Product Manager (AI & Automation Systems) Mountain View, CA View Role

Formulate Robotics; Mountain View, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Ownership over intelligence roadmap

Define AI integration into physical系统

High autonomy

Job summary

Formulate Robotics in Mountain View, California seeks a Product Manager (AI & Automation Systems) to define the roadmap for the intelligence layer of our Gen 3 manufacturing platform. You will own the strategy behind closed-loop optimization, reinforcement learning systems, formulation intelligence, and process automation.

This role sits at the intersection of AI, robotics and real-world manufacturing. You will work with AI/ML engineers, controls engineers, software teams and leadership to turn

Qualifications

• 3+ years of product management in technical/platform environments.
• Strong understanding of AI/ML concepts, optimization systems, or automation.
• Experience working with ML, controls, and software teams.
• Ability to define metrics and evaluate experimental outcomes.
• Strong systems thinking—understands software intelligence vs hardware constraints.
• High agency and comfort making decisions with incomplete information.
• Excellent communication and prioritization to translate complex concepts into roadmaps.
• Nice-to-haves: manufacturing systems, industrial automation, reinforcement learning exposure.

Responsibilities

• Define the product roadmap for AI-driven process optimization and automation systems.
• Translate high-level company vision into clear product requirements and measurable objectives.
• Work with ML engineers to scope reinforcement learning, optimization, and predictive modeling initiatives.
• Define success metrics for process performance, yield improvement, and system learning loops.
• Partner with controls and embedded teams to ensure AI systems integrate into physical hardware.
• Prioritize features and experiments based on impact, feasibility, and learning velocity.
• Design feedback mechanisms that turn production data into product improvements.
• Collaborate with Customer Success and Sales to translate market needs into roadmap priorities.
• Communicate progress and tradeoffs clearly across engineering and leadership teams.

Skills

Product mgmt

AI/ML concepts

Systems thinking

Communication

Decision under ambiguity

Cross-functional

Metrics & KPIs

Manufacturing domain

Collaboration with ML/Controls

Education

Technical degree

Job description

Product

Mountain View, CA

Full-time

Our Vision

We're building the applied AI platform for autonomous industrial batching, combining prompt-to-production automation with a recursive learning system that improves through every formulation and batch, helping usher in a new era of programmable, abundant manufacturing.

About the Role

As Product Manager (AI & Automation Systems), you'll define and drive the roadmap for the intelligence layer of our Gen 3 manufacturing platform. You will own the product strategy behind closed-loop optimization, reinforcement learning systems, formulation intelligence, and process automation.

This role sits at the intersection of AI, robotics, and real-world manufacturing. You won't be training models yourself - but you will define what problems we solve with AI, how success is measured, and how intelligence integrates into physical production systems.

You will work closely with AI/ML engineers, controls engineers, software teams, and leadership to turn vision into shipped, measurable systems. This is a high-agency role for someone who thrives in ambiguity and wants to shape the future of adaptive manufacturing.

This is a full-time role based in California, with in-person collaboration expected in our Mountain View office (generally four days per week onsite).

What You'll Do

• Define the product roadmap for AI-driven process optimization and automation systems.
• Translate high-level company vision into clear product requirements and measurable objectives.
• Work with ML engineers to scope reinforcement learning, optimization, and predictive modeling initiatives.
• Define success metrics for process performance, yield improvement, and system learning loops.
• Partner with controls and embedded teams to ensure AI systems integrate cleanly into physical hardware.
• Prioritize features and experiments based on impact, feasibility, and learning velocity.
• Design feedback mechanisms that convert production data into product improvements.
• Collaborate with Customer Success and Sales to understand market needs and translate them into roadmap priorities.
• Communicate progress and tradeoffs clearly across engineering and leadership teams.

What We're Looking For

• 3+ years of product management experience in technical or platform environments.
• Strong understanding of AI/ML concepts, optimization systems, or automation technologies.
• Comfortable working with engineers across ML, controls, and software domains.
• Ability to define metrics and evaluate experimental outcomes rigorously.
• Strong systems thinking - you understand how software intelligence interacts with hardware constraints.
• High agency and comfort making decisions with incomplete information.
• Excellent communication skills - you can translate complex technical concepts into clear priorities.
• Actively leverages modern AI tools to accelerate research, documentation, and product iteration.
• Nice-to-haves: manufacturing systems, industrial automation, reinforcement learning exposure, technical degree.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation with equity.
• Ownership over the intelligence roadmap of a next-generation manufacturing platform.
• Opportunity to define how AI integrates into real-world physical systems.
• High-autonomy environment with direct impact on company direction.
• A fast-moving, builder-oriented team focused on ambitious execution.