# Technical Program Manager, Hardware at Hark

- Company: Hark
- What the company does: At Hark, we are building the most advanced personal intelligence in the world.
- Company website: https://hark.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Jose
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $200K to $400K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-29
- Apply by: 2026-11-23
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/hark/jobs/4391811009?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/hark-hardware-technical-program-manager/

## About the role

As our first Hardware Technical Program Manager, based at our San Jose office, you'll be the technical leader who takes Hark's devices from engineering builds to mass production. You'll sit alongside our product design, electrical, and systems teams in San Jose, and partner closely with our in-region program manager in Asia to land every build at our contract manufacturers and suppliers. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 8+ years as a technical or engineering program manager in consumer electronics hardware, with at least two products taken from architecture through mass production
- Technical depth in at least one hardware commodity: camera, display, enclosure and mechanical, battery, acoustics, or antenna
- Hands-on NPI experience
- Demonstrated CM and component supplier management: selection, qualification, tooling and capacity planning, and schedule management
- Understanding of the data used to drive decisions: capability studies (Cp/Cpk), yield and defect Paretos, DOEs, and measurement system analysis (gauge R&R)
- Comfortable operating across the U.S.–Asia time gap and traveling internationally to supplier and manufacturing sites

Tags: Product Design Engineering

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/hark-hardware-technical-program-manager/