Senior Product Manager - Human Robot Interaction

The role

You will drive the product vision and maintain the Human Robot Interaction roadmap. You will translate market demands into user oriented product roadmaps across the hardware and software divide.

What you will do

• Own and maintain the Human Robot Interaction roadmap including scope, sequencing, and feature priorities.
• Ensure robots and interfaces are intuitive for developers and end users.
• Partner with the UX team to design features for multi-modal communication.
• Prioritize predictable behaviors and legible intent using robot motion, gaze, and signaling.
• Partner with engineering teams to drive technical definition for software and hardware HRI systems.
• Partner with UX Research to validate and refine human robot interactions.
• Develop interaction frameworks that adapt to user expertise, permission levels, robot task, and environment.
• Define and prioritize use cases based on business impact, feasibility, and customer needs.
• Ensure product development aligns with real-world economic value for customers.
• Synthesize insights from research, customer meetings, usage data, and sales feedback into a strategy.

Required 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.
• Ability to make decisions in uncertainty, prioritizing velocity over perfection.
• Ability to prioritize user feedback and advocate for that voice to internal teams.
• 4+ years of experience in product management.
• 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.

Nice to have

• Experience with autonomous robots or autonomous vehicles.
• Experience using simulation tools to improve user experience.
• Experience designing UX for end users and developer-facing tools.
• Experience working with customers in light and heavy duty industrial environments.
• Experience with robotics and functional safety standards (ISO 10218, ISO/TS 15066, ISO 13482, RIA 15.08).

About the company

Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity. Their flagship humanoid robot, Apollo, is built to collaborate with people in industries such as manufacturing and logistics.