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# Technical Project Manager at HELLBENDER Inc.

- **Company:** HELLBENDER Inc.
- **Location:** Pittsburgh, PA
- **Posted:** 2026-10-22
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-24
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/hellbenderinc/jobs/5460883008

## Job description

## Who We Are

Hellbender Inc. is a Pennsylvania Benefit Corporation who partners with innovators to mature their Artificial Intelligence enabled computing sensors and produce their solutions onshore at prototype to high volumes.

Hellbender is intentionally forming an inclusive work environment and is committed to uplifting the historically marginalized identities including veterans, women, trans and underrepresented races in our community and industry.

Must be a U.S. Person

Job Summary

As a Technical Project Manager at Hellbender, you will be responsible for planning and executing multiple concurrent projects and for providing the technical guidance needed to transition projects from conception, through design, and into production. You will be the main customer facing contact and directly responsible for the budget, performance, and schedule of assigned projects.

This role requires technical expertise, attention to detail, as well as the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in electromechanical systems and experience leading technical teams through complex engineering projects. United States veteran and diverse candidates are encouraged to apply at any experience level.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

- Establish trust and build effective relationships with customers, executives, engineering and production teams, and a variety of cross-functional stakeholders
- Manage and ensure successful, on-time, on-budget delivery of engineering solutions for multiple concurrent projects
- Organize project teams by assigning responsibilities, developing schedules, and determining resource requirements
- Identify risks to the contracted scope and develop mitigation plans
- Interface with all departments including design, procurement, manufacturing, assembly, and testing to ensure project alignment
- Support business development and new work proposals, and generate additional scopes of work for current projects as required

Qualifications, Skills, and Attributes

- A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Materials Science, Robotics, or equivalent education
- Experience leading technology-based products through the various developmental phases including requirements definition, design, testing, field trials, and production
- Experience balancing resources across multiple projects, as well as tracking scope, schedule, and budget
- Strong experience with Microsoft Office Suite, software configuration tools, and project management systems
- Experience leading cross-functional teams of varying skills and experience
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Experience working with software, firmware, mechanical, and/or electrical engineering teams as a developer preferred
- 2–5+ years Product Management experience
- Previous experience in a start-up environment, working on complex software and hardware projects with multiple stakeholders is highly preferred
- Prior experience transitioning projects into production is highly preferred

## Benefits

- Automatic 5% employer contribution to 401k by Hellbender
- Base level health, dental and vision insurance, 100% by Hellbender for employees and their families
- Ten holidays, plus company-wide week shutdowns at the Independence Day week and Christmas/New Year’s week
- Accrue 15 hours of PTO per month
- Hellbender Inc. stock through our Equity Incentive Plan

Work Location

Pittsburgh, PA with some travel between two local locations

Opportunity for Advancement

Hellbender is a growing business and follows a policy that prioritizes internal promotions. As new positions are created new opportunities for advancement will be created as well.

## About HELLBENDER Inc.

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Hellbender builds mission-critical hardware and software infrastructure for AI-driven perception systems used in autonomy, robotics, and industrial applications.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage – $12.5M seed round)
- **Headquarters**: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Henry Nazak, Roger Nasci, Christopher D’Eramo, Kevin Papa

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Industrial electronics manufacturing, computer vision, robotics, AI/ML at the edge, defense-adjacent hardware.
- **Target customers**: B2B – autonomy companies, robotics integrators, industrial manufacturers, defense contractors.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: A certified Benefit Corporation – “enable the physical AI that solves customer problems” while reinvigorating domestic manufacturing and operating sustainably (100% carbon neutral, zero-waste metals recycling, profits supporting watershed conservation and veterans).

## Products & Services
- **On-Edge Camera Line**: AI-powered, industrial-grade cameras for real-time perception and inspection, delivered as a hardware product.
- **Turn-Key Manufacturing**: Full-service prototype-to-production electronics manufacturing (SMT pick-and-place, robotic work cells, camera focus/sensor calibration) – all domestic, in-house.
- **Physical AI Engineering**: Custom hardware/software development for perception systems, from R&D (TRL 3) through fielded production.
- **Robotics & Computer Vision as a Service**: Engineering services for clients needing bespoke sensor integration, vision pipelines, and embedded ML.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: $12.5M seed round (closed ~mid-2026); Annual revenue not publicly available.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: BIRD Foundation (grant 2023); technology partners include Raspberry Pi, Nvidia, Hailo.
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 15% YoY to 52 employees; doubled facility to 40,000 sq ft; launched on-edge camera line; pursuing AS9100D quality certification for defense work.

## Competitive Advantages
- **100% domestic manufacturing** – a rare moat in electronics, appealing to U.S. defense and industrial customers.
- **Sustainability-driven business model** – B Corp, carbon neutral, water-conservation profit sharing, zero-waste metals recycling.
- **Deep domain expertise** – team drawn from Carnegie Robotics, Argo AI, Aurora, Sarcos Robotics; proven ability to move from research to production.
- **Flexible partnership model** – offers both product and service engagements, bridging the “Valley of Death” for early-stage hardware.

## Strategic Focus
- **Accelerate domestic manufacturing of Physical AI** – scaling the Pittsburgh facility and production capacity.
- **Commercialize the on-edge camera line** – target markets include assembly inspection, navigation testing, and inline quality control.
- **Achieve FAR/AS9100D compliance** – enabling direct sales to defense and aerospace primes.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Benefit Corp committed to inclusivity – BIPOC, veterans, women, LGBTQIA+; 25% of staff are veterans.
- **Work model**: Hybrid (flex time, no company meetings on Fridays); remote options available for eligible roles.
- **Total PTO**: 7.5 weeks including 4 weeks of holidays (Independence Day & Xmas shutdown), 3.5 weeks accrued PTO, 4 weeks parental leave.
- **Compensation & equity**: Automatic 5% 401k contribution (no match needed); 10% of company equity in employee incentive program; annual profit sharing into 401ks; stock options for new client capture.
- **Health**: 100% of gold-tier medical, dental, vision for employee and family (domestic partners included); life & disability insurance.
- **Perks**: PPE reimbursement, access to fabrication equipment, Hertz Gold, TSA PreCheck, NASA Federal Credit Union membership.
- **Current openings** (as of mid-2026): Embedded Software Engineer, Perception Engineer.

## Sources
1. [hellbender.com](https://hellbender.com/) – Company overview, products, news of $12.5M seed round
2. [hellbender.com/about-us](https://hellbender.com/about-us/) – B Corp, sustainability, domestic manufacturing
3. [hellbender.com/careers](https://hellbender.com/careers/) – Benefits, remote/hybrid policy, culture
4. [LinkedIn – Hellbender Inc.](https://www.linkedin.com/company/hellbender-inc) – Headcount growth, funding history, executive team, talent sources
5. [Greenhouse – Hellbender Jobs](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/hellbenderinc) – Current job listings (2 engineering roles)

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