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Technical Program Manager Lead, R&D

Austin, TX💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-17 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead the R&D program portfolio to turn modular data center designs into buildable, ordered, and scheduled reality across mechanical, electrical, controls, and modelling workstreams.

Role type

Senior Technical Program Manager (Hardware/Infrastructure)

Builds

Modular data centers and behind-the-meter power systems for AI compute campuses

Domain

Data center infrastructure, hardware engineering, energy systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Hardware program management, portfolio management, cross-workstream dependency tracking, schedule risk analysis, decision log management, technical writing

Preferred skills

Data center or energy programs, NPI frameworks, modular hardware, schedule risk analysis

Technologies

Mechanical systems, electrical controls, modelling tools

Responsibilities

Run the R&D program portfolio across multiple workstreams, maintain an integrated view of dependencies and deadlines, manage design reviews and escalations, produce status reports for leadership, maintain program artifacts as the single source of truth

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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