Senior Product Manager, Sensing and Compute

Therobotage; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Apptronik in Austin, TX is seeking a senior technical product manager for sensing and compute at the hardware/software boundary, turning market demands and user needs into roadmaps for perception and compute capabilities that power Apollo.

You will work across hardware, software, AI, safety, and platform teams to prioritize capabilities that impact field performance and usability, ensuring reliable, scalable solutions for robotic deployments.

Qualifications

• Experience in robotics/AI hardware or platform products.
• Ability to translate customer needs into actionable technical roadmaps.
• Comfort working with highly technical engineering teams.
• Strong roadmap judgment for complex systems with field deployment pressure.

Responsibilities

• Define product direction for sensing and compute capabilities.
• Translate customer needs into user-oriented technical roadmaps.
• Coordinate across hardware, software, AI, safety, and platform teams.
• Prioritize capability tradeoffs that affect field performance and usability.

Skills

Robotics PM

Cross-functional leadership

Roadmapping

Job description

What the role actually is

Apptronik is hiring a senior technical product manager for sensing and compute. The role sits at the hardware/software boundary, turning market demands and user needs into roadmaps for the perception and compute capabilities that support Apollo.

For a humanoid robot, sensing and compute are not invisible infrastructure. They decide what the robot can understand, how reliably it can operate, and where customer expectations meet technical reality.

What you would work on

• Define product direction for Apollo's sensing and compute capabilities
• Translate customer needs into user-oriented technical roadmaps
• Coordinate across hardware, software, AI, safety, and platform teams
• Prioritize capability tradeoffs that affect field performance and usability

What they are asking for

• Technical product management experience for robotics, AI, hardware, or platform products
• Ability to bridge customer needs with sensing, compute, and software constraints
• Comfort working with highly technical engineering teams
• Strong roadmap judgment for complex systems with field-deployment pressure

Why this one is worth a look

Sensing and compute are where humanoid promises become operational limits. This role is interesting because it requires product judgment about capabilities that users may never name directly but will feel immediately when the robot succeeds or fails.