Senior Hardware Platform Product Manager — Robotics

Apptronik; Texas; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Apptronik is seeking a product management leader to own the humanoid robot platform in the field today. You will turn field data, customer outcomes, and engineering constraints into a roadmap that maximizes value at every lifecycle stage.

You will manage the deployed fleet as a product, write clear requirements, and coordinate with engineering on changes, trade studies, and cost optimization. Collaboration with supply chain and program management will drive timely milestones.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience managing a hardware product across its full lifecycle.
• Experience shipping physical products and hardware iteration cycles.
• Strong analytical skills using fleet/telemetry data to drive product decisions.
• Ability to communicate technical insights into business impact.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the platform roadmap: scope, sequencing, priorities across capabilities, reliability, cost, and supportability.
• Manage the deployed fleet as a product: define and track operational metrics and priorities.
• Turn field data and customer deployment insights into requirements and communicate them to engineering.
• Lead trade studies balancing performance, reliability, cost, serviceability, and schedule.
• Own change management: prioritize engineering changes and software/hardware rollouts with minimal disruption.
• Partner with supply chain and engineering on lifecycle risks and sourcing decisions.
• Drive cost-down initiatives linking BOM and service costs to total cost of ownership.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and build business cases for adoption.

Skills

Hardware PM

Fleet analytics

Stakeholder comms

Decision making

Requirements writing

Trade studies

Cost optimization

Education

BS in Mechanical/Electrical Eng

Job description

Apptronik is seeking a product management leader to own the humanoid robot platform in the field today. You will turn field data, customer outcomes, and engineering constraints into a roadmap that maximizes value at every lifecycle stage.

You will manage the deployed fleet as a product, write clear requirements, and coordinate with engineering on changes, trade studies, and cost optimization. Collaboration with supply chain and program management will drive timely milestones.