# Technical Program Manager, R&D

**Company:** [Fluidstack](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/fluidstack)
**Location:** Austin, TX
**Role:** Technical Program Management
**Salary:** $186k – $220k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Technical Program Management, npi, hardware development, data center infrastructure, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, controls engineering, manufacturing coordination, supply chain, Risk Management, cross-functional execution
**Posted:** 2026-07-20

> Own end-to-end NPI and R&D programs for next-gen data center hardware, coordinating mechanical/electrical/controls engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and deployment teams from concept to production at multi-GW scale. Requires 5+ years TPM experience in build-heavy hardware or infrastructure domains with strong bias to action.

## Job Description

## Role Scope
Own program plans across R&D workstreams: scope, sequencing, owners, and the critical path from concept through prototype, qualification, and production handoff.
Run NPI programs end to end — coordinate design reviews, build schedules, long-lead procurement, and lab/test capacity so nothing waits on ambiguity.
Drive cross-functional execution between R&D, manufacturing, supply chain, and deployment teams; surface risks early and force decisions fast.
Build the reporting cadence leadership runs on: honest status, slipping items named, recovery plans attached.
Turn recurring chaos into process only where process pays for itself — we optimize for velocity, not ceremony.

## Requirements
- 5+ years of technical program management across hardware or infrastructure programs — NPI, data center, energy, aerospace, automotive, or similar build-heavy domains.
- Comfortable in the details of mechanical/electrical/controls engineering programs — you can read a schedule risk off an engineering conversation.
- Proven at running multiple concurrent programs with distributed engineering, manufacturing, and vendor teams.
- Bias to action: you close loops yourself, escalate with options not problems, and keep programs moving without waiting to be asked.
- On-site energy: this role lives close to the lab and the factory floor.

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