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title: 'Technical Program Manager at Robust.ai'
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# Technical Program Manager at Robust.ai

- **Company:** Robust.ai
- **Location:** San Carlos, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2025-02-10
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/robust-ai/af79f6fc-a556-4031-950d-99d8e4a270ce

## Job description

About you and this role:

Robust AI is an early-stage startup founded by an unsurpassed team of veterans in robotics, AI, and Supply Chain who are dedicated to making the promise of Embodied AI a reality. We are a collaborative group with a diverse set of perspectives, seeking talented individuals who are passionate about making robots that are valuable to customers and delightful to use. Help us redefine the very foundation of robotics and build robots that are smart, safe, and flexible: fully autonomous and truly collaborative. As a Technical Program Manager at Robust.AI , you will join a small, fast-paced team working to deploy, support, and expand the next generation of warehouse robotic systems.  This is a high-visibility role that will provide an opportunity to work with all commercial and technical groups within the Robust.AI organization.  You will possess a unique combination of well-developed cross-functional communication skills, problem-solving abilities, leadership, and organization. You are also comfortable working in an early-stage startup environment, can collaborate with a team, and can pivot effectively.  You will have experience managing highly cross-functional technical products.

Main responsibilities:

- Drive end-to-end execution of complex robotic programs for Robust’s product portfolio
- Drive and motivate the cross-functional team to deliver the product as per the requirements and timeline
- Drive accountability of cross-functional teams, including hardware, software, and deployment
- Manage requirements for deployment sites and communicate new requirements to the relevant engineering teams
- Responsible for creating project plans for deployment, including the schedule, timeline and resourcing
- Communicate program status regularly to the leadership team, anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make trade-offs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints

What you’ll bring to the table:

- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related/equivalent work experience
- 7+ years of experience managing complex technical projects with aggressive schedules
- Proficient at creating and tracking complex program schedules, managing issues and tracking bugs
- Able to take large, complex projects and break them down into manageable pieces, develop functional specifications, then deliver them in a timely manner
- Excellent leadership skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Familiar with Agile program management
- Familiar with product development lifecycles

What we offer:

- Stock options and huge growth potential
- Strong startup (and fun) culture
- Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
- Flexible vacation and sick leave practices
- Paid parental leave

Robust AI fosters a culture of belonging and a shared commitment to equality and equity. Having a diverse set of perspectives is key to ensuring AI and robotics serve the needs of all.

## About Robust.ai

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Robust.AI builds AI-powered collaborative mobile robots (Carter™) that work alongside people in dynamic warehouse environments to improve productivity and reduce errors.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A – IV, total funding $42.5M–$45.25M per conflicting reports)
- **Headquarters**: San Carlos, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Anthony Jules (co-founder, former CEO, now Chief Innovation Officer)

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Warehouse automation, robotics, logistics technology
- Target customers: B2B – retail, e-commerce, and third-party logistics (3PL) operators
- Mission: “Make robots work for people” – human-centric design, intelligent automation, and adaptable workflows.

## Products & Services
- **[Carter™ Collaborative Mobile Robot](https://www.robust.ai/)**: A novel form of mobile robot designed for seamless collaboration with humans across picking, putaway, and value-added services. Easy to deploy with zero infrastructure changes, scalable, and offers rapid ROI via a no-CapEx, all-inclusive subscription model.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue ~$2M (latest estimate); Total funding ~$42.5M (per Apollo.io) or $45.25M (per CB Insights)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Prime Movers Lab (lead, Series A), Playground Global (lead, Seed), Jazz Venture Partners (lead, Series A), APL Ventures, 15th Rock Ventures, Reimagined Ventures, Silicon Badia, and 18+ others
- **Growth Signals**: 30.6% YoY headcount growth (52 employees), new CEO appointment (Marin Tchakarov, Aug 2026), and a new platform that “10X+ Carter’s value by turning robots into intelligence agents.”

## Competitive Advantages
- **Human-centric design**: Robots are built to work alongside people, not replace them, driving higher adoption and employee satisfaction.
- **Zero infrastructure change**: No retrofitting of warehouses required – rapid deployment and scalability.
- **All-inclusive subscription model (no CapEx)**: Lowers financial barrier for customers.
- **Strong IP**: 16 patents filed, covering perception, coordination, and embedded systems.

## Strategic Focus
- Scaling commercial deployment of Carter™ and expanding into new warehouse workflows.
- Launching a next-generation platform that transforms robots into “intelligence agents” – likely leveraging AI and real-time data.
- Appointing a new CEO to accelerate go-to-market and capture whitespace left by legacy robotics companies.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Collaborative, fun, equitable workplace with a diverse team of backgrounds and perspectives. Emphasis on curiosity and tackling hard problems.
- **Work policy**: On-site roles in San Carlos, CA (current open positions are all on-site/full-time).
- **Benefits**: Competitive compensation, stock options, full medical/dental/vision, flexible vacation and sick leave, paid parental/family leave.
- **Engineering culture**: Deep tech stack (Python, ROS, C++, Linux, Docker, PyTorch, CUDA, etc.) and cross-functional teams blending robotics, AI, and hardware. Talent sourced from top companies (Google, SRI, Stanford, etc.).
- **Current open roles** (as of search date): Safety Systems Engineer, Senior Paralegal / Legal Operations Specialist.

## Sources
1. [robust.ai](https://www.robust.ai/)
2. [robust.ai/careers](https://www.robust.ai/careers)
3. [jobs.lever.co/robust-ai](https://jobs.lever.co/robust-ai)
4. [linkedin.com/company/robust-ai](https://www.linkedin.com/company/robust-ai)
5. [cbinsights.com/company/robust-ai](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/robust-ai)

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