Engineering Manager
- Level
- Lead
Not stated in the posting: salary, work type, visa.
Open. First seen 2 October 2026.
About the role
Voltai's standard text
About Voltai
Voltai is developing world models, and agents to learn, evaluate, plan, experiment, and interact with the physical world. We are starting out with understanding and building hardware; electronics systems and semiconductors where AI can design and create beyond human cognitive limits.
About the Team
Backed by Silicon Valley’s top investors, Stanford University, and CEOs/Presidents of Google, AMD, Broadcom, Marvell, etc. We are a team of previous Stanford professors, SAIL researchers, Olympiad medalists (IPhO, IOI, etc.), CTOs of Synopsys & GlobalFoundries, Head of Sales & CRO of Cadence, former US Secretary of Defense, National Security Advisor, and Senior Foreign-Policy Advisor to four US presidents.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a team of engineers through weekly sprint cycles and delivery milestones
- Drive sprint planning and execution — from backlog grooming to sprint reviews to retrospectives
- Ruthlessly prioritize engineering work based on business impact, technical debt, and resource constraints
- Translate complex requirements from product and hardware teams into clear, actionable engineering tasks and user stories
- Remove blockers and facilitate team productivity through daily standups, 1:1s, and cross-team coordination
- Partner closely with product and design teams to balance feature delivery with technical excellence
- Track team velocity, sprint health, and delivery metrics while driving continuous process improvement
Required Skill Sets
- 2–6 years of experience in engineering management, ideally leading 3-8 engineers at a technical or AI-driven company
- Strong people management skills — coaching engineers, managing performance, and fostering team growth
- Excellent prioritization and project management abilities, especially in fast-moving sprint environments
- 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 when needed
- Strong background in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering is a bonus
- Comfort working in fast-paced, high-growth environments with shifting priorities
What this role asks for
Particular to this role
Agile · Jira
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The team: Engineering
This role is one of 12 open in Engineering.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
AWS (5 of 12), Azure (5 of 12), Docker (5 of 12), GCP (5 of 12), OpenShift (5 of 12), LLM (3 of 12), Python (3 of 12)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Forward Deployed Engineer posted Aug 4
- Senior Software Engineer: Integrations posted Aug 4
- Senior Software Engineer: Deployments posted Aug 4
- Senior Software Engineer: Solutions posted Aug 4
- Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) posted Aug 4
- Research Engineer - CUDA Kernel Engineering posted Nov 6
- Research Engineer - Mid-Training posted Nov 6
- Research Engineer - Post-Training posted Nov 6
- Full Stack Engineer posted Sep 19
- Software Engineer posted Sep 18
- Machine Learning Engineer posted Sep 18
From the team and dates on Voltai's own job board.
Salary context
84 other open postings titled Engineering Manager state a salary: median USD 200,000 to USD 250,000 a year.
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