# Program Manager, Hardware & Packaging at Tin Can

- Company: Tin Can
- What the company does: 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.
- Company website: https://tincan.kids/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Seattle
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $115K to $150K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-22
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/tin-can/df0ac141-00ed-4cd4-a382-dc9b0ab65454
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/tin-can-program-manager-hardware-and-packaging/

## 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

Tags: Operations