Perception & Autonomy Product Lead

Apptronik; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Apptronik in Sunnyvale, CA, seeks a Senior Product Manager to drive the product vision for perception and navigation in autonomous robots. You will own the roadmap across detection, tracking, localization, mapping, and obstacle avoidance, translating market demands into executable plans that balance hardware and software constraints.

You will define evaluation metrics, field-testing regimes, and data pipelines to ensure robust performance and safety.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of product management experience.
• Experience in perception or navigation robotics.
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written.
• Field deployment experience taking perception/autonomy software from lab to real-world operation.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the perception and navigation software roadmap: scope, sequencing, and feature priorities.
• Drive the technical definition of the perception stack and translate sensor inputs into scene understanding.

Skills

Product management

Stakeholder communication

Roadmap prioritization

Cross-functional leadership

Systems thinking

Tools

Perception stack

Sensor data pipelines

Job description

Apptronik in Sunnyvale, CA, seeks a Senior Product Manager to drive the product vision for perception and navigation in autonomous robots. You will own the roadmap across detection, tracking, localization, mapping, and obstacle avoidance, translating market demands into executable plans that balance hardware and software constraints.

You will define evaluation metrics, field-testing regimes, and data pipelines to ensure robust performance and safety.