Lead Hardware Platform Product Manager — Robotics

Apptronik; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Apptronik seeks a Senior Product Manager to own the hardware platform roadmap for Apollo and related fleets in the field. You will translate field data and engineering constraints into a coherent plan that maximizes platform value across lifecycle stages.

You will manage trade studies, drive cost-down initiatives, and coordinate with engineering, supply chain, and program management to align milestones with production schedules.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of product management experience.
• Experience managing hardware products through launch to end-of-life.
• Strong analytical skills using field or telemetry data.
• Excellent written and verbal communication translating engineering insights into business impact.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the platform roadmap: scope, sequencing, and priorities across capability improvements, reliability, cost, and supportability.
• Manage the deployed fleet as a product: define and track the operational metrics that matter and drive the priorities they reveal.
• Turn field data, service feedback, and customer deployment insights into clearly written requirements for engineering teams.
• Lead trade studies balancing performance, reliability, cost, serviceability, and schedule; defend prioritization calls.
• Own change management for a product in the field: prioritize engineering changes, retrofit and upgrade programs, and software/hardware update rollouts with minimal customer disruption.
• Drive cost-down initiatives across the platform, connecting BOM and service-cost decisions to customer total cost of ownership.

Skills

Hardware product lifecycle

Fleet data analysis

Requirements writing

Trade studies

Executive communication

Decision making under uncertainty

Cost optimization

Education

BS in Mechanical Engineering

BS in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Apptronik seeks a Senior Product Manager to own the hardware platform roadmap for Apollo and related fleets in the field. You will translate field data and engineering constraints into a coherent plan that maximizes platform value across lifecycle stages.

You will manage trade studies, drive cost-down initiatives, and coordinate with engineering, supply chain, and program management to align milestones with production schedules.