# Principal TPM, Drone & Autonomy Software at BRINC

- Company: BRINC
- What the company does: Backed by Index.
- Company website: http://brincdrones.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $145K to $245K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-04-03
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/brinc/70da9956-a4b7-4b75-9fe0-3498683624da
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/brinc-principal-tpm-drone-and-autonomy-software/

## About the role

We are seeking a Principal Technical Program Manager (TPM), Drone & Autonomy Software to lead execution across BRINC’s device software and autonomy stack for drones and public safety products. In this role, you’ll drive programs spanning embedded/on-device software and the full autonomy pipeline (perception, navigation, controls) coordinating releases, aligning software delivery with new hardware product introductions (NPI), and managing the weekly release cadence for in-market devices.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (CS, EE, CE, Robotics, Aerospace, Systems, or related) or equivalent practical experience
- 7+ years of technical program management experience delivering embedded/device software or autonomy/robotics software for hardware products (robotics/UAVs/aerospace/safety-critical strongly preferred)
- Proven track record coordinating release trains and shipping updates to real-world deployed devices (e.g., OTA, staged rollouts)
- Strong technical fluency across embedded systems and autonomy: firmware/software boundaries, hardware-software interfaces, perception/navigation/controls pipelines, performance constraints, logging/telemetry, and validation strategies
- Excellent cross-functional leadership skills with ability to align engineering, autonomy, QA, hardware, and operations around a single release plan
- Experience with complex hardware/software mission-critical systems

Tags: Engineering