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Senior Product Manager, Perception and Navigation

Apptronik · Sunnyvale, California

Posted 16 days ago · $190,000 - $223,000

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
16 days
Apptronik's roles stay open a median of 45 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
21% of Apptronik's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Apptronik
high
50 stale, 2 reposted of 86 open
Hiring momentum
120 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Apptronik's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Apptronik.

About this role

As a Senior Product Manager at Apptronik, you will drive the product vision for perception and navigation software in their humanoid robot, Apollo. Your role involves defining product roadmaps, ensuring technical execution, and aligning product development with market demands and customer needs. You will work closely with engineering and design teams to implement features and support product marketing initiatives.

Our read on this posting3.8out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
4/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
5/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Apptronik as an employer.

What you need

  • 7+ years of experience in product management
  • 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

Nice to have

  • 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)
  • Experience working with customers in light and heavy duty industrial environments

What you get

  • The annual salary range is $190,000 - $223,000 base

Worth weighing

  • No remote work mentioned, position likely requires presence in Sunnyvale, California
  • Focus on perception and navigation may limit exposure to other product management areas
  • High level of responsibility in ensuring safety and performance could be stressful

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Listed by Apptronik on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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