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Technical Program Manager, Industrial Controls, R&D

Symbotic · USA Remote & Travel · Remote

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About Symbotic

Discover Symbotic’s end-to-end warehouse automation solutions trusted by leading retailers and distributors. Backed by SoftBank VF.

About the role

Symbotic is seeking for an ICS Technical Program Manager, R&D to join our Industrial Controls Program Management team within our Industrial Controls organization. Your job will be to lead Industrial Controls workstreams for strategic customer NPI programs, aligning engineering, product, manufacturing, suppliers, and operations to deliver production-ready automation systems safely, on time, and within budget. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Minimum of 8 years of related experience or equivalent work experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, including Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, Systems, Software, or a related field
  • Proven experience delivering complex, multidisciplinary electro-mechanical, robotics, automation, or industrial systems through the full NPI lifecycle
  • Demonstrated success taking complex hardware and software systems from concept through design validation, prototype builds, FAT/SAT, pilot lines, and production scale-up
  • Experience owning workstream budgets, scope baselines, integrated master schedules, and active risk registers, with advanced proficiency in Microsoft Project, Jira, Confluence, Excel, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Office
  • Strong experience managing external vendors, suppliers, and systems integrators, including SOWs, milestones, performance tracking, deliverable verification, and escalations
More about this role

With its A.I.-powered robotic technology platform, Symbotic is changing the way consumer goods move through the supply chain. Intelligent software orchestrates advanced robots in a high-density, end-to-end system – reinventing warehouse automation for increased efficiency, speed and flexibility.

Symbotic is seeking for an ICS Technical Program Manager, R&D to join our Industrial Controls Program Management team within our Industrial Controls organization. Your job will be to lead Industrial Controls workstreams for strategic customer NPI programs, aligning engineering, product, manufacturing, suppliers, and operations to deliver production-ready automation systems safely, on time, and within budget.

The Industrial Controls Program Management team is part of the Industrial Controls organization, which is responsible for developing, integrating, validating, and launching controls technologies that enable Symbotic’s automated systems. The team focuses on cross-functional governance across PLC and controls, electrical engineering, software and internal tools, manufacturing, and field operations to ensure Symbotic’s automated warehouse solutions remain stable, scalable, and...

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