Staff Technical Program Manager, Functional Safety

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Agility’s commercially deployed humanoids operate alongside teams in warehouses, manufacturing facilities, and distribution centers—tackling physically demanding and repetitive tasks while enabling workers to focus on higher-value work. With industry-leading safety standards and years of proven deployment data, we're pioneering a new era of automation that enhances human potential.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Functional Safety Technical Program Manager (TPM) to drive cross-functional execution and alignment for functional safety across a complex robotics platform. This role coordinates internal teams and external partners to support safety-critical milestones, maintain program clarity, and advance certification goals. The TPM establishes scalable execution frameworks and serves as a central integration point to enable predictable delivery while allowing engineering teams to focus on technical development.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end execution of the functional safety program across a complex, multi-vendor ecosystem
• Drive integrated planning, delivery tracking, and alignment across internal teams and external partners
• Establish execution frameworks spanning safety requirements, V&V activities, interface definitions, safety analyses, and certification milestones
• Define and manage the critical path toward system safety goals and certification
• Act as the central coordination point across hardware, software, systems engineering, compliance, validation, vendors, and certification bodies
• Enable structured collaboration, decision-making, and cross-functional program alignment
• Identify risks, resourcing gaps, and dependencies; drive mitigation strategies
• Introduce scalable processes, governance, and operational rigor to improve predictability and execution maturity

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Technical Program Manager delivering complex hardware or safety-critical systems.
• Familiarity with functional safety standards and certification processes in AV/Robotics
• Experience managing multi-vendor engineering programs with significant cross-functional dependencies.
• Strong ability to operate in ambiguous or greenfield environments and build structures where none exists.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder alignment, and execution leadership skills.

This a hybrid position based out of one of our Fremont, CA office.

The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to: job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Agility Robotics is a multi-state employer and this salary range may not reflect positions who work in other locations. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Anticipated Base Salary Range

$166,000—$259,000 USD

*In addition to base pay, our competitive total rewards package consists of the following for full-time employees:*

• 401(k) Plan: Includes a 6% company match.
• Equity: Company stock options.
• Insurance Coverage: 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short/long-term disability insurance for employees.
• Benefit Start Date: Eligible for benefits on your first day of employment.
• Well-Being Support: Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Time Off:

+ Exempt Employees: Flexible, unlimited PTO and 10 company holidays, including a winter shutdown.

+ Non-Exempt Employees: 10 vacation days, paid sick leave, and 10 company holidays, including a winter shutdown, annually.

• On-Site Perks: Catered lunches four times a week and a variety of healthy snacks and refreshments at our Salem and Pittsburgh locations.
• Parental Leave: Generous paid parental leave programs.
• Work Environment: A culture that supports flexible work arrangements.
• Growth Opportunities: Professional development and tuition reimbursement programs.
• Relocation Assistance: Provided for eligible roles.
• Annual Discretionary Bonus: Provided for eligible roles.

All of our roles are U.S.-based. Applicants must have current authorization to work in the United States.

Agility Robotics is committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Each individual has the right to work in a professional atmosphere that promotes equal employment opportunities and prohibits unlawful discriminatory practices, including harassment. Therefore, it is the policy of Agility Robotics to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Agility Robotics prohibits any such discrimination or harassment.

Agility Robotics does not accept unsolicited referrals from third-party recruiting agencies.  We prioritize direct applicants and encourage all qualified candidates to apply directly through our careers page.  If you are represented by a third party, your application may not be considered.  To ensure full consideration, please apply directly.

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