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Yet it is elusive for 2 billion people due to age, injury, or disability. We are building products that will restore mobility for millions and enable a new frontier of joyful movement experiences. We want to build a future where a grandparent can easily outrun their grandkids and no one is left behind at the trailhead.\nSkip is a 24-person early-stage start-up that spun out of Google X in 2023. With deep cross-disciplinary expertise and key partnerships (e.g. with Arc’teryx) we are uniquely positioned to launch the first commercially successful wearable robotic device, the MO/GO, develop a platform to launchfuture Movewear products and transform millions of lives in the coming years.\nTHE ROLE:\nWe are seeking a highly motivated and adaptable individual who will explore the peaks and valleys of all problems that may come up while building a new category of consumer product.\nYou will be the connective tissue across our hardware, firmware, software, and operations teams - the person who keeps a complex, cross-disciplinary program moving without losing the details that matter. You'll own the integrated program plan and milestone cadence that gets the MO/GO into customers' hands.\nSome of the specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:\nOwn the integrated hardware program plan across mechanical, electrical, firmware, software, and supply chain - from early prototypes through EVT, DVT, PVT, and ramp to 10,000+ units shipped in the next 18 months\n\nRoadmap our hardware and cross-functional delivery milestones for the next 5 years, including support for multiple products\n\nDrive structured milestone reviews, risk registers, and decision logs so nothing important is left undocumented or unresolved\n\nPartner with hardware engineers to understand subsystem tradeoffs - actuators, sensors, power systems - and translate them into program-level decisions and schedule impacts\n\nManage the software-hardware interface: coordinate firmware, embedded systems, mobile app, and cloud teams to ensure tight integration across the full stack\n\nDefine the processes that let a small team ship a product as complex as a wearable robot without slowing each other down. Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, documentation, and knowledge sharing\n\nWear prototypes several hours a week to participate in data collection, test new builds, and provide product feedback\n\nBasic Qualifications\n8+ years of experience in engineering program management\n\n4+ years of experience with consumer hardware products\n\n4+ years guiding products through full EVT → DVT → PVT → MP cycles\n\nFluency across hardware and software disciplines - credible in a room with mechanical, electrical, firmware, and software engineers\n\nExperience managing CM relationships, component sourcing risk, and production ramp planning\n\nAbility to relocate to work at the Skip Bay Area office\n\nSense of humour, tolerant of Aussie & Canadian spelling\n\nBonus Points\nExperience with wearables, exoskeletons, soft robotics, or any product that physically interacts with the human body\n\nBackground in regulated product development (FDA, CE) or extensive field reliability programs\n\nFamiliarity with embedded firmware development and software-hardware co-development cycles\n\nExperience in start-up environments\n\nPersonal motivation to improve human movement\n\nBring joy to the team, participate in embarrassing team events, tolerate KZ's terrible music choices\n\nThis is a full time hybrid position working at the Skip office in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco.\nSkip is an equal opportunity employer. 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