Staff Product Manager, Applied AI

The role

You will drive the product vision and ensure execution across the hardware and software divide. You will translate market demands into user oriented product roadmaps for the physical AI model stack.

What you will do

• Own and maintain the physical AI model roadmap
• Drive the integration, adaptation, and fine-tuning of foundation models into Apollo's autonomy stack
• Translate customer use cases into model capability requirements and acceptance criteria
• Partner with data collection and evaluation team on benchmarks and real-world evaluation
• Own the data strategy that feeds model development
• Align data technology and operations teams on collection techniques and quality expectations
• Define and prioritize use cases based on business impact, feasibility, and customer needs
• Ensure product development efforts align with real-world economic value
• Synthesize insights from user research, customer meetings, usage data, and sales feedback
• Work with industrial design, user experience, and engineering teams to implement interactive features

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in product management
• Strong understanding of modern robot learning techniques including imitation learning, reinforcement learning
• Demonstrated experience integrating, adapting, or fine-tuning models
• Strong familiarity with the constraints of running large neural networks on physical edge devices
• Strong analytical skills with experience in performance tracking and data-driven decision-making
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in mechanical, electrical, systems, or robotics engineering, or a related field
• At least 10 years of experience in product management or engineering
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Ability to spend time on lab and manufacturing floors, and to travel to supplier and manufacturing sites as needed
• 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
• Hands-on experience training or fine-tuning foundation
• Experience with data collection operation (teleoperation fleets, annotation and curation pipelines)
• 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)
• advanced degree or MBA helpful

About the company

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