# Senior TPM - Software & Controls at Rhoda AI

Senior TPM - Software & Controls at Rhoda AI in Mountain View. Full-time, paying $175k–$250k. Posted November 3, 2026.

- Company: Rhoda AI
- Location: Mountain View
- Job type: Full-time
- Pay: $175k–$250k
- Experience: 5+ years
- Posted: 2026-11-03
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/rhoda-ai/bbfd1fd8-4414-4748-a3be-b57df3cde39c/application
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/senior-tpm-software-controls-rhoda-ai-mz2a14

## Requirements

- 5+ years in technical program management or engineering roles on complex software or embedded systems.
- Prior hands-on engineering background in software, robotics, controls, or systems engineering.
- Fluency with real-time systems, autonomy stacks, or robot operating environments.
- Proven ability to own multi-quarter software programs from planning through release in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong command of dependency management, critical path analysis, and schedule risk across HW-SW co-development.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication across engineering and executive audiences.

## Description

At Rhoda AI, we’re building the next generation of generalist intelligent robots. We own the full robotics stack from high-performance hardware and robot systems to the infrastructure and state-of-the-art foundation world models that control our robots. Our robots are designed to be generalists capable of operating in complex, real-world environments and handling long-tail edge cases, made possible by our cutting edge research and end-to-end system design. We've raised over $450M and are investing aggressively in model research, infrastructure, hardware development, and manufacturing scale-up to make generalist robotics a reality.
**Role Overview:**
As Senior TPM for Software & Controls, you own end-to-end program execution across all software and controls workstreams, from autonomy and perception through embedded firmware and real-time control systems. You sit at the intersection of software, hardware, and product, driving delivery from early development through field-ready software.
This is a deeply technical leadership role. You are expected to engage substantively with engineers, understand architecture tradeoffs, surface risk early, and hold the program to a high bar of engineering quality and schedule integrity.
 **Responsibilities: **

- Lead sprint planning, release tracking, and engineering dependency management across all software and controls workstreams.

- Own software and controls delivery milestones; ensure technical readiness ahead of hardware and certification dependencies.

- Coordinate cross-functional alignment between software, hardware, and product teams to proactively unblock delivery.

- Manage risk identification and mitigation across prototype and production-grade development phases.

- Track and communicate progress from early-stage development through field-ready software and controls delivery.

- Drive architecture and integration reviews; hold teams accountable to quality, velocity, and engineering standards.

- Define and maintain the master program plan, milestones, critical path, and dependencies, across the full software stack.

- Establish scalable program management practices, tooling, and processes that grow with team and product complexity.

**Experience Requirements:Required: **

- 5+ years in technical program management or engineering roles on complex software or embedded systems.

- Prior hands-on engineering background in software, robotics, controls, or systems engineering.

- Fluency with real-time systems, autonomy stacks, or robot operating environments.

- Proven ability to own multi-quarter software programs from planning through release in a fast-paced environment.

- Strong command of dependency management, critical path analysis, and schedule risk across HW-SW co-development.

- Exceptional written and verbal communication across engineering and executive audiences.

**Preferred:**

- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines for embedded or robot software.

- Background in autonomous vehicles, drones, or industrial robotics.

- Exposure to safety-critical software development (ISO 26262, IEC 61508)