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Senior TPM - Software & Controls

Rhoda · Mountain View · On-site

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About Rhoda

Redefining Robotic Intelligence. Backed by Khosla.

About the role

As Senior TPM for Software & Controls, you own end-to-end program execution across all software and controls workstreams, from autonomy and perception through embedded firmware and real-time control systems. You sit at the intersection of software, hardware, and product, driving delivery from early development through field-ready software. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • 5+ years in technical program management or engineering roles on complex software or embedded systems
  • Prior hands-on engineering background in software, robotics, controls, or systems engineering
  • Fluency with real-time systems, autonomy stacks, or robot operating environments
  • Proven ability to own multi-quarter software programs from planning through release in a fast-paced environment
  • Strong command of dependency management, critical path analysis, and schedule risk across HW-SW co-development
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication across engineering and executive audiences
More about this role

At Rhoda AI, we’re building the next generation of generalist intelligent robots. We own the full robotics stack from high-performance hardware and robot systems to the infrastructure and state-of-the-art foundation world models that control our robots. Our robots are designed to be generalists capable of operating in complex, real-world environments and handling long-tail edge cases, made possible by our cutting edge research and end-to-end system design. We've raised over $450M and are investing aggressively in model research, infrastructure, hardware development, and manufacturing scale-up to make generalist robotics a reality.

As Senior TPM for Software & Controls, you own end-to-end program execution across all software and controls workstreams, from autonomy and perception through embedded firmware and real-time control systems. You sit at the intersection of software, hardware, and product, driving delivery from early development through field-ready software.

This is a deeply technical leadership role. You are expected to engage substantively with engineers, understand architecture tradeoffs, surface risk early, and hold the program to a high bar of engineering quality and...

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