Senior Autonomy Product Manager - Robotics & AI

Blue River Technology; Santa Clara (CA); Remote; USD 142,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K match

Paid time off

Sick leave

Paid parental leave

Adoption benefit

CalTrain passes

Flexible work hours

Subsidized lunches

Job summary

Blue River Technology seeks an experienced product manager to partner with engineering leaders and GTM teams on a zero-to-one journey for autonomous construction solutions. You will thrive on turning ambiguity into a clear product path and lead teams across hardware and software to shape the future of field robotics.

Join a mission-driven environment in Santa Clara with remote-friendly policy, competitive compensation, and strong growth opportunities in precision farming and autonomous machinery.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a product manager in a technology company.
• Strong technical competency in Robotics, AI and ML systems.
• Ability to solve unstructured problems with curiosity.
• Proven ability to influence, collaborate, and engage with diverse teams.
• Excellent communication of technical product information.

Responsibilities

• Define, validate, and shepherd the construction autonomy strategy from concept to success.
• Collaborate with Deere Product & Engineering teams to define early target customer, ODD, and MVP.
• Drive rapid customer-facing experimentation to validate concepts.
• Build deep empathy of customer, business, and market through qualitative and quantitative research.
• Define requirements for perception, SLAM, ODD, collision hazard detection, and safety systems.
• Define requirements for in-field machine behavior: path planning, guidance, machine controls.
• Define system performance criteria to meet evolving customer expectations.
• Define data collection strategy to support model development; own the test set.
• Collaborate with leadership on long-term product vision and roadmap.
• Whatever it takes to make this product successful!

Skills

Robotics

Artificial Intelligence

Machine Learning

Ambiguity solving

Collaboration

Communication skills

Leadership

Software development

Education

Bachelor's or advanced degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Agile

Scrum

Job description

Blue River Technology seeks an experienced product manager to partner with engineering leaders and GTM teams on a zero-to-one journey for autonomous construction solutions. You will thrive on turning ambiguity into a clear product path and lead teams across hardware and software to shape the future of field robotics.

Join a mission-driven environment in Santa Clara with remote-friendly policy, competitive compensation, and strong growth opportunities in precision farming and autonomous machinery.