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Tally is a ROS-based robotics platform paired with edge and cloud AI/computer vision, a cloud data platform, and retailer-facing reporting systems, spanning multiple hardware generations and product lines (mobile, fixed, RFID). Delivering a release means coordinating hardware, on-robot software, AI models, and cloud systems simultaneously, on a schedule where the finish line is a working robot in a real store, not a demo.\nWe're hiring a Technical Program Manager to be the connective tissue across this system: the person who can see the full dependency graph, from a hardware decision through the robot's software stack, through the AI model, through the cloud pipeline, to what a retail partner sees on their dashboard, and make sure nothing falls through the seams between teams.\nWhat you'll own\nThe cross-functional schedule for Simbe's highest-stakes programs: new Tally generation launches, fleet-wide software/hardware migrations, and large retail rollouts with hard external dates\n\nIntegration checkpoints wherever domains meet: hardware-to-ROS (on-robot software), CV model deployment onto the robot (edge inference, with real-time and compute constraints on the robot itself) alongside cloud-side model updates and data pipeline flow, and backend-to-retailer-facing reporting. For each, you define what \"done\" means, who owns it, and what happens when it slips\n\nDeployment readiness end to end: a program isn't complete when engineering ships it, it's complete when it's live and stable in stores. You own the handoff from build to field.\n\nVisibility into risk before it's a crisis: dependency mapping, a standing cross-functional review cadence, and a top-risks list that leadership actually trusts because you can defend it technically\n\nYour first 30 days\nBuild a single dependency graph spanning hardware, embedded software, cloud/data platform, and AI/CV for the two highest-priority programs\n\nIdentify and document the top risks to the nearest hard external date, with enough specificity that engineering leads agree it's accurate\n\nStand up a lightweight cross-functional review cadence with real inputs from each function, not a status meeting\n\nWhat you bring\nHands-on technical experience: you've personally built, integrated, or debugged a complex product that spans physical hardware and robotics software, not just managed a team that did.\n\nDepth in at least one of hardware/robotics software (ROS or comparable middleware) or cloud/data platforms, real fluency across the others.\n\nComfort driving a room of engineers who don't report to you. You guide decisions and shape estimates through technical insight and collaborative problem-solving.\n\nA track record on programs where a hardware or software slip has real-world consequences, a customer site, a fleet in the field, a fixed external date, not just an internal roadmap\n\nThe instinct to build only as much process as removes friction. This role exists because delivery today depends heavily on a small number of people going above and beyond. The job is to build the systems and cadence that make that unnecessary, not to add processes that slow down people who are already delivering.\n\nWhat this role is not\nNot a project coordinator tracking a spreadsheet someone else fills in\n\nNot scoped to hardware alone: you're equally at home in a conversation about a ROS navigation stack issue, an edge CV model that's missing its inference budget on-robot, and a cloud data pipeline delay\n\nNot a substitute for engineering leadership: you drive cross-functional execution, you don't own the technical roadmap or make architecture calls","description_format":"text","description_chars":3722,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Retail & Commercial Robotics","Retail & Commerce AI"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-06T05:18:45Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"adverts_offering_sponsorship_24m":0,"sanctioned_now":false,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 5 · green card filings: 1","filings_12m":5,"filings_prev_12m":1,"green_card_filings_12m":1,"median_offered_wage_usd":160000,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-11-06T22:30:08+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":1,"expected_fill_days":84,"reasons":["conf:2","velocity","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-11-07T05:47:08Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":230000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/simbe-robotics-principalstaff-technical-program-manager-engineering","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/simbe-robotics-principalstaff-technical-program-manager-engineering.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-07T07:33:44Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":2826,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-08T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":8498},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=8498"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fsimbe-robotics-principalstaff-technical-program-manager-engineering"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fsimbe-robotics-principalstaff-technical-program-manager-engineering"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fsimbe-robotics-principalstaff-technical-program-manager-engineering"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/simbe-robotics-principalstaff-technical-program-manager-engineering\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsimbe-robotics-principalstaff-technical-program-manager-engineering"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3854187}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"simberobotics.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3854187},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); 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