Technical Program Manager II

JOB TITLE: Technical Program Manager II
LOCATION: Redmond, WA (Hybrid)
DURATION: 12 Months
PAY RANGE: $67 - $77/hr.


TOP 3 SKILLS:

• 3+ yrs as a TPM in HW and SW co-development programs
• 3+ yrs in display tech, image processing, algorithm validation, or electro-optical systems
• Effective executive communication + XFN experience; comfort with ambiguity and tight timelines

Company:
Our client is a Fortune 500 multi-national technology company headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.



Job Description:
Our team is expanding, and we're looking for an experienced TPM to drive end-to-end display algorithm development, validation, and execution for our AR/Smart Glasses products. As a Display Algorithms TPM, you will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing workflows that span algorithm development, software implementation, hardware testing, and prototype validation. This TPM will support the technical team in scoping, planning, and delivering validation milestones to ensure display compensation algorithms meet image quality requirements on real hardware. They will work with display hardware engineers, software engineers, product managers, system architects, and subsystem TPMs to strategically manage cross-functional programs from development through dogfooding. We are looking for TPMs with a proven track record of delivering complex, multi-workstream technical programs on tight timelines. This role will have the opportunity to work closely with world-class display, optics, and SW development teams to ship delightful visual experiences in AR/Smart Glasses products.



Responsibilities:

• Validation Roadmap & Milestone Planning: Define and execute end-to-end validation milestones spanning algorithm model development, hardware testing, prototype SW validation, production SW readiness, and human factors evaluations.
• Cross-Functional Execution: Drive alignment and execution across multiple interdependent workstreams-display hardware, testing, software, and architecture-ensuring dependencies are tracked and gaps are closed.
• Hardware & Resource Coordination: Proactively manage hardware allocation and device availability to unblock validation timelines.
• Risk Management & Mitigation: Continuously assess program risks and drive mitigation plans. Maintain a living risk register with clear owners, impacts, and resolution paths.
• Stakeholder Communication: Coordinate the engineering team to communicate program status-including milestone readouts, validation results, risk summaries, and decision requests-to engineering leadership and XFN stakeholders through regular reviews and executive summaries.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Prior experience with a big company can be considered to supplement an applicant's prior years of experience or types of prior experience to meet the minimum qualifications of the position.
• 3+ years of experience as a technical program manager in hardware/software co-development programs.
• 3+ years of experience in display technology, image processing, algorithm validation, or related electro-optical systems engineering.
• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Experience leading complex, multi-workstream execution across hardware, firmware, and software teams with demonstrated ability to anticipate roadblocks and create a path forward.
• Proven ability to manage programs with significant hardware dependencies, including device allocation, prototype build schedules, and test infrastructure coordination.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience using data to drive decisions and assess validation readiness.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with experience presenting technical status and risk assessments to senior engineering leadership.
• Experience operating autonomously in ambiguous, fast-paced development environments with evolving requirements and tight launch timelines.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with display compensation algorithms and related image quality pipelines.
• Familiarity with display technology testing methodologies.
• Experience managing 0-to-1 consumer device programs from prototype validation through mass production.
• Knowledge of AR/VR/XR display systems, including near-eye display architectures and image quality metrics.

Must-Have Skills:

• 3+ yrs as a TPM in HW and SW co-development programs
• 3+ yrs in display tech, image processing, algorithm validation, or electro-optical systems
• Effective executive communication + XFN experience; comfort with ambiguity and tight timelines

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Big Tech Experience
• 0-to-1 consumer device programs (prototype → mass production)
• AR/VR/XR near-eye display architectures

Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, qualified applicants will be considered for assignment with arrest and conviction records. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness, meet client expectations, standards, and accompanying requirements, and safeguard business operations and company reputation.



BENEFITS SUMMARY: Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate or annual salary only, unless otherwise stated. In addition to base compensation, full-time roles are eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, Commuter and 401K benefits with company matching.


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