# Engineering Manager - Company: [Voltai Careers]() - Location: Palo Alto Office - Team: Engineering - Employment type: Full Time - Posted: September 18, 2025 ## Job 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 ## Apply [Apply on Voltai Careers]() Canonical job page: