Staff PM, Hardware & Embedded Devices

gomotive; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Motive is seeking a Staff Product Manager, Connected Devices (Equipment Monitoring) to own the hardware and firmware roadmap for in-field devices such as asset gateways, beacons, environmental sensors, and power accessories.

You will guide end-to-end NPI, own the installed base metrics, shape partnerships, and collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain to deliver reliable devices that enable enterprise-wide asset visibility.

Responsibilities

• Own the hardware and firmware roadmap for Equipment Monitoring in-field devices - asset gateways, beacons, environmental and door sensors, power accessories, and the device form factors that don't exist yet.
• Drive NPI execution end-to-end from problem definition and sourcing through EVT, DVT, PVT, certification (FCC, PTCRB, carrier approvals, IP ratings, industrial environmental specs), MP ramp, and post-launch stabilization.
• Own the installed base. Field failure and RMA rates, battery life as measured in the field rather than on the bench, connectivity and positioning performance, install success - these are your metrics, and improving them is as much the job as shipping the next device.
• Define and prioritize firmware features that extend the value of devices already deployed - power optimization, connectivity resilience, positioning accuracy, sensor fusion, OTA reliability and staged rollout, diagnostics, security, and fleet-level observability.
• Lead the product side of device partnerships. Motive is extending asset visibility through partner and mesh networks; you will own the technical and product decisions in those programs while BD and Supply Chain own the commercial terms.
• Make the hard trade-offs across feature set, BOM cost, power budget, connectivity (cellular, LPWAN, BLE, GNSS), antenna performance, manufacturability, ruggedness, install experience, quality, and schedule - and communicate those decisions clearly across the organization.
• Translate customer and market signals into crisp requirements by running discovery across construction, trucking and logistics, agriculture, energy, field service, and food and beverage; synthesizing input from Sales, Support, Install, and Customer Success; and separating one-off requests from generalizable needs.
• Write strong PRDs and technical specs that frame the problem, the constraints, and the decisions - and keep Hardware, Firmware, Mechanical, Quality, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and TPM aligned through every gate.
• Partner with cloud and mobile product team

Job description

Motive is seeking a Staff Product Manager, Connected Devices (Equipment Monitoring) to own the hardware and firmware roadmap for in-field devices such as asset gateways, beacons, environmental sensors, and power accessories.

You will guide end-to-end NPI, own the installed base metrics, shape partnerships, and collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain to deliver reliable devices that enable enterprise-wide asset visibility.