Simbe combines shelf-scanning robots, fixed sensors, and RFID in one platform, giving retailers accurate inventory, pricing, and shelf data in real time. Backed by SOSV.
About the role
We're hiring a Technical Program Manager to be the connective tissue across this system: the person who can see the full dependency graph, from a hardware decision through the robot's software stack, through the AI model, through the cloud pipeline, to what a retail partner sees on their dashboard, and make sure nothing falls through the seams between teams. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Hands-on technical experience: you've personally built, integrated, or debugged a complex product that spans physical hardware and robotics software, not just managed a team that did
- Depth in at least one of hardware/robotics software (ROS or comparable middleware) or cloud/data platforms, real fluency across the others
- Comfort driving a room of engineers who don't report to you. You guide decisions and shape estimates through technical insight and collaborative problem-solving
- A track record on programs where a hardware or software slip has real-world consequences, a customer site, a fleet in the field, a fixed external date, not just an internal roadmap
More about this role
Simbe builds Tally, an autonomous shelf-scanning robot deployed at fleet scale in enterprise grocery and retail. Tally is a ROS-based robotics platform paired with edge and cloud AI/computer vision, a cloud data platform, and retailer-facing reporting systems, spanning multiple hardware generations and product lines (mobile, fixed, RFID). Delivering a release means coordinating hardware, on-robot software, AI models, and cloud systems simultaneously, on a schedule where the finish line is a working robot in a real store, not a demo.
We're hiring a Technical Program Manager to be the connective tissue across this system: the person who can see the full dependency graph, from a hardware decision through the robot's software stack, through the AI model, through the cloud pipeline, to what a retail partner sees on their dashboard, and make sure nothing falls through the seams between teams.
The cross-functional schedule for Simbe's highest-stakes programs: new Tally generation launches, fleet-wide software/hardware migrations, and large retail rollouts with hard external dates
Integration checkpoints wherever domains meet: hardware-to-ROS (on-robot software), CV model deployment onto...
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