Senior Product Manager — Human-Robot Interaction

Perot Jain; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Apptronik is seeking a Senior Product Manager - Human Robot Interaction to drive the product vision and ensure seamless execution across the hardware/software divide. You will translate market demands into user oriented, executable roadmaps for our robotics platforms.

You will lead cross‑functional teams with UX, engineering, and design to create intuitive interfaces, multi‑modal communication features, and safety‑driven interactions, prioritizing value, usability, and scalable deployment across

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of interactive or conversational interfaces.
• Demonstrated experience with human robot interaction.
• Strong analytical skills with experience in performance tracking and data-driven decision-making.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, enabling translation of technical insights into business impact.
• You make decisions in uncertainty, prioritizing velocity over perfection
• You prioritize user feedback, promoting and advocating for that voice to internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the Human Robot Interaction roadmap: scope, sequencing, and feature priorities.
• Ensure that our robots and interfaces are intuitive, promoting positive experiences for both developers and end users.
• Partner with the UX team to design features to enhance multi-modal communication, including on-robot displays, conversational interfaces, and safety features.
• Prioritize predictable behaviors and legible intent improvements using robot motion, gaze, and signaling.
• Partner with engineering teams to drive the technical definition for software and hardware HRI systems.
• Partner with UX Research to validate and refine human robot interactions before real-world deployments.
• Develop interaction frameworks that adapt to user expertise and permission levels, robot task, environmental context, and task requirements.
• Define product features/enhancements and communicate requirements to engineering teams via clearly written requirements documents, diagrams, and concise verbal communication.
• Support product marketing initiatives, partner relationships, and other opportunities to accelerate the adoption of our products.

Education

7+ years of experience in product management

Job description

Apptronik is seeking a Senior Product Manager - Human Robot Interaction to drive the product vision and ensure seamless execution across the hardware/software divide. You will translate market demands into user oriented, executable roadmaps for our robotics platforms.

You will lead cross‑functional teams with UX, engineering, and design to create intuitive interfaces, multi‑modal communication features, and safety‑driven interactions, prioritizing value, usability, and scalable deployment across