Senior TPM - Software & Controls

About the role

At Rhoda AI, we’re building the next generation of generalist intelligent robots. We own the full robotics stack from high-performance hardware and robot systems to the infrastructure and state-of-the-art foundation world models that control our robots. Our robots are designed to be generalists capable of operating in complex, real-world environments and handling long-tail edge cases, made possible by our cutting edge research and end-to-end system design. We've raised over $450M and are investing aggressively in model research, infrastructure, hardware development, and manufacturing scale-up to make generalist robotics a reality.

Role Overview:

As Senior TPM for Software & Controls, you own end-to-end program execution across all software and controls workstreams, from autonomy and perception through embedded firmware and real-time control systems. You sit at the intersection of software, hardware, and product, driving delivery from early development through field-ready software.

This is a deeply technical leadership role. You are expected to engage substantively with engineers, understand architecture tradeoffs, surface risk early, and hold the program to a high bar of engineering quality and schedule integrity.

Responsibilities:

• Lead sprint planning, release tracking, and engineering dependency management across all software and controls workstreams.

• Own software and controls delivery milestones; ensure technical readiness ahead of hardware and certification dependencies.

• Coordinate cross-functional alignment between software, hardware, and product teams to proactively unblock delivery.

• Manage risk identification and mitigation across prototype and production-grade development phases.

• Track and communicate progress from early-stage development through field-ready software and controls delivery.

• Drive architecture and integration reviews; hold teams accountable to quality, velocity, and engineering standards.

• Define and maintain the master program plan, milestones, critical path, and dependencies, across the full software stack.

• Establish scalable program management practices, tooling, and processes that grow with team and product complexity.

Experience Requirements:

Required:

• 5+ years in technical program management or engineering roles on complex software or embedded systems.

• Prior hands-on engineering background in software, robotics, controls, or systems engineering.

• Fluency with real-time systems, autonomy stacks, or robot operating environments.

• Proven ability to own multi-quarter software programs from planning through release in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong command of dependency management, critical path analysis, and schedule risk across HW-SW co-development.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication across engineering and executive audiences.

Preferred:

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines for embedded or robot software.

• Background in autonomous vehicles, drones, or industrial robotics.

• Exposure to safety-critical software development (ISO 26262, IEC 61508)