--- title: 'Senior / Staff Technical Program Manager at BrightAI Corporation' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-staff-technical-program-manager-brightai-corporation-palo-alto-320vtrv5h1qk' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-08' --- # Senior / Staff Technical Program Manager at BrightAI Corporation - **Company:** BrightAI Corporation - **Location:** Palo Alto, CA - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2025-12-14 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-08 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/brightai/jobs/5736660004 ## Job description TPM Company Overview: We are a high-growth Physical AI company transforming how businesses interact with the physical world through intelligent automation. Our AI platform processes visual, spatial, and temporal data from billions of real-world events—captured across edge devices, mobile sensors, and cloud infrastructure—to enable intelligent decision-making at scale. We are searching for a Technical Program Manager to join our growing team. Responsibilities: - Own the overall development life cycle of the solution and manage complex projects - Plan every phase in the project’s life cycle, from the very beginning idea phases through the closure or post-closure monitoring phases - Develop logical solutions to business problems by asking questions, thorough examination, coordination, and collaboration with decision makers - Work with product team in developing a strategy and road map to provide compelling capabilities for clients - Team with senior engineers to develop the best technical design and approach for new product development - Prioritize and manage multiple projects, often moderately complex projects - Ensure products are delivered on time and within budget - Maintain knowledge of advancements in product technologies - Understand the impact of emerging business trends and their implications Skills and Expertise: - 6+ years of experience in building and leading strong engineering teams - Knowledge of the full life-cycle of product development - Demonstrated track record of successfully transforming enterprise technology processes that touch multiple disciplines - Experience with technology operations and support, cloud-based technologies - Deep hands-on technical skills - Familiarity with software, hardware, and firmware solutions - Excellent project management skills, experience working in a matrix organization - Leadership skills; go-getter personality with ability to excite others about a project - Exhibit effective communication and interpersonal skills - Ability to handle ambiguity Bonus Criteria: - Experience with digital transformation projects using AI and IoT - Proficiency in Linux and Ubuntu - Agile knowledge - Development background, including Linux (yocto), Docker - Previous startup experience ## About BrightAI Corporation ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: BrightAI provides a Physical AI platform that makes the invisible state of critical infrastructure visible and actionable, enabling proactive operations. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series A, $51M raised in July 2025) - **Headquarters**: Palo Alto, California, United States - **Founded**: 2019 - **Founders**: Alex Hawkinson, Nathan Hanks ## Core Business - **Primary Industry**: AI-powered critical infrastructure management - **Target Customers**: B2B/Enterprise – owners and operators of essential services in water, power, gas compression, pest control, HVAC, and manufacturing - **Mission/Purpose**: “Beyond human capacity—we take advanced AI and autonomous technology and make the invisible state of physical infrastructure visible and actionable.” ## Products & Services - **[Stateful Platform](https://bright.ai/)**: An edge AI platform that ingests sensor data and existing operational records to provide continuous monitoring, root-cause diagnosis, automated dispatch instructions, and machine learning. Deployed across physical assets and environments. - **Workforce Wearables & Copilots**: Real-time AI-powered insights, communication, and operational support for field workers. - **Asset & Site Visibility**: Real-time monitoring and proactive asset management for long-term system reliability. - **Autonomous Inspection**: Safe, reliable data collection from remote and hard-to-access sites using robots and drones. ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed - **Key Metrics**: - **Annual Revenue**: $75M (estimated, per LinkedIn data) - **Total Funding**: $66M (Seed $15M in Nov 2024, Series A $51M in July 2025) - **Headcount**: 103 employees (+121.7% YoY) - **Deployments**: 250K+ Stateful AI endpoints in the field; 50K+ locations in operating environments - **Notable Investors/Partners**: - Series A lead investors: Khosla Ventures, Inspired Capital - Partners: Industry leaders in infrastructure (specific names not disclosed) - **Growth Signals**: - Surpassed $100M milestone (likely an operating or revenue metric) in mid-2025 - Added senior leaders from Microsoft, Evernote, and Intel in June 2025 - 15 active job openings; monthly job posting growth +114.3%, yearly +650% ## Competitive Advantages - **Proactive vs. Reactive**: Shifts infrastructure management from emergency repairs to continuous, predictive AI-driven operations. - **Full-Stack Physical AI**: Combines edge computing, computer vision, LLMs, time-series signal processing, and robotics into one platform. - **Founder Expertise**: CEO Alex Hawkinson previously founded SmartThings (acquired by Samsung) and co-founded EfficientAI and OurSky. - **Real-World Scale**: Proven across 50K+ harsh environments (pipelines, power poles, mining vehicles). ## Strategic Focus - **Scale Edge AI Deployments**: Accelerate adoption of the Stateful Platform across more infrastructure sectors globally. - **Expand Leadership & Talent**: Strengthen executive team with deep tech and IoT experience to support rapid growth. - **Deepen Autonomous Capabilities**: Invest in computer vision, LLM/RAG, time-series signal processing, and robotics to further reduce human intervention in inspection and dispatch. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Values “Curious, Relentless, Collaborative, Impactful.” Emphasis on hands-on problem solving, ownership, and leaving a legacy. - **Work Model**: Distributed team across the US (San Francisco to New York); remote/hybrid policy not explicitly stated but likely flexible given nationwide team. - **Engineering Environment**: Deep talent pool across AI, embedded systems, cloud, and robotics; engineers work on cutting-edge physical AI problems. - **Growth Stage**: High-growth company with 121.7% headcount growth YoY and substantial funding, offering career acceleration. ## Sources 1. [BrightAI Homepage](https://bright.ai/) 2. [BrightAI About Us](https://bright.ai/about-us/) 3. [BrightAI Careers Page](https://bright.ai/careers/) 4. [BrightAI Job Board (Greenhouse)](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/brightai) 5. 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