Senior Technical Program Manager, Teleo
$180-220k
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
Autonomous construction robotics
Open for applications
Autonomous construction robotics
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$180-220k
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
21-100 employees
Company mission
Teleo's mission is to revolutionize how we build the world.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, Mechatronics, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline
- 5+ years of Technical Program Management experience delivering complex multidisciplinary products from concept through production
- Demonstrated experience coordinating hardware, embedded software, manufacturing, supply chain, and NPI activities through successful product releases
- Strong understanding of engineering development processes, including verification & validation (V&V), engineering change management (ECN/ECO), manufacturing readiness, release management, and product lifecycle management
- Excellent organizational and communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority
- Experience developing program plans, managing dependencies, and communicating program status to both technical teams and executive leadership
- Demonstrated ability to establish and operate program management infrastructure using tools such as Jira, Linear, Asana, Confluence, Smartsheet, Airtable, Microsoft Project, or equivalent, including milestone tracking, dependency management, dashboards, and executive reporting
Desirable
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, Mechatronics, or a related technical field
- Prior experience as a software, firmware, electrical, mechanical, robotics, or systems engineer
- 7+ years of Technical Program Management experience in robotics, autonomous vehicles, aerospace, industrial automation, or other complex cyber-physical systems
- Experience defining technical roadmaps spanning hardware, software, manufacturing, supply chain, and operations with a strong focus on product readiness
- Familiarity with safety-critical product development processes and standards such as ISO 26262, IEC 61508, MIL-STD, DO-178, or comparable frameworks
- Experience working with NPI, manufacturing, and supply chain teams to introduce new product variants, improve production readiness, and support scaling deployments
- Experience partnering with Operations teams to ensure engineering readiness and successful handoff of products into the field
What the job involves
- Teleo is seeking an experienced Technical Program Manager (TPM) to serve as the integration point across our product development organization
- In this role, you will drive and coordinate execution across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and new product introduction (NPI), ensuring that complex cross-functional programs progress toward clearly defined product readiness milestones
- Joining Teleo means helping build some of the world's largest autonomous robots and pushing the boundaries of Physical AI
- Develop and maintain a system-level understanding of Teleo's products, coordinating engineering roadmaps, customer feedback, operational priorities, and technical dependencies to drive informed cross-functional execution
- Coordinate execution across software, firmware, hardware, autonomy, manufacturing, supply chain, and NPI, ensuring teams remain aligned on shared milestones and release objectives
- Maintain integrated program plans, manage cross-functional dependencies, and proactively identify schedule and execution risks
- Coordinate product readiness reviews across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and Operations to ensure releases are ready for production and deployment
- Partner with engineering managers and technical leads to track progress, resolve cross-functional blockers, and maintain predictable execution across multiple concurrent programs
- Develop clear dashboards and reporting that provide leadership with visibility into program status, risks, dependencies, and readiness
- Continuously improve planning, communication, and program management practices as Teleo scales
Our take
Operating a massive piece of heavy equipment like a bullddozer for 8-10 hours a day is a challenging job. It's tiring, unsafe and requires a great deal of synchronisation with other workers and vehicles on the job. Teleo is lightening this burden for construction teams with remote and autonomous control of heavy equipment.
The startup has pursued a pragmatic “crawl-walk-run” approach to deliver the benefits of supervised autonomy now. Instead of having each machine in a fleet operated by a driver in a cab, they’re all being controlled remotely by a single human operator miles away from the job site.
The hope is that the technology matures toward fully autonomous heavy equipment operation. Like any new technology, it can take some getting used to. However construction workers are simply adapting to robots on site as a another tool to get the job done, putting Teleo in a strong position as it sets out to disrupt the construction industry.
Kirsty
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Nov 2024
$16.2m
SERIES A
Jun 2022
$12m
SERIES A
Total funding: $36.3m
Company HQ
Ventura, Palo Alto, CA
Leadership
Rom Clement
(CTO & Co-Founder)Previously Head of hardware & Technology Strategist at Lyft, working in self-driving. Before that, worked as a Senior Engineering Manager at Google in Google Maps. At Google Fiber, they grew a team responsible for the development of laser telecommunication systems for space and aerial applications. Rom has a master’s degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan.
Vinay Shet
(CEO & Co-Founder)Prior to Teleo, they were the Director of Product Management at Lyft working on building Lyft's self-driving cars. Prior to Lyft, Vinay led Product Management at Google Street View, Google Maps, and Google reCAPTCHA launching several consumer products used by millions of users worldwide. Vinay has a Ph.D. in Computer Science, focusing on Computer Vision from the University of Maryland.
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