Voltai.Careers

Engineering Manager

Palo Alto Office. Posted 14 months ago

The role

You will lead and manage a team of engineers through weekly sprint cycles and delivery milestones. You will drive sprint planning, prioritize engineering work, and translate requirements into actionable tasks.

What you will do

  • Lead and manage a team of engineers through weekly sprint cycles and delivery milestones
  • Drive sprint planning and execution
  • Prioritize engineering work based on business impact, technical debt, and resource constraints
  • Translate complex requirements from product and hardware teams into actionable tasks and user stories
  • Remove blockers and facilitate team productivity
  • Partner with product and design teams to balance feature delivery with technical excellence
  • Track team velocity, sprint health, and delivery metrics

Required qualifications

  • 2–6 years of experience in engineering management
  • Experience leading 3-8 engineers at a technical or AI-driven company
  • Strong people management skills
  • Excellent prioritization and project management abilities
  • Experience with agile methodologies, sprint planning tools (Jira, Linear), and engineering productivity metrics
  • Ability to balance competing priorities while maintaining team focus and morale
  • Technical depth to engage in architectural discussions and code reviews
  • Comfort working in fast-paced, high-growth environments with shifting priorities

Nice to have

  • Strong background in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

About the company

Voltai is developing world models, and agents to learn, evaluate, plan, experiment, and interact with the physical world. The team includes previous Stanford professors, SAIL researchers, Olympiad medalists, and former high-level government advisors.

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