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Afternoon: You facilitate a design review, track new actions in Jira, and update the program Gantt in Smartsheet. Late day: You brief leadership on KPIs, schedule health, and readiness gates as the product moves toward validation and launch.\n\nWhat You’ll Lead\nDrive end-to-end program delivery—from concept and prototyping through validation, ramp, and production launch.\nOwn integrated schedules, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables across the product lifecycle.\nCoordinate execution across electrical, mechanical, firmware, software, manufacturing, and quality teams.\nIdentify risks and roadblocks early; implement and track mitigation plans to hit critical dates.\nManage feature maturity, component readiness, and program roadmaps to achieve business objectives.\nChampion cost-down and quality-up initiatives throughout development and into production.\nFacilitate design and program reviews; lead cross-functional technical discussions and decision forums.\nTrack and drive closure of Jira action items and engineering deliverables.\nReport status, KPIs, risks, and schedule variances to leadership with clear, data-backed narratives.\nAlign detailed engineering plans to overarching company goals and go-to-market timelines.\nRequired Background\n5+ years of Technical Program Management in engineering environments.\nProven leadership of complex hardware or electromechanical programs.\nHands-on experience shepherding products from concept through manufacturing and production launch.\nDeep knowledge of engineering development lifecycles and cross-functional product development.\nExpertise building and managing schedules, milestones, and inter-team dependencies.\nDirect collaboration with engineering, manufacturing, and quality organizations.\nProficiency with Jira, Agile practices, and project scheduling tools.\nFluency with Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, or comparable Gantt-based planning platforms.\nPreferred Experience\nDomain exposure in battery systems, energy storage, automotive, aerospace, robotics, industrial automation, or advanced manufacturing.\nWorking understanding of electrical systems, electronic hardware, PCB/PCBA development, and/or embedded systems.\nNew Product Introduction (NPI) and production ramp leadership.\nFamiliarity with product release processes, engineering change management, and configuration control.\nPrograms that span firmware and software integration.\nYour Technical Toolkit\nProduct Development Lifecycle and New Product Introduction (NPI)\nManufacturing Readiness and Product Release Processes\nEngineering Change Orders (ECOs) and Multi-Level BOMs\nAgile product development with Jira & Scrum frameworks\nCross-functional team leadership across hardware, firmware, and software\nHow You Succeed\nRelentlessly drive teams toward milestone achievement.\nCommunicate crisply with engineering leadership and stakeholders.\nBalance technical complexity, schedule realities, and business priorities.\nRemove obstacles with urgency to maintain program momentum.\nGuide products through development, validation, and into production launch.\nAdditional Proficiencies\nBachelor's Degree\nISO 13485\nDesign for Manufacturability (DFM)\nDesign for Assembly (DFA)\nTolerance Analysis\nBudgeting / Forecasting Experience\nEngineering Degree\n\nEnergy Technology Industry","company":"Technical Talent Group","rawCompany":"technical talent group","city":"Berkeley","state":"CA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-17T10:51:06.880Z","occupations":[{"code":"11-9041.00","title":"Architectural and Engineering Managers","slug":"architectural-and-engineering-managers"},{"code":"13-1082.00","title":"Project Management Specialists","slug":"project-management-specialists"},{"code":"17-2071.00","title":"Electrical Engineers","slug":"electrical-engineers"}],"industries":[{"code":"335999","title":"All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing","slug":"all-other-miscellaneous-electrical-equipment-and-component-manufacturing"},{"code":"335313","title":"Switchgear and Switchboard Apparatus Manufacturing","slug":"switchgear-and-switchboard-apparatus-manufacturing"},{"code":"334419","title":"Other Electronic Component Manufacturing","slug":"other-electronic-component-manufacturing"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Electrical Systems Technical Program Lead (Energy Hardware)","description":"Lead the Launch of Next‑Gen Energy Hardware\n\nStep into a role where your program leadership turns bold electrical designs into shipped products. 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