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title: 'Senior Technical Program Manager at Teleo'
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# Senior Technical Program Manager at Teleo

- **Company:** Teleo
- **Location:** Palo Alto, CA
- **Compensation:** $180k–$220k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-07-09
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/teleo/5991be7c-68a4-43b8-9204-864384ab198b

## Job description

Teleo, a Havoc company, is a robotics company that transforms construction heavy equipment, including loaders, dozers, excavators, and trucks, into autonomous robots for commercial and defense applications. Our technology enables a single operator to supervise and control multiple machines simultaneously, delivering significant productivity gains while improving operator safety and comfort. Teleo was founded by a team of experienced technology leaders who previously led the development of Lyft's Self-Driving Car program and Google Street View. Teleo recently announced its merger with Havoc AI, a fast-growing defense technology company developing coordinated fleets of autonomous maritime vessels. This is a unique opportunity to join a team building technology with real-world impact. You will work on cutting-edge 100,000-pound autonomous robots and engineer complex systems at the intersection of hardware, software, robotics, and AI.

## About the Role

Teleo is seeking an experienced Technical Program Manager (TPM) to serve as the integration point across our product development organization. In this role, you will drive and coordinate execution across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and new product introduction (NPI), ensuring that complex cross-functional programs progress toward clearly defined product readiness milestones. Joining Teleo means helping build some of the world's largest autonomous robots and pushing the boundaries of Physical AI.

## Responsibilities

- Develop and maintain a system-level understanding of Teleo's products, coordinating engineering roadmaps, customer feedback, operational priorities, and technical dependencies to drive informed cross-functional execution.

- Coordinate execution across software, firmware, hardware, autonomy, manufacturing, supply chain, and NPI, ensuring teams remain aligned on shared milestones and release objectives.

- Maintain integrated program plans, manage cross-functional dependencies, and proactively identify schedule and execution risks.

- Coordinate product readiness reviews across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and Operations to ensure releases are ready for production and deployment.

- Partner with engineering managers and technical leads to track progress, resolve cross-functional blockers, and maintain predictable execution across multiple concurrent programs.

- Develop clear dashboards and reporting that provide leadership with visibility into program status, risks, dependencies, and readiness.

- Continuously improve planning, communication, and program management practices as Teleo scales.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, Mechatronics, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

- 5+ years of Technical Program Management experience delivering complex multidisciplinary products from concept through production.

- Demonstrated experience coordinating hardware, embedded software, manufacturing, supply chain, and NPI activities through successful product releases.

- Strong understanding of engineering development processes, including verification & validation (V&V), engineering change management (ECN/ECO), manufacturing readiness, release management, and product lifecycle management.

- Excellent organizational and communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.

- Experience developing program plans, managing dependencies, and communicating program status to both technical teams and executive leadership.

- Demonstrated ability to establish and operate program management infrastructure using tools such as Jira, Linear, Asana, Confluence, Smartsheet, Airtable, Microsoft Project, or equivalent, including milestone tracking, dependency management, dashboards, and executive reporting.

## Preferred Qualifications

- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, Mechatronics, or a related technical field.

- Prior experience as a software, firmware, electrical, mechanical, robotics, or systems engineer.

- 7+ years of Technical Program Management experience in robotics, autonomous vehicles, aerospace, industrial automation, or other complex cyber-physical systems.

- Experience defining technical roadmaps spanning hardware, software, manufacturing, supply chain, and operations with a strong focus on product readiness.

- Familiarity with safety-critical product development processes and standards such as ISO 26262, IEC 61508, MIL-STD, DO-178, or comparable frameworks.

- Experience working with NPI, manufacturing, and supply chain teams to introduce new product variants, improve production readiness, and support scaling deployments.

- Experience partnering with Operations teams to ensure engineering readiness and successful handoff of products into the field.

Teleo is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. All qualified people are encouraged to apply.

