Familiar Machines & Magic
Principal Technical Program Manager, Software Robotics
$175K–$215K
Boston Metro Area (Woburn, MA) · Hybrid · Principal · Full-time · Posted Sep 4, 2026
- Experience
- Extensive experience requested; no number of years specified.
About the job
Leads end-to-end delivery of AI and software systems for physically embodied AI products, coordinating research, engineering, and hardware teams from development through production.
What you'll do
- Own delivery of complex AI and software functionality and maintain program plans, schedules, and milestones.
- Coordinate AI, software, and hardware teams; manage technical risks and cross-team dependencies.
- Set program planning and delivery frameworks, align execution with the product roadmap, and communicate status to stakeholders.
What they ask for
- Experience in consumer robotics, embedded, or real-time systems.
- Extensive technical program or project management experience, including delivering AI/ML products.
- Track record leading multi-team programs spanning software, AI, and hardware.
- Hands-on understanding of how AI/ML models are built, trained, evaluated, and shipped in a real product.
Pay
$175K – $215K (base salary)
Tools
AI/ML, agile
AI focus
Drive development and delivery of AI systems, including perception, machine learning, and behavior, taking research through production while managing uncertainty.
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