CareerPlan

Director of Product Management, Software

HQFull-time$287k2026-07-17 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead product management for Apptronik's on and off-robot software stack, including autonomy, simulation, platforms, and cloud tools for humanoid robots.

Role type

Director of Product Management, Software

Builds

Apollo humanoid robot software suite (autonomy, simulation, cloud tools) for manufacturing and logistics

Domain

Robotics / Embodied AI / Autonomous Systems

Required skills

software product lifecycle management, autonomous robot/vehicle systems experience, robot software stack fluency, cloud-to-edge architecture, build-versus-buy strategy, metrics discipline, executive communication

Preferred skills

advanced degree or MBA, experience shipping complex software products

Technologies

autonomy and AI, perception and navigation, simulation, platform and middleware, cloud-to-edge architecture

Responsibilities

build and lead the software product management team, develop and maintain the software roadmap, define commercial software strategy and pricing, establish roadmap governance and metrics, oversee software go/no-go decisions, manage over-the-air updates and fleet observability, align with ML/AI teams on data strategy, partner with hardware leadership on system integration

Seniority

Director, hands-on IC with team leadership