## About Teleo

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Teleo converts existing fleets of heavy equipment into semi-autonomous robots that operators can control remotely, improving safety and productivity in construction and mining.
- **Entity Type**: Private, acquired by HavocAI in March 2026 (now an operating subsidiary)
- **Headquarters**: Palo Alto, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Vinay Shet (CEO) and Rom Clement (CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Automation Machinery Manufacturing, Robotics, Construction Technology
- **Target Customers**: B2B, serving construction companies, mining operators, and heavy equipment fleet owners
- **Mission/Purpose**: To revolutionize heavy equipment operations by bringing supervised autonomy to existing machines, making worksites safer and more productive while addressing labor shortages

## Products & Services
- **Supervised Autonomy Retrofit Kit**: A hardware/software system that retrofits existing heavy equipment (dozers, excavators, etc.) with teleoperation and semi-autonomous capabilities. Operators control machines from a remote desk, switching between machines and job sites instantly.
- **Remote Operations Platform**: A software platform enabling operators to manage multiple machines from a safe, comfortable remote workstation.
- **Analytics**: Provides operational performance analytics to improve fleet efficiency.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed (acquired by HavocAI in 2026)
- **Total Funding**: $28.2M – $29.8M (conflicting reports) across 4 rounds, including a $150K accelerator round and multiple Series A rounds led by UP.Partners
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of approximately $1.8M (pre-acquisition estimate); employee count of 43–56 (varying sources)
- **Notable Investors**: UP.Partners (lead), Trucks Venture Capital, F-Prime Capital
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Acquired by HavocAI in March 2026, signaling strategic value in defense/autonomy space
  - Named to BuiltWorlds 2026 Robotics Top 50 in Automated Machinery & Related Solutions – Earthmoving & Excavation
  - Active job postings (3 open roles as of recent data)
  - LinkedIn followers: 4,441 (growing ~1%/month, ~19%/year)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Retrofit Approach**: Works with existing heavy equipment fleets rather than requiring new machines, lowering adoption barriers for customers.
- **Supervised Autonomy**: Combines remote operations with autonomous capabilities — machines handle mundane tasks autonomously, operators step in for complex tasks — allowing one operator to manage multiple machines.
- **Patented Safety & Control Systems**: Multiple active patents covering teleoperator workflow assignment and control station safety.
- **HavocAI Backing**: Now part of a larger autonomy company with resources across sea, air, and land domains, expanding market reach.

## Strategic Focus
- Integration under HavocAI to extend all-domain collaborative autonomy capabilities
- Serving construction and mining customers with safe, practical autonomy solutions
- Expanding remote operator capabilities to address industry labor shortages
- Continued product development in supervised autonomy for heavy equipment

## Why Work Here
- **Engineering Focus**: 11 of 17 employees (pre-acquisition) in technical roles — strong engineering culture with technologies including Python, PyTorch, C++, TypeScript, React, AWS, ROS, and Linux
- **Location**: On-site in Palo Alto, CA (292 Lambert Ave — the HQ)
- **Culture**: Startup environment focused on solving real-world problems in construction and mining; emphasis on safety and productivity innovation
- **Recent Hires From**: Notable companies including Nuro, Dusty Robotics, Lyft, Archer, Tesla — suggests high-caliber engineering talent
- **Growth Trajectory**: Acquired by HavocAI with resources for scale; opportunity to work on cutting-edge robotics and autonomy tech
- **Current Openings** (as of recent): Senior Mechanical Engineer (Vehicle Integration & Validation), Lead Perception Engineer, Logistics & Inventory Associate

## Sources
1. [LinkedIn Company Page](https://linkedin.com/company/teleo-ai)
2. [CB Insights Profile](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/teleoai)
3. [PitchBook Company Profile](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/433416-25)
4. [Tracxn Company Profile](https://tracxn.com/d/companies/teleo-ai/__UCxVxpZgXtnE0Bud-VUXpyEciI445vcn7CaUSYy5OhA)
5. [Lever Careers Page](https://jobs.lever.co/teleo)
6. [Company Website](https://teleo.ai)
7. [LinkedIn Post (BuiltWorlds Award)](https://linkedin.com/company/teleo-ai)

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