Principal Technical Program Manager, Fauna
amazonBrooklyn (NY)
Principal Technical Program Manager, Fauna
Posted today
amazonBrooklyn (NY)
SENIORITY
Lead
About the role
Overview:
As Principal Technical Program Manager, you will own Fauna's robot software release program end-to-end, from planning to deployment. You’ll align software with hardware changes, coordinate cross-functional launches, and drive a high-quality software experience for developers and customers. You’ll build roadmaps, define release quality bars, and manage long-term release strategies for a growing robotics fleet. This role blends execution discipline with strategic thinking to accelerate safe, delightful robotic products. Compensation / Benefits health insurance (medical, dental, vision) RSUs and sign-on payment 401(k) matching paid time off parental leave EAP and mental health support
Responsibilities:
Own the robot software release program: cadence, go/no-go criteria, staged rollouts, and rollback decisions Collaborate with hardware, firmware, science, and manufacturing programs to ensure software readiness and timeliness Build roadmaps, dependency tracking, and status reporting for the software org; own integration plans for major launches and demos Define release quality bars with QA and engineering; use test results, telemetry, and field reports to decide when to ship Set the multi-year plan for how Fauna ships robot software as the fleet and org grow; establish long-term mechanisms Identify recurring problems across teams and fix the underlying process; manage cross-program escalations Present program status, risks, and tradeoffs to senior leadership
Key requirements:
7+ years of technical product or program management experience 10+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience 5+ years of software development experience Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules Experience leading software release programs for products that run on physical devices (robots, vehicles, consumer electronics, or connected home devices) Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience cross-functional collaboration leadership and stakeholder management problem solving and process improvement software release management CI/CD hardware-in-the-loop testing
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