Senior Technical Program Manager, Software

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Senior Technical Program Manager, Software

You own the integrated program plan for all software at Looq and make delivery predictable. You bring working depth across the stack and learn new areas quickly. You must understand the system from firmware to 3D visualization and customer delivery well enough to challenge a plan and its estimates.

LocationSan Diego, CA

Work setupOn-site

EmploymentFull-time, exempt

Compensation120,000 – 200,000 USD

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Scope:

• You own: execution of all software programs. This includes the integrated schedule, cross-team dependencies, risk, releases, and status reporting.
• Product leadership owns: strategy, priorities, and requirements. You work with them on the roadmap and own execution against it.
• Engineering leads own: technical design and managing their engineers. You lead through influence, not authority.
• Out of scope: hardware development and machine learning programs.

What You’ll Do:

• Firmware to customer delivery.
• Align requirements and interfaces across firmware, the reconstruction pipeline, cloud services, and web applications, and confirm each group knows what it must deliver and when.
• Drive trade-offs on accuracy, performance, compute cost, and schedule to closure. Record decisions and confirm that teams act on them.
• Run the software lifecycle: design, implementation, integration, validation, field testing, release, and sustainment. Set exit criteria per phase, and do not let work advance until they are met.
• Manage releases, defect triage, change control, OTA updates, version support, and end-of-life.
• Keep a risk register. Find risk in design documents and estimates, and escalate early with a proposed plan.
• Send the CTO a weekly status and risk report: facts, confidence levels, and decisions needed.
• Fill ownership gaps as needed. Keep the process light as the company grows.

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years in software engineering or TPM, including 4+ years as a TPM or engineering lead on field-deployed device software.
• Degree in CS, EE, robotics, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Shipped software from design through field deployment, including firmware or embedded releases.
• Working knowledge across the stack: embedded Linux and firmware; classical CV and photogrammetry (calibration, SfM, or SLAM); cloud infrastructure and data pipelines; web architecture (frontend, backend, APIs); 3D visualization (point clouds, meshes, browser-based rendering).
• A systems mindset. You learn technical concepts quickly, go into the details, and identify interfaces, dependencies, and the impact of architectural decisions.
• A record of catching cross-team technical risk and escalating it in writing, with data, before it became a blocker.
• Experience with planning tools such as Linear or Jira.
• On-site in San Diego, CA.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Photogrammetry, surveying, GIS, or geospatial software.
• Robotics, drones, or other field-deployed sensor systems.
• OTA update systems and device fleet management.
• Customer-facing software deployments.
• Early-stage company experience.

Why Join Us?

At Looq AI, you’ll gain hands-on experience working with cutting-edge technologies and real-world engineering challenges. This is a unique opportunity to be part of an innovative company, making significant contributions to the future of AI and automation. If you're excited to learn, grow, and make an impact, we’d love to have you on the team!

Location

San Diego, CA. This role is in person, on-site.

Benefits

We offer excellent Health, Vision, Dental, and 401(k) benefits, including an unlimited vacation policy to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance.

Compensation

Base salary range: $120,000 to $200,000 per year. The final base salary depends on experience and skills. This role is also eligible for equity and [benefits].

Join Us

We don't just talk the talk; we walk the walk. If you're ready to be part of an innovative team, head over to www.looq.ai and learn more. You can apply via our careers page or email your resume to: [email removed].

Looq AI

Looq builds survey-grade 3D capture systems for utility, infrastructure, and survey customers. Our software runs from the capture device to the customer: device firmware and embedded software, a photogrammetry and computer vision pipeline, cloud infrastructure, and web applications that visualize and deliver measurements and 3D models

Equal Opportunity

At Looq AI, we value diversity. Looq is an equal opportunity employer. We make employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law, including the California Fair Employment and Housing Act. We consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with the California Fair Chance Act. We provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. To request accommodation, contact [[email removed]].