Senior Product Manager, Hardware Platform

Apptronik; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Apptronik, a leader in human-centered robotics, seeks a Senior Product Manager for the hardware platform in Austin, TX. You will own the platform roadmap, manage the deployed fleet as a product, and translate field data into clear requirements for engineering teams.

You will lead trade studies, manage field-change programs, and work with supply chain on lifecycle risks. The role demands strong analytical skills and proven PM experience in hardware.

Qualifications

• Experience steering hardware products end-to-end, from concept to end-of-life.
• Ability to balance performance, reliability, cost, and schedule in physical products.
• Strong data-driven decision-making using fleet/telemetry data.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the platform roadmap: scope, sequencing, and priorities across capability, reliability, cost, and supportability.
• Manage deployed fleet as a product: define and track operational metrics and drive priorities.
• Translate field data and customer insights into clear requirements for engineering teams.
• Lead trade studies balancing performance, reliability, cost, serviceability, and schedule while defending prioritization.
• Own change management for field products: prioritize engineering changes and software/hardware updates with minimal disruption.
• Partner with supply chain and engineering on lifecycle risks and make/buy decisions.
• Drive cost-down initiatives by linking BOM and service costs to TCO and program economics.
• Continuously evaluate emerging technologies and build business cases for adoption.
• Work with program management to align platform deliverables with build cycles and milestones.
• Support product marketing initiatives and partner relationships to accelerate adoption of products.

Skills

Platform product management

Hardware product lifecycle

Fleet telemetry analysis

Requirements writing

Cross-functional leadership

Decision making under uncertainty

Education

BS in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Job description

Senior Product Manager, Hardware Platform

Austin, TX

Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity in every facet of life. Our flagship humanoid robot, Apollo, is built to collaborate thoughtfully with people, starting with critical industries such as manufacturing and logistics, with future applications in healthcare, the home, and beyond. We operate at the cutting edge of Applied AI, applying our expertise across the full robotics stack to solve some of society's most important problems. You will join a team dedicated to bringing Apollo to market at scale, tackling the complex challenges like safety, commercialization, and mass production to change the world for the better.

JOB SUMMARY

You will own the product direction for our humanoid robot platform operating in the field today. You'll manage it as a complete product, turning customer outcomes, field data, and engineering constraints into a roadmap that maximizes the platform's value at every stage of its life.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES or KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Own and maintain the platform roadmap: scope, sequencing, and priorities across capability improvements, reliability, cost, and supportability.
• Manage the deployed fleet as a product: define and track the operational metrics that matter and drive the priorities they reveal.
• Turn field data, service feedback, and customer deployment insights into clearly written requirements, and communicate them to engineering teams through requirements documents, diagrams, and concise verbal communication.
• Lead trade studies balancing performance, reliability, cost, serviceability, and schedule; make and defend prioritization calls between sustaining investments and forward-looking capability work.
• Own change management for a product in the field: prioritize engineering changes, retrofit and upgrade programs, and software/hardware update rollouts with minimal customer disruption.
• Partner with supply chain and engineering on component lifecycle risks and drive make/buy and second-source decisions.
• Drive cost-down initiatives across the platform, connecting bill-of-materials and service-cost decisions to customer total cost of ownership and program economics.
• Continuously evaluate emerging technologies and build the business case for when and how to adopt them.
• Work with program management to align platform deliverables to build cycles, deployment schedules, and program milestones.
• Support product marketing initiatives, partner relationships, and other opportunities to accelerate the adoption of our products.

SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS

• Demonstrated experience managing a hardware product across its full lifecycle, from launch to end-of-life.
• Demonstrated experience managing the tradeoffs associated with shipping physical products and hardware iteration cycles.
• Strong analytical skills with experience using fleet, field, or telemetry data to drive product decisions and performance tracking.
• Experience evaluating new technologies for adoption: running trade studies, assessing maturity and risk, and building the case for (or against) technology insertion.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, enabling translation of technical insights into business impact.
• You make decisions in uncertainty, prioritizing velocity over perfection.

NICE TO HAVE

• Experience with robotics, autonomous vehicles
• Experience managing platform transitions, carrying customers, learnings, and architecture from one product generation into the next.
• Familiarity with functional safety for hardware systems.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• At least 4 years of experience in product management.
• BS in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent technical field

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times
• Vision to read printed materials and a computer screen
• Hearing and speech to communicate

*This is a direct hire. Please, no outside Agency solicitations.

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Technology Control Restrictions: As a person in this position will have access to technical data and/or computer software maintained by the Company, which includes export-controlled technical data and/or computer software, successful applicants must be eligible under U.S. export control regulations to access such information.

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