Lead Product Performance Engineer

Brain Corp•San Diego, CA

9d•$97,335 - $118,965•Onsite

About The Position

As a member of the Pilot Operations team, the Lead Product Performance Engineer is responsible for supporting the planning, tracking, and execution of robotic go-to-market programs. This role focuses on assisting with day-to-day project logistics, tracking tasks, and ensuring smooth cross-functional communication to help drive successful product launches. This role is the primary coordinator responsible for bridging the gap between our commercial teams (Product, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success), internal Corporate Service teams (Accounting, Legal, Finance, Supply Chain) and our technical execution teams (Engineering, Operations, and External Vendors). You will own the delivery of high priority, cross-functional projects that support the growth trajectory, increased scale, and efficiency we are seeking. You will be organizing the coordination loops and the documentation necessary to ensure our project resourcing and available capacity provide a "shared reality" for the leadership team.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, Sales, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).
4+ years of professional experience in a project management role.
Prior experience in a software or hardware environment is highly valued.
Strong interpersonal skills with a natural ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
Foundational understanding of Agile, Scrum, or traditional Phase-Gate project management frameworks.
Familiarity with project management and collaboration tools such as Slack, Salesforce, Jira, Confluence, and Google Workspace.
Highly organized with strong time-management skills and the ability to track multiple moving parts simultaneously.
Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to translate technical updates into clear action items.
Eager to learn, self-motivated, and adaptable to a fast-paced, evolving technical environment.
A "roll-up-your-sleeves" mentality with the ability to pivot from a coordinator to an individual contributor, completing tasks or projects independently when necessary to meet company goals.
Exceptional ability to navigate a matrixed organization and manage conflicting priorities through data and neutral arbitration.

Nice To Haves

Experience in robotics, automation, or autonomy industries.
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) certification is a plus.
The ability to politely but persistently follow up with stakeholders to ensure critical projects progress, serving as the "friendly nudge" that keeps the engine running.
A strong advocacy for simple, effective workflows over overly complex ones, believing that a well-organized, accessible tool is far more valuable than an underutilized system.
The ability to visualize a business process from end-to-end (e.g., in Figma) to eliminate inefficiencies and bottlenecks before solutions are engineered.

Responsibilities

Assist in developing, tracking, and maintaining project schedules, milestones, and deliverables.
Provide day-to-day project management support, ensuring clear inter- and intra-team communication to keep projects moving forward.
Help identify potential project bottlenecks or delays and work with senior managers to document mitigation options.
Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, Sales, and Operations teams to ensure project tasks remain aligned with established product requirements.
Organize project meetings and diligently track action items to completion.
Assist in preparing and presenting clear project status updates.
Distill complex project data into simple, executive-level updates for operations leadership, and create lightweight training materials and "cheat sheets" to ensure high adoption rates of new features and workflows.
Assist leadership in mapping the operational workflows and system requirements necessary to scale pilot operations for upcoming channel expansions, ensuring infrastructure automation can handle increased capacity without increasing administrative friction.
Lead and complete independent projects or ad hoc assignments as directed by leadership, moving beyond a facilitation role to ensure direct delivery of business outcomes.

Benefits

A discretionary annual target bonus
Stock options
401(k) plan with match (no waiting period and immediate vesting)
Comprehensive suite of insurance benefits for employees (and their families) to include a variety of medical plan options (including an HSA with employer contribution), dental, vision, life and disability insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Legal/Identity support plans, pet insurance.
Access to Flexible Spending Accounts (Medical and Dependent Care)
Generous paid time off including flexible vacation, Paid Sick Leave, time off for volunteering in the community, 10 paid company holidays, and a winter company shutdown
Daily on-site lunch available in the San Diego office
On-campus gym including pool and tennis courts in the San Diego office
Opportunities to connect with colleagues including monthly game nights, hikes, wellness challenges, and community events
Internal continuous learning events
Opportunities to share your own interests and hobbies with the Company