Technical Program Manager, Hardware Systems

Work Authorization Requirement

• Due to the nature of our business and compliance with federal regulations, all candidates must be a "U.S. Person".
• Upon hire, you will be required to provide documentation verifying your status as a U.S. Citizen, a lawful permanent resident, or a protected individual under 8 U.S.C.
• 1324b(a)(3).

We're seeking a highly operational Technical Program Manager focused on hardware systems to drive execution across Rivet's complex hardware programs and customer deployments.

You'll work across electrical, mechanical, optical, firmware, software, test, manufacturing, and program teams to keep hardware development and delivery aligned, on track, and moving quickly. You'll own the full lifecycle of programs-from requirements and development milestones through integration, qualification, production readiness, and customer delivery.

The ideal candidate is technically curious, exceptionally organized, and comfortable bringing structure to complex, fast-moving work.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end execution of hardware programs, from requirements and design through integration, qualification, production readiness, and delivery.
• Drive alignment across technical teams on priorities, ownership, dependencies, timelines, and tradeoffs.
• Identify and mitigate technical, operational, manufacturing, and integration risks before they impact the program.
• Coordinate integration, testing, design reviews, and other critical program milestones.
• Maintain clear program plans, tracking systems, documentation, and reporting that provide real-time visibility into progress, blockers, and risks.
• Partner with manufacturing and operations to manage production readiness, supply chain, tooling, and hardware availability.
• Turn ambiguous technical work into clear plans, decisions, owners, and next steps.
• Synthesize technical and program status into concise updates for leadership and customers.

Requirements

• Experience driving complex hardware or technical programs across multiple teams.
• Strong technical intuition and systems thinking, with the ability to understand requirements, architectures, interfaces, dependencies, and tradeoffs.
• Deep familiarity with hardware development, including design, prototyping, integration, testing, qualification, and production.
• Exceptional organizational skills and operational discipline.
• Ability to drive alignment, accountability, and decisions without formal authority.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• High ownership, sound judgment, and the ability to create structure in ambiguous environments.
• Experience with hardware systems involving electrical, mechanical, optical, embedded, or electromechanical components.
• Experience with AR/VR/MR technologies and products is strongly preferred.
• Experience in defense, aerospace, robotics, automotive, industrial technology, or another technically demanding environment is strongly preferred.

Pay and benefits

Compensation may vary within the posted range based on relevant experience, skills, education, and other job-related factors. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for equity and other forms of compensation. Eligible employees also receive a competitive benefits package, including unlimited PTO.