Technical Program Manager II

Position: Technical Program Manager II
Location: Redmond, Washington
Duration: Contract

Job Overview:
Our team is expanding, and we are seeking an experienced Technical Program Manager (TPM) to lead the end-to-end display algorithm development, validation, and execution for our AR/Smart Glasses products. As a Display Algorithms TPM, you will oversee workflows that span algorithm development, software implementation, hardware testing, and prototype validation. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including display hardware engineers, software engineers, product managers, system architects, and subsystem TPMs, to ensure display compensation algorithms meet image quality requirements on real hardware. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with world-class display, optics, and software development teams to deliver exceptional visual experiences in AR/Smart Glasses products.

Responsibilities:

• Validation Roadmap & Milestone Planning: Define and execute end-to-end validation milestones, including algorithm model development, hardware testing, prototype software validation, production software readiness, and human factors evaluations.
• Cross-Functional Execution: Drive alignment and execution across multiple interdependent workstreams—display hardware, testing, software, and architecture—ensuring dependencies are tracked and gaps are closed.
• Hardware & Resource Coordination: Proactively manage hardware allocation and device availability to meet validation timelines.
• Risk Management & Mitigation: Continuously assess program risks and implement mitigation plans. Maintain a living risk register with clear owners, impacts, and resolution paths.
• Stakeholder Communication: Coordinate with engineering teams to communicate program status, including milestone readouts, validation results, risk summaries, and decision requests, to engineering leadership and cross-functional stakeholders through regular reviews and executive summaries.

• 3+ years of experience as a technical program manager in hardware/software co-development programs.
• 3+ years of experience in display technology, image processing, algorithm validation, or related electro-optical systems engineering.
• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Proven ability to lead complex, multi-workstream execution across hardware, firmware, and software teams, with demonstrated ability to anticipate roadblocks and create a path forward.
• Experience managing programs with significant hardware dependencies, including device allocation, prototype build schedules, and test infrastructure coordination.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience using data to drive decisions and assess validation readiness.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with experience presenting technical status and risk assessments to senior engineering leadership.
• Experience operating autonomously in ambiguous, fast-paced development environments with evolving requirements and tight launch timelines.

• Experience with display compensation algorithms and related image quality pipelines.
• Familiarity with display technology testing methodologies.
• Experience managing 0-to-1 consumer device programs from prototype validation through mass production.
• Knowledge of AR/VR/XR display systems, including near-eye display architectures and image quality metrics.

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Pay Range: $70- $85

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