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Senior Program Manager, Hardware Issue Management

$140K–$170K

San Francisco, CA +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Aug 31, 2026

Location
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, California, United States
Experience
6+ years in program management, engineering program management, or a comparable role.
Education
Bachelor's degree in an engineering or technical field, or equivalent hands-on experience.

About the job

Owns the end-to-end intake, triage, tracking, reporting, and verified closure of hardware issues found in testing, production, and field operations.

What you'll do

  • Manage hardware issue intake and Linear tracking, including workflows, templates, routing, and integrations.
  • Run daily triage, assign severity and ownership, and drive issues to verified closure with cross-functional teams.
  • Maintain issue-management processes and publish regular status reporting, escalating blocked items with recommendations.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor's degree in an engineering or technical field, or equivalent hands-on experience.
  • 6+ years in program management, engineering program management, or a comparable role.
  • End-to-end issue or defect management experience in a hardware or physical product environment, including tracker administration and system migration.
  • Experience driving cross-functional issues to closure, working with technicians or field teams, and reporting tracker or fleet data using SQL and GraphQL or scripting.

Nice to have

  • Hands-on experience configuring and administering Linear, including its API and automation rules.
  • Experience in autonomous vehicles, automotive, EV, robotics, aerospace, heavy equipment, or industrial machinery; prior work as an engineer, technician, or operator.

Pay

$140,000 - $170,000 per year (base salary; currency not stated)

Tools

Linear, GraphQL, Slack, SQL, Jira

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First seen Oct 29, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)