Staff Hardware Engineering Program Manager

Lime is the largest global shared micromobility business, operating in close to 30 countries across five continents. We’re on a mission to build a future where transportation is shared, affordable and carbon-free. Our electric bikes and scooters have powered more than one billion rides in cities around the world. Named a 2025 Time 100 Most Influential Company, Lime continues to set the pace for shared micromobility globally, spurring a new generation of clean alternatives to car ownership.

Are you ready to play a key role in revolutionizing micro-mobility? As a Staff Engineering Program Manager, you will help deliver the next generation of Lime vehicles and accessories, driving innovation and ensuring excellence throughout the product development process.

You will lead a dynamic, multidisciplinary team and collaborate closely with key stakeholders from product management, engineering, design, operations, supply chain, legal, and policy teams. Your ability to identify bottlenecks, support technical decisions, manage escalations, and balance business needs with technical constraints will be essential to the success of the program.

If you’re ready to leverage your program management expertise to align cross-functional workstreams, provide execution leadership, and navigate ambiguity while ensuring the program is delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards—this is your chance to make an impact.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead programs through coordination of a cross-functional team to deliver next-generation vehicles and accessories from concept to launch.

• Facilitate technical discussions across teams, focusing on product architecture, design/development tradeoffs, and integration of various technologies.

• Provide clear and concise program health updates to stakeholders, ensuring alignment across teams.

• Manage the team through uncertainty by identifying issues, supporting decision-making, and ensuring key program outcomes are prioritized.

• Ensure strong financial discipline by managing program costs, adhering to budgets, and identifying risks to program financial targets.

• Identify and mitigate program risks and issues, taking proactive measures to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery.

• Contribute to process improvements within the program management function, implementing best practices and driving operational efficiencies for successful program delivery.

About You:

• 6+ years of program management experience in the consumer-facing technology industry, with at least 3 years of experience leading large, complex engineering programs in a cross-functional environment.

• Strong technical background, with experience in facilitating technical discussions on hardware, power systems, electronics, and firmware.

• Proven experience leading complex programs across multiple technologies and aligning workstreams across technical disciplines.

• Extensive experience working with cross-functional teams, including product management, engineering, design, operations, supply chain, legal, and policy teams.

• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical details to both technical teams and executive stakeholders.

• Proven ability to navigate ambiguity and make decisions in fast-paced, complex environments.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience in the micro-mobility, bicycle, automotive, or related industries is a plus.

What We Offer

• Comprehensive Health & Wellness: A choice of medical, dental, and vision plans. We also provide company-paid life and disability insurance and company-funded mental health benefits.

• Financial & Retirement Planning: 401(k) plan with both pre-tax and Roth options, and access to a Health Savings Account (HSA) with a monthly company contribution.

• Family & Fertility Support: Paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents, plus fertility and family-forming benefits.

• Paid Time Off: Unlimited vacation, paid leaves, and 10 company holidays.

• Unique Lime Perks: Complimentary use of Lime vehicles in participating cities, a monthly phone allowance, dedicated learning and development days, and access to perks including One Medical, Wellhub, and Headspace.

The salary range listed reflects what Lime reasonably expects to offer for this role, with the final base salary determined by factors such as the candidate’s location and relevant skills and experience. Depending on the position, the total compensation package may also include discretionary annual performance bonus opportunities and equity, subject to applicable plan terms and eligibility requirements.

Lime considers all qualified applicants for employment, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act, and all other applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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If you want to make an impact, Lime is the place for you. Not sure if you meet all the qualifications? If this role excites you we encourage you to apply. Explore all opportunities on our career page.

Lime is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe different perspectives help us grow and achieve more. That’s why we’re dedicated to building and developing a team that reflects a wider range of backgrounds, abilities, identities, and experiences. If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or hiring process, please email [email protected] for assistance.