Staff Technical Program Manager, Functional Safety

Agility Robotics•San Francisco Bay Area, CA

10h

About The Position

Agility Robotics is a pioneer. Our robot, Digit, is the first to be sold into workplaces across the globe. Our team is differentiated by its expertise in imagining, engineering, and delivering robots with advanced mobility, dexterity, intelligence, and efficiency -- robots specifically designed to work alongside people, in spaces built for people. Every day, we break through engineering challenges and invent new solutions and capabilities that will one day make robots commonplace and approachable. This work is our passion and our responsibility: our mission is to make businesses more productive and people’s lives more fulfilling. Role Overview We are seeking a Functional Safety Technical Program Manager (TPM) to drive cross-functional execution and alignment for functional safety across a complex robotics platform. This role coordinates internal teams and external partners to support safety-critical milestones, maintain program clarity, and advance certification goals. The TPM establishes scalable execution frameworks and serves as a central integration point to enable predictable delivery while allowing engineering teams to focus on technical development.

Requirements

Proven experience as a Technical Program Manager delivering complex hardware or safety-critical systems.
Familiarity with functional safety standards and certification processes in AV/Robotics
Experience managing multi-vendor engineering programs with significant cross-functional dependencies.
Strong ability to operate in ambiguous or greenfield environments and build structures where none exists.
Excellent communication, stakeholder alignment, and execution leadership skills.

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end execution of the functional safety program across a complex, multi-vendor ecosystem
Drive integrated planning, delivery tracking, and alignment across internal teams and external partners
Establish execution frameworks spanning safety requirements, V&V activities, interface definitions, safety analyses, and certification milestones
Define and manage the critical path toward system safety goals and certification
Act as the central coordination point across hardware, software, systems engineering, compliance, validation, vendors, and certification bodies
Enable structured collaboration, decision-making, and cross-functional program alignment
Identify risks, resourcing gaps, and dependencies; drive mitigation strategies
Introduce scalable processes, governance, and operational rigor to improve predictability and execution maturity

Benefits

401(k) Plan: Includes a 6% company match.
Equity: Company stock options.
Insurance Coverage: 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short/long-term disability insurance for employees.
Benefit Start Date: Eligible for benefits on your first day of employment.
Well-Being Support: Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Time Off: Exempt Employees: Flexible, unlimited PTO and 10 company holidays, including a winter shutdown. Non-Exempt Employees: 10 vacation days, paid sick leave, and 10 company holidays, including a winter shutdown, annually.
On-Site Perks: Catered lunches four times a week and a variety of healthy snacks and refreshments at our Salem and Pittsburgh locations.
Parental Leave: Generous paid parental leave programs.
Work Environment: A culture that supports flexible work arrangements.
Growth Opportunities: Professional development and tuition reimbursement programs.
Relocation Assistance: Provided for eligible roles.