Technical Program Manager

We’re Blue River, a team of innovators driven to create intelligent machinery that solves monumental problems for our customers. We empower our customers - farmers, construction crews, and foresters to implement safer and more sustainable solutions, driving increased profitability with less reliance on scarce labor. We believe that focusing on the small stuff, pixel-by-pixel and task-by-task, leads to big gains. 

Blue River Technology aligns with John Deere’s vision to “innovate on behalf of humanity” by quickly identifying and solving high-value, high-uncertainty challenges in AI, machine learning, computer vision, and robotics. BRT acts as a research and development flywheel, building not only new products but also new platforms that reliably create value for both Deere and its customers. From fully autonomous machines to highly precise farming equipment, BRT and Deere are partnering to deliver technical breakthroughs across industries such as agriculture and construction. 

Our people are at the heart of what we do. Through cross-disciplinary collaboration, this mission-driven team is eager to define the new frontier of robotics. We are always asking hard questions, rapidly iterating, and getting our boots in the field to figure it out. We won’t give up until we’ve made a tangible and positive impact on the planet!

Blue River Technology is based in Santa Clara, CA. 

Summary

Blue River's See and Spray and See and Scout product lines use advanced computer vision and machine learning to transform how farmers manage their fields -- reducing chemical use, improving yields, and enabling precision at scale. The Program Management team drives cross-functional execution across our mission-based teams (MBTs), ensuring complex hardware, software, and systems integration programs deliver on time and with quality. We operate at the intersection of engineering, product, and operations—and we are growing.

We are seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to own the processes, tools, and systems that enable our software releases and field deployments. This is not a role where you manage a single product release — you will support Robotics development (RSW), Computer Vision Machine Learning (CVML) model development, and internal tooling infrastructure that all mission-based teams depend on.

You will help ensure our release pipeline runs on a predictable cadence and that our data-collection feedback loops are automated and reliable, delivering features to customers in a timely manner. This role requires someone who can drive cross-organizational alignment across engineering, product, and field operations.

• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Work Location: Santa Clara, CA (Hybrid) (2 days a week in office SF/Santa Clara)
• Visa sponsorship: Open to visa sponsorship. 

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