The super-magical Wi-Fi landline for kids. No screens, no texting, no strangers — just real conversation with Grandma, besties, and contacts you approve. Plug in, twirl that cord, and time-travel to pure voice fun. Backed by Greylock.
About the role
Every Tin Can that goes out the door — the phone, the packaging, the paper inserts inside the box — passes through at least six different departments before it's magical enough to plug in. We're looking for a Hardware Program Manager to make sure we’re all executing to the same deadlines and no one is left wondering where the bottleneck came from.
What they're looking for
- Minimum 3 years of program or project management experience, with real, hands-on time managing hardware or electrical/consumer appliance products from concept to shipped product
- Comfort working across mechanical, electrical, and software/firmware disciplines — you don't need to design the PCBA, but you need to understand why it's late
- Strong point of view on project management software
- Excellent written and verbal communication — you can brief an engineer and a marketing lead on the same status in language each of them actually wants to hear
- A calm, organized presence under real deadline pressure, and the backbone to push back on a date that isn't real
- Genuine enthusiasm for what we're building — the mission should mean something to you
More about this role
Tin Can is the Wi-Fi landline we built because we couldn't find one we actually wanted to give our own kids — no screens, no apps, no algorithm, just voice-to-voice connection with the people they love. We’re building a better way for kids and families to connect — starting with beautifully designed hardware and a global communications network underneath it. As we scale, we believe our long-term advantage won’t just come from IP or brand, but from how well we build and ship physical products at speed, quality, and cost.
We're a small team building real, physical hardware that ends up in real human hands — which means the work is equal parts engineering, craft, compliance, and logistics. This role sits right at the center of that.
Every Tin Can that goes out the door — the phone, the packaging, the paper inserts inside the box — passes through at least six different departments before it's magical enough to plug in. We're looking for a Hardware Program Manager to make sure we’re all executing to the same deadlines and no one is left wondering where the bottleneck came from.
You'll own program management end to end, keeping design, software, firmware, electrical, mechanical, legal,...
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