Staff Product Delivery Manager, Cyngn
$190-210k
Stock options for all full-time employees
Office located in Menlo Park, CA
Industrial autonomous vehicle technology
Job no longer available
Industrial autonomous vehicle technology
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
$190-210k
Stock options for all full-time employees
Office located in Menlo Park, CA
21-100 employees
Company mission
To address significant challenges facing industrial organizations today, such as labor shortages and costly safety incidents.
Role
Who you are
- Minimum of 10 years experience leading product development as a delivery manager, technical program manager, or engineering manager, preferably in a robotics, or autonomous systems environment that involves a combination of hardware and software
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field
- Proficient in both agile and sequential development approaches and knowledgeable about when to use each and how to align work plans of teams using different approaches
- Attention to detail and strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to adapt communication style and message based on the audienceHave a strong technical aptitude with an ability to understand system design, engineering tradeoffs, the software development lifecycle, and risk management
- Process over tools; a demonstrated ability to manage multi-team development initiatives through robust processes with tools used to help scale and improve efficiency. Proficiency with Jira is a plus
What the job involves
- As a Staff Product Delivery Manager at Cyngn, you will be responsible for supporting the delivery of Cyngn’s product development initiatives. You will work closely with and mentor Engineering and Product leads to execute and improve development processes that mitigate the complexities of cross-functional product development
- Working with hardware, software, and product teams, you will facilitate communication, surface dependencies, and aggregate status. Cyngn stakeholders will look to you to track progress, provide timely updates, and escalate blockers, as needed
- Through your efforts, Cyngn will develop products and deliver customer value more efficiently, transparently, and predictably
- Collaborate with development leads across multiple teams to promote communication, ensure alignment, surface dependencies, and resolve blockers
- Promote and guide the teams with best practices in product development methodologies and iteratively improve processes to improve delivery
- Proactively identify and remove obstacles to unblock team execution and balance competing priorities, escalating when necessary to maintain momentum and clear roadblocks
- Lead cross-functional planning, coordination, and retrospective meetings. Work with Product Management to understand problems and discover solutions with the Engineering leads
- Track progress of development initiatives, identify and mitigate risks, and provide transparent updates
- Work closely with Engineering leadership to align with goals and measures, promote organizational clarity with the teams, and escalate areas of misalignment or contention/conflict
Our take
From the switch from manual driving to automatic in the 40s, and now the rise of autonomous vehicles (AVs) in the past 5-10 years, cars have come a long way. While much of the attention has focused on consumer-facing self-driving cars, it's often overlooked how many industrial vehicles are now capable of operating, at least in part, without direct driver control.
Cyngn is a well-established company providing autonomous vehicles solutions for these environments. Its DriveMod product is designed to integrate with existing workflows, allowing businesses to introduce automation without major infrastructure changes. Rather than focusing purely on capability, the company emphasizes practical deployment, aiming to deliver systems that can reliably handle real-world industrial tasks.
Cyngn has raised significant funding since its founding in 2009, reflecting both the strength of its technology and continued investor confidence. Alongside partnerships with companies like US Continental and Jtec Industries, the business is still actively securing new capital, with a recent $8.65M raise aimed at supporting further development and scaling its autonomous solutions,. With DriveMod already deployed across vehicles like tuggers and forklifts, Cyngn is positioning itself to capitalize on growing demand from industrial and logistics operators looking to address labor shortages and improve safety through automation.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
22% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Mar 2015
$85m
SERIES C
Dec 2013
$23m
SERIES B
Total funding: $115m
Company HQ
Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Lior Tal
(CEO)Lior joined Cyngn in 2016 as COO, moving into the role of CEO that same year. Previously, he spent over 5 years at Facebook as a Director of Growth & Partnerships. He also founded Snaptu where he served as the company's VP of Business Development for nearly 4 years.
Natalie Russell
(CFO)Natalie joined Cyngn in 2023 as the Director of Accounting, she then became the Interim CFO in January 2025 and became CFO later that same year. Previously, she was a Technical Accounting Manager at SOAProjects. She also spent over 5 years at EY in various Audit roles.
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