Lightmatter
Staff/ Sr Staff Technical Program Manager, Hardware Systems
$171K–$243K
Boston, MA · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 15, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of program management experience in hardware engineering.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Candidates should have capacity to comply with the federally mandated requirements of U.S. export control laws.
About the job
Leads cross-functional hardware program execution from design through production, coordinating schedules, resources, materials, suppliers, and engineering stakeholders.
What you'll do
- Maintain integrated schedules, manage dependencies and resource trade-offs, and communicate program status, risks, and decisions.
- Coordinate hardware materials, deliverables, and external manufacturers and suppliers through production.
- Track engineering program budgets and establish lightweight processes for reporting, risk, dependency, and decision management.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of program management experience in hardware engineering, with direct exposure to electrical and mechanical development cycles.
- Experience managing concurrent engineering programs with shared resources and overlapping timelines; coordinating with contract manufacturers and ODMs; and handling material flow, component tracking, and BOM management.
- Deep familiarity with hardware development processes across the full lifecycle; proficiency with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira, Smartsheet, or equivalent platforms.
Nice to have
- Experience managing programs for complex hardware development.
- Experience defining and improving program management processes in a startup or new business unit.
Pay
USD 171,000 - 200,000 base salary (Staff); USD 203,000 - 243,000 base salary (Sr Staff); USD 171,000 — 243,000 total compensation
Tools
Microsoft Project, Jira, Smartsheet, PCBA, PCB
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