Engineering Manager
Voltai Careers
| Company | Voltai Careers |
| Category | Engineering |
| Location | Palo Alto |
| Remote | On-site |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Manager |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 18 Sept 2025 |
| Last verified | 9 Aug 2026 |
| Source | Employer ATS (ashby) |
Description
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