customer projects. 

To be successful in this role

• 4–8 years of technical project or program management experience in hardware product development. 
• Outcome-oriented problem solver who is energized by hard problems. 
• Has built an integrated schedule from scratch across multiple engineering disciplines 
• Familiarity with phase-gate product development and the deliverables typically required at each gate. 
• Technical fluency across multiple functions — engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing — sufficient to challenge an estimate, interrogate a readiness claim, and know when an answer does not add up. Engineering degree or equivalent hands-on technical background. 
• Demonstrated experience driving a cross-functional team to root cause and a recovery plan after a test failure, supplier miss, or schedule slip. 
• Proficiency with project management and tracking tooling (Monday.com, MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Asana or similar). 
• Strong communicator — concise written updates, well-run meetings, and comfort driving accountability across teams. 
• Organized, persistent, and detail-oriented, with the judgment to know which details matter. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with power electronics, low and medium-voltage systems, cabling, cryogenics, or other complex electromechanical hardware. 
• Prototype-to-production or NPI experience at a hardware startup. 
• Exposure to supply chain or manufacturing planning. 

What Success Looks Like in 12 Months 

• Assigned programs have accurate, maintained schedules that teams actually work from. 
• Exit Gate deliverables are tracked continuously, and gate reviews hold no surprises. 
• Interdependencies and risks are raised early with mitigation options, not reported after the fact. 
• When something breaks, a recovery plan with named owners and dates exists within days — not weeks of status updates describing the problem. 
• Cross-functional partners describe the TPM as someone who makes their plans better, not someone who asks them for updates. 
• Functional leads spend measurably less time on planning and tracking administration. 

VEIR is committed to equal pay for equal work in its compensation practices. The base salary range for this position in the U.S. is $130,000 - $150,000 per year + equity + benefits. A candidate's salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications, job level, supervisory status, and location.