Rivet Technical Program Manager, Hardware Systems at Rivet drives execution across complex hardware programs and customer deployments. Owns full lifecycle from requirements through production readiness and delivery.
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.
Qualification
Ability to drive alignmentHigh ownershipExperience in defense
Required
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.
