Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity in every facet of life. Our flagship humanoid robot, Apollo, is built to collaborate thoughtfully with people, starting with critical industries such as manufacturing and logistics, with future applications in healthcare, the home, and beyond. We operate at the cutting edge of embodied AI, applying our expertise across the full robotics stack to solve some of society's most important problems.

You will join a team dedicated to bringing Apollo to market at scale, tackling the complex challenges like safety, commercialization, and mass production to change the world for the better. JOB SUMMARY You will focus on driving the product vision, ensuring seamless execution across the complex hardware/software divide, and translating market demands into user oriented, executable product roadmaps.

RESPONSIBILITIES

or KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES Own and maintain the perception and navigation software roadmap: scope, sequencing, and feature priorities across detection, tracking, localization, mapping, and obstacle avoidance. Drive the technical definition of the perception stack, turning sensor inputs into the scene understanding and world state that the autonomy and model layers rely on. Define evaluation metrics and field-testing regimes for perception and navigation: detection, tracking, localization, and mapping accuracy, latency budgets, and the success and regression criteria that gate releases.

Requirements

for perception data pipelines including collection, labeling, and the feedback loop from field deployments.

for safe perception: reason through failure modes, validation coverage, and autonomy risk. Co-design within the compute envelope: account for edge deployment constraints, latency, and on-robot performance, partnering closely with the sensing and compute team. Define and prioritize use cases based on business impact, feasibility, and customer needs.

Ensure that product development efforts align with real-world economic value for customers.

to engineering teams via clearly written

documents, diagrams, and concise verbal communication. Support product marketing initiatives, partner relationships, and other opportunities to accelerate the adoption of our products.

7+ years of experience in Strong experience in perception and navigation fundamentals: detection, tracking, localization, mapping, and obstacle avoidance. Demonstrated experience defining evaluation metrics, field-testing regimes, and performance tracking for autonomy or perception software. Field deployment experience taking perception or autonomy software from the lab into reliable real-world operation.

Practical safety judgment around failure modes, validation coverage, and autonomy risks. Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, enabling translation of technical insights into business impact. You make decisions in uncertainty, prioritizing velocity over perfection.

You prioritize user feedback, promoting and advocating for that voice to internal teams. EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE At least 7 years of experience product management Experience with autonomous robots or autonomous vehicles. Experience with perception or autonomy evaluation frameworks and large-scale field-test data analysis.

Experience generating or using synthetic and simulation-generated data for perception. Experience with data collection operations (teleoperation fleets, annotation and curation pipelines).

Benefits

Work with industrial design, user experience, and engineering teams to conceptualize and implement interactive features.

Product Manager, Perception and Navigation