Staff Technical Product Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Vehicle Morphology & Requirements: Act as the "Shepherd" for living requirements for core trucks, facilitating critical trade-offs between engineering findings and initial product drafts during platform development.
• Tactical Roadmap Execution: Manage the backlog for the engineering team, utilizing technical project management tools to ensure high-velocity execution and alignment with the product roadmap.
• Field Trial Leadership: Lead vehicles through field trials, translating early adopter signals into actionable engineering tickets before product designs are finalized for mass production.
• Deployed Fleet Management: Oversee production uptime and resolve critical field issues for existing deployments while leveraging them as critical feedback sources for new features.

Job requirements

• Experience: 8+ years of experience in technical product management, specifically within robotics, autonomous vehicles, or complex hardware-software integrated products.
• Technical Proficiency: Strong background in managing complex technical trade-off discussions and working directly with engineering teams to resolve hardware/software integration challenges.
• Execution Focus: Exceptional skills in backlog grooming and project management; you should excel at translating high-level strategy into tactical "boots on the ground" execution.
• Adaptability: Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment where engineering findings frequently require rapid pivots in product requirements.
• Communication: Strong ability to translate field signals and customer feedback into clear, prioritized technical requirements for development teams.