Autonomy Product Lead for Self-Driving Vehicles

Roboticsconnected; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Waabi in Pittsburgh is seeking a Lead Product Manager to steer the strategy and execution of the Autonomy stack powering the Waabi Driver. This role connects cutting-edge AI research with real-world commercial requirements, providing focused ownership and cross-team coordination to ensure milestones translate into a reliable, market-ready product.

You will shepherd the end-to-end lifecycle of autonomy features, set performance benchmarks, and align engineering, design, research, and safety teams

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8+ years in Product Management, with autonomous vehicles or AI/ML systems.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving to balance performance and safety.
• Excellent written communication to convey complex autonomy concepts.

Responsibilities

• Define, develop and execute the Autonomy roadmap, aligning core driving capabilities with the company’s driverless and commercial milestones across both the trucking and robotaxi verticals.
• Drive the end-to-end product lifecycle for autonomy features by translating complex use cases into actionable requirements and establishing performance benchmarks for deploying core driving behaviors in the real world.
• Lead cross-functional alignment across Engineering, Design, Research, Simulation, Systems Engineering, Safety, and Commercial teams to define product requirements, manage technical trade-offs, and develop frameworks that make autonomy performance measurable and transparent.
• Analyze performance data and feedback from simulation, track, and road testing to develop a comprehensive understanding of system readiness metrics and systematically prioritize issue resolution.
• Be a team player who prioritizes trust, transparency, and honesty, leading by example in a high-stakes, safety-critical environment.
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) such as ODD coverage, system readiness, and route viability to make data-driven decisions that accelerate commercialization.

Skills

Product management

Autonomy/AVs

Analytical thinking

Communication

Leadership

Cross-functional alignment

Safety-focused

R&D to product translation

Job description

Waabi in Pittsburgh is seeking a Lead Product Manager to steer the strategy and execution of the Autonomy stack powering the Waabi Driver. This role connects cutting-edge AI research with real-world commercial requirements, providing focused ownership and cross-team coordination to ensure milestones translate into a reliable, market-ready product.

You will shepherd the end-to-end lifecycle of autonomy features, set performance benchmarks, and align engineering, design, research, and safety teams