Senior Product Manager, Simulation

Therobotage; Mountain View, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Apptronik in Mountain View, CA seeks a senior product manager for simulation to own the vision and execution path for its simulation capabilities across hardware and software. You will enable rapid learning, testing, and deployment readiness for humanoid robotics through integrated product strategies.

You will collaborate with AI, robotics, software, and field teams to translate user needs into prioritized simulation work and shape workflows for robust validation and deployment readiness.

Qualifications

• Technical product management experience with simulation, robotics, AI, or developer platforms.
• Ability to work across hardware and software constraints.
• Comfort turning ambiguous internal needs into product requirements.
• Strong understanding of how simulation supports deployment readiness.

Responsibilities

• Define product vision and roadmap for Apptronik's simulation capabilities
• Translate market, user, and engineering needs into executable simulation priorities
• Partner with AI, robotics, software, hardware, and field teams
• Shape workflows for testing, validation, and development of humanoid behavior

Skills

Technical PM

Hardware–Software integration

Requirements derivation

Simulation deployment

Job description

What the role actually is

Apptronik is hiring a senior product manager for simulation. The role focuses on the product vision and execution path for simulation capabilities used to develop, test, and validate Apollo across the hardware/software divide.

Simulation is becoming one of the most important product surfaces inside robotics companies. The users may be internal engineering and deployment teams, but the decisions shape how fast the robot can learn, regress, recover, and ship safely.

What you would work on

• Define product vision and roadmap for Apptronik's simulation capabilities
• Translate market, user, and engineering needs into executable simulation priorities
• Partner with AI, robotics, software, hardware, and field teams
• Shape workflows for testing, validation, and development of humanoid behavior

What they are asking for

• Technical product management experience with simulation, robotics, AI, or developer platforms
• Ability to work across hardware and software constraints
• Comfort turning ambiguous internal needs into product requirements
• Strong understanding of how simulation supports deployment readiness

Why this one is worth a look

Robotics simulation is no longer only an engineering utility. It is part of how companies decide what is ready for the real world, which makes this a product role at the center of humanoid deployment risk.