Technical Program Manager

job summary: Join a growing robotics startup company as a technical program manager in Salem. Ideal candidates will have 5+ years of hardware project or program management within a highly complex industry with some functional safety knowledge. This is a contract role that could extend and possibly lead to a full time role within the company and the opportunity to work in a very exciting industry with cutting edge technology!

location: Salem, Oregon job type: Contract salary: $55 - 60 per hour work hours: 8am to 4pm education: Bachelors

responsibilities:

• Own safety requirement tracking from definition through verification, collaborating with component vendors to maintain complete end-to-end traceability
• Drive early alignment across hardware, software, systems and test teams to clarify scope, technical dependencies, and success criteria
• Schedule and lead HARA, FMEA, and FTA sessions, capturing outputs and aggresively driving resulting action items across ME, EE, FW, systems, and test to resolution
• Run regular safety gate reviews, status syncs, and formal milestones, delivering clear notes, surfacing blockers, and escalating risks to leadership
• Maintain real-time issue, task, and test execution dashboards to track team throughput and ensure no bottlenecks stall the functional safety lifecycle
• Partner with safety engineers and peer TPMs to map safety deliverables directly into broader robotics engineering milestones and NPI sprint goals

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hardware project or program management within complex electro-mechanical fields
• Expertise with JIRA
• Knowledge of functional safety

qualifications:

• Experience level: Experienced
• Minimum 5 years of experience
• Education: Bachelors (required)

skills:

• Manager

• Project Management Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status. At Randstad, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com. Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate’s education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility). This posting is open for thirty (30) days. ,

• Own safety requirement tracking from definition through verification, collaborating with component vendors to maintain complete end-to-end traceability
• Drive early alignment across hardware, software, systems and test teams to clarify scope, technical dependencies, and success criteria
• Schedule and lead HARA, FMEA, and FTA sessions, capturing outputs and aggresively driving resulting action items across ME, EE, FW, systems, and test to resolution
• Run regular safety gate reviews, status syncs, and formal milestones, delivering clear notes, surfacing blockers, and escalating risks to leadership
• Maintain real-time issue, task, and test execution dashboards to track team throughput and ensure no bottlenecks stall the functional safety lifecycle

• Partner with safety engineers and peer TPMs to map safety deliverables directly into broader robotics engineering milestones and NPI sprint goals Qualifications

• 5+ years of hardware project or program management within complex electro-mechanical fields
• Expertise with JIRA
• Knowledge of functional safety

• Manager
• Project