Hardware System Technical Program Manager

We’re Impulse. We’re a team of engineers, designers and innovators based in San Francisco who believe making good decisions for your home and the environment should not come at a cost to your lifestyle. We’re dedicated to building delightful, high-performance products for everyday needs that enable rewarding, long-term, scalable solutions for whole-home electrification.

We're looking for individuals excited to join an early-stage, VC-backed growing company with powerful aspirations to make positive change in a major industry - come build with us!

About the role:

As a Hardware System Technical Program Manager (TPM) at Impulse, you will lead the cross-functional delivery of complex hardware systems and their integration into our innovative products. This role entails the management of the entire hardware product lifecycle, spanning from concept through production and launch. The core team will include Mechanical, Electrical and Firmware Engineers while integrating closely with Product Management, Finance, Tech Ops, Marketing and Impulse leadership. You will serve as the backbone for hardware execution, working closely with our team at Impulse and with our joint development .

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of demonstrated experience with leading hardware product development teams with focus on the systems integration and cross-functional dependencies.

• Experience with managing and reporting of the master schedule for hardware builds, proto-typing, and validation activities, ensuring alignment with overall product milestones.

• Experience with representing hardware teams and its priorities across the organization, clearly communicating risks, status, and trade-offs. This should include the ability to represent technical disciplines that are outside your area of expertise.

• Demonstrated experience of working closely with counterparts outside of the hardware org that include Product Management, Software, Manufacturing, and Operations.

• At least 1 year of experience with international partners to jointly develop and manufacture products that includes overseeing the partner’s design, build, and test activities over the full product development life cycle.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; you will be working within a globally-distributed team in different time zones and conciseness is key.

• Strong reasoning and analytical skills and the ability to make and explain difficult decisions; you’ll be expected (and empowered!) to make decisions for the entire organization.

• Travel (10-15%) both domestically and internationally.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with overseeing tools and processes for managing programs that include scheduling and management of tasks, issues and risks.

• Experience with building and managing phase-gate hardware product development processes from the ground up.

• Deep experience working with products that touch several of the following areas: electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, DFM/DFA, manufacturing processes, and product validation/testing.

• Experience working in consumer electronics, energy systems, or automotive industries is a plus.

• Prior systems or project engineering roles and experience with requirements definition and management for complex electromechanical systems is a plus.

• Ability to speak Mandarin is a plus.

What’s in it for you:

• Meaningful equity in a fast-moving company with top investors

• Generous benefits include health, vision, dental, commuter, and fitness.

• Help define culture for a diverse, inclusive, and global team.

We are growing quickly so if you’re interested in joining us but don’t see a job that fits what you’re looking for or if your experience doesn’t quite check all the boxes, please feel free to reach out - we’re happy to connect.

Impulse is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and prohibit discrimination and harassment. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees where everyone feels safe and welcome.

Base salary range:

$175,000/yr - $185,000/yr

Exact compensation may vary based on skills and experience. This is an onsite role in our San Francisco office (with the possibility of working remotely 1-2 days a week)