- Robot type
- Humanoid
- Location
- AustinTexasUSA
- Job type
- IT
- Posted
- Oct 5, 2026
Senior Business Systems Manager
Job description
As Apptronik scales its humanoid robotics platform from prototype builds into volume production, we are seeking an experienced Senior Manager, Business Systems to build and lead the team responsible for the systems that carry a product from concept through design release into manufacturing. This leader will own the strategy, roadmap, and team accountable for our PLM, MES, and Quality systems, the design-to-build data thread that connects engineering to the shop floor, and the business process and business support systems that surround them.
This is a player-leader role at the intersection of people leadership and systems delivery.
Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing…
Job responsibilities
- Lead and build the team accountable for end-to-end delivery of enterprise systems projects supporting engineering and manufacturing — business case, scope, schedule, budget, resourcing, risk, stage gates, and benefits…
- Direct your team's PLM implementation, configuration, and continuous improvement — CAD data management, part and BOM structures, item numbering, revision and effectivity control, engineering change (ECR/ECN/ECO and…
- Own the design-to-build data thread: ensure your team delivers clean releases from the engineering BOM into the manufacturing BOM, routings, and work instructions, with traceable linkage back to the released design and…
- Oversee your team's integration of PLM with ERP, MES, and the ECAD/MCAD toolchain so that a change released in engineering propagates correctly to planning, procurement, and the shop floor without manual re-entry
- Direct your team's delivery of MES capability for electronic work instructions, digital travelers, operation-level data collection, serialization, genealogy, station-level quality gates, and test data capture at the…
- Lead your team's delivery of Quality systems capability — document and training control, nonconformance and CAPA, supplier quality, incoming and in-process inspection, calibration, audit management, and change control…
- Set strategy for enterprise systems delivery on the Salesforce platform where it supports business processes adjacent to the product lifecycle — customer and program management, service and field support, warranty and…
- Represent the function to Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, and Program Management leadership to elicit, prioritize, and negotiate business requirements;
Job requirements
- 6+ years of enterprise systems leadership experience — managing project teams, systems analysts, or engineers — in a manufacturing, hardware, aerospace, automotive, medical device, industrial equipment, or robotics…
- Demonstrated ownership, as a people leader, of at least two full-lifecycle implementations or major upgrades of PLM, MES, QMS, or ERP — from requirements through go-live and stabilization
- Working knowledge of Siemens Teamcenter strongly preferred, sufficient to direct and evaluate your team's configuration decisions;
- Familiarity with Altium and the broader ECAD/MCAD toolchain, including how electrical and mechanical design data is released, versioned, and managed within PLM, sufficient to guide a technical team
- Working knowledge of Salesforce and Mulesoft as a business support platforms, including its integration touchpoints with ERP and PLM, sufficient to set direction for your team's work
- Working knowledge of at least one MES/MOM platform, such as Siemens Opcenter, Tulip, Rockwell Plex or FactoryTalk, DELMIA Apriso, AegisTec FactoryLogix, Critical Manufacturing, or SAP ME/DM, sufficient to direct a team…
- Experience leading teams that deliver quality system capability in a dedicated QMS or PLM-embedded quality module, such as Teamcenter Quality, ETQ Reliance, MasterControl, Veeva QualityOne, TrackWise, or Greenlight Guru
- Practical understanding of ERP integration touchpoints (Microsoft Dynamics 365, SAP, Oracle, or NetSuite) and of integration patterns and tooling — REST/SOAP and OData APIs, middleware, iPaaS, ETL, EDI, and file-based…
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