Staff Product Manager, Applied AI
Apptronik · Sunnyvale, California
Posted about 2 months ago · $215,000 - $245,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 54 days Apptronik's roles stay open a median of 55 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 21% of Apptronik's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Apptronik
- high 61 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
- 2026-09-27
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 Staff Product Manager for Applied AI at Apptronik, you will drive the product vision and execution for the Apollo humanoid robot, focusing on integrating AI models into its autonomy stack. Your role involves translating market demands into actionable product roadmaps, collaborating with various teams, and ensuring that product development aligns with customer needs and economic value.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- 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 understanding of modern robot learning techniques including imitation learning and reinforcement learning
- Demonstrated experience integrating, adapting, or fine-tuning models
- Strong familiarity with the constraints of running large neural networks on physical edge devices
- Strong analytical skills with experience in performance tracking and data-driven decision-making
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
Nice to have
- Experience with autonomous robots or autonomous vehicles
- Experience using simulation tools to improve user experience
- Hands-on experience training or fine-tuning foundation models
- Experience with data collection operation (teleoperation fleets, annotation and curation pipelines)
- Experience working with customers in light and heavy duty industrial environments
Worth weighing
- Salary range for CA: $275,000 - $350,000
- Role involves significant collaboration across teams, which may require strong interpersonal skills
- Position may require travel to supplier and manufacturing sites
- Physical requirements include prolonged periods of sitting and ability to lift 15 pounds
Summarised from Apptronik's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Apptronik on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-27. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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