Senior Hardware Product Manager, Retrofit Automation

Xpanner; Santa Fe Springs (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Travel opportunities

Job summary

Xpanner is redefining construction with retrofit automation kits and field-ready machine interfaces. This role leads field discovery, captures customer pain points, and translates them into actionable product requirements for retrofit kits and sensor systems.

You will own end-to-end product development, collaborate with mechanical, electrical, controls, software, and field engineers, and drive launch readiness and ROI analysis in a fast-growing U.S. operation.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years in hardware product management across machinery, industrial or construction equipment, robotics, vehicles, or automation systems.
• Strong customer-facing skills and willingness to spend time in the field.
• Ability to translate customer problems into clear product requirements and technical discussions.
• Strong execution mindset with experience managing timelines, risks, stakeholders, and trade-offs.
• Willingness to travel frequently to customer sites, workshops, and field deployments.

Responsibilities

• Lead field discovery with customers, operators, field teams, and sales to translate jobsite pain points into clear product requirements and automation opportunities.
• Drive end-to-end product ownership for retrofit automation kits, identifying opportunities across heavy equipment automation and construction workflows.
• Define requirements for retrofit kits, machine interfaces, sensors, hydraulic/electronic controls, and field installation processes.
• Manage the complete hardware product lifecycle, from PoC planning and field validation through launch readiness and issue prioritization.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams—including mechanical, electrical, controls, software, and field engineers and Software & Data Platform PMs—to align technical feasibility with commercial impact.
• Enable commercial launch and growth through business cases, ROI logic, product documentation, training materials, sales enablement, and field feedback loops.

Skills

Hardware product management

Customer-facing

Translate requirements to product

Execution mindset

Willingness to travel

Job description

Xpanner is redefining construction with retrofit automation kits and field-ready machine interfaces. This role leads field discovery, captures customer pain points, and translates them into actionable product requirements for retrofit kits and sensor systems.

You will own end-to-end product development, collaborate with mechanical, electrical, controls, software, and field engineers, and drive launch readiness and ROI analysis in a fast-growing U.S. operation.