Position Summary

We're seeking a Staff Build Technical Program Manager to own the planning and cross-functional execution of our humanoid robot builds and help shape our manufacturing roadmap. In this role, you will own the build program schedule, coordinate across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, build, and test teams, and drive the dependencies, risks, and decisions that keep production on track from prototype through ramp. This is a hands-on program leadership role for someone technically fluent and highly organized who works alongside Manufacturing Engineers and the build team to turn engineering priorities into predictable, on-time builds.

Core Responsibilities:

• Own the build program schedule, milestones, and execution plan for producing our humanoid robots, from prototype builds through production ramp.
• Co-own the manufacturing roadmap with Manufacturing Engineering and hardware leadership, translating production goals into prioritized capacity, tooling, staffing, and process investments.
• Drive cross-functional coordination across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, build, and test to keep builds on track, unblocked, and aligned on priorities.
• Identify, track, and resolve dependencies, risks, blockers, and parts and schedule constraints—driving cross-functional tradeoffs and escalating decisions with clear recommendations.
• Translate engineering and production priorities into a clear, sequenced build plan, working hands-on alongside engineers and technicians to resolve build issues and establish repeatable workflows.
• Establish and continuously improve program-management processes—planning cadences, build readiness reviews, status tracking, and stakeholder reporting.
• Own feedback loops from build issues, schedule slips, and readiness gaps back into engineering, manufacturing, and supply-chain planning, and communicate status, risks, and tradeoffs clearly to leadership.

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years in technical program or project management, hardware build or manufacturing operations, or a closely related role delivering complex electromechanical or robotic products.
• Proven track record leading complex hardware programs from prototype through production, shaping manufacturing plans, and driving decisions across teams without direct authority.
• Strong technical fluency—able to read BOMs, schematics, and CAD drawings, understand build/integration/test workflows, and make informed tradeoff and prioritization calls.
• Excellent dependency, risk, and blocker management, with a demonstrated bias for action and driving decisions across teams.
• Strong organizational, communication, and stakeholder-management skills, including establishing planning cadences and clear status reporting to engineering and leadership.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Direct experience with robotic systems, ideally humanoid, legged, and/or manipulation robots.
• Experience with program-management and manufacturing tools (e.g., ERP/MRP, PLM, MES, or project-tracking systems) and prototype-to-production hardware programs.

Walden Robotics offers a competitive total compensation program, including salary, annual cash bonus, company equity, company-subsidized insurance programs, 401(k) with company match, flexible PTO, daily lunch, and other benefits. The pay ranges noted on our posts are for salary only.

Walden Robotics is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to hello@waldenrobotics.com.

Walden Robotics participates in E-Verify. If you receive an offer of employment from Walden, you will need to go through the E-Verify process of digital verification of your employment authorization documents as provided on the Form I-9. Participation in E-Verify does not limit your right to work and verification will only be completed after you become an employee with Walden Robotics.

At Walden Robotics, we envision a world where general-purpose robots dramatically improve the quality of life for all people—supporting us at home, at work, in factories, on farms, and beyond. To accomplish this, we are building a team of exceptional professionals who combine world-class technical skills with creative vision, grounded in humility and collaboration.