Engineering Operations Manager

Overview In this role you will enhance the execution surface across software, hardware, test infrastructure, and QPU programs to improve predictability and efficiency. You’ll establish the engineering operating system, including cadence, dependency visibility, and hygiene of Jira/Confluence, release coordination, and metrics. You work closely with engineering leaders to free time for architecture and technical decision-making, while ensuring decisions and actions are tracked to closure. This hands-on IC role balances broad influence with accountability for coordinating rather than owning technical systems, strategy, or staffing. Compensation / Benefitsbase salary $180,000-$250,000equity grants for all new hireson-site role in Boston, MAdiversity and equal opportunity employeropportunity to influence across software, hardware, and QPU programs ResponsibilitiesFacilitate planning and execution cadences across software, hardware, QPU programs, and test/engineering infrastructureCreate capacity-aware engineering plans with defined owners, milestones, dependencies, and acceptance criteriaMaintain a consolidated view of active work, risks, and delivery confidence; run weekly execution reviews and milestone retrospectivesImprove Jira/Confluence/GitHub hygiene; ensure clear ownership, status, priority, dependencies, and definition of doneEnable traceability from requirements to implementation, validation, release, and operational follow-up; automate status reporting where sensibleCoordinate cross-functional dependency visibility across software, hardware, systems, science, test infrastructure, procurement, facilities, security, and partnersOversee release readiness and deployment coordination; establish lightweight readiness gates and drive go/no-go decisions with ownersLead post-incident follow-up with clear actions and owners; track operational and quality signals like cycle time and release predictabilityProduce concise weekly/monthly engineering updates; drive improved onboarding, processes, and standardized coordinationPilot and implement unified hardware/software engineering processes with synchronized planning and gatesSummarize decision rights and ensure accountability across Engineering, Product, Science, Hardware, Software, and Test & Engineering Infrastructure Key requirementsexperience coordinating across multiple engineering disciplinesstrong ability to translate priorities into coherent plans with milestones and ownersfamiliarity with Jira, Confluence, and GitHub operating disciplineexperience with release readiness, incident follow-up, and metrics trackingability to surface and manage dependencies and risks across large programscapacity to produce executive-ready reporting and status communicationcross-functional collaborationclear communicationproblem solvingJiraConfluenceGitHub