Product Manager, Human Robot Interaction

Therobotage; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Apptronik in Austin, TX is hiring a Product Manager for human-robot interaction on Apollo. You will own the HRI roadmap, define priorities, and coordinate across hardware and software teams to deliver intuitive experiences for people using the system.

This role sits at the hardware/software boundary, turning user needs and safety constraints into executable work, with a focus on shaping how humanoid robots behave and interact with humans.

Qualifications

• PM experience with technical robotics or AI products.
• Ability to define product vision and roadmaps.
• Experience collaborating with engineering, design, business, and deployment teams.
• Strong interest in human-centered robotics and humanoid adoption.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the HRI roadmap for Apollo.
• Translate market and user needs into product requirements, priorities, and release plans.
• Shape robot and interface behaviors that make humanoid operation more intuitive.
• Work across hardware, software, safety, commercialization, and customer-facing teams.

Skills

Product management

Robotics

Cross-functional collab

Vision definition

Job description

What the role actually is

Apptronik is hiring a product manager for human-robot interaction on Apollo. The role owns roadmap scope, sequencing, and priorities for how the robot and its interfaces create intuitive, positive experiences for people using or working near the system.

This is a classic robotics product role at the hardware/software boundary. The product manager has to turn customer needs, safety constraints, and interaction goals into executable work across teams.

What you would work on

• Own and maintain the HRI roadmap for Apollo
• Translate market and user needs into product requirements, priorities, and release plans
• Shape robot and interface behaviors that make humanoid operation more intuitive
• Work across hardware, software, safety, commercialization, and customer-facing teams

What they are asking for

• Product management experience with technical, hardware/software, robotics, or AI products
• Ability to define product vision and turn ambiguous market needs into executable roadmaps
• Comfort collaborating across engineering, design, business, and deployment teams
• Strong interest in human-centered robotics and commercial humanoid adoption

Why this one is worth a look

HRI is often treated as a research topic, but Apptronik is hiring it as a product ownership problem. That is the interesting shift: someone has to decide which interaction behaviors ship, in what order, and how they map to real customer use.