Applied Intuition
Hardware Product Manager
$190K–$252K
Sunnyvale · On-site · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in Product Management focused on hardware products.
- Education
- BS/MS degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent required.
About the job
Owns hardware product strategy and execution from architecture and component choices through production launch, coordinating engineering, suppliers, and OEM customers.
What you'll do
- Define product strategy and roadmaps, and drive hardware from concept through production.
- Manage engineering priorities, supplier partnerships, and build-versus-buy-versus-partner decisions.
- Work with customers and internal teams on positioning, pricing, milestones, costs, and quality.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of Product Management experience focused on hardware products.
- Experience at an automotive, trucking, defense, or other OEM, or at a supplier building hardware for them.
- Track record of shipping hardware products to production, including prototyping, validation, and manufacturing ramp.
- Strong electrical or mechanical engineering background; BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent required.
Nice to have
- Experience with sensing platforms (LiDAR, Radar, Cameras), embedded compute, or vehicle integration hardware.
- Experience with Tier-1 automotive or defense suppliers; familiarity with PDP and PLM/BOM tooling.
Pay
$190K – $252K USD base salary; equity offered
Tools
LiDAR, Radar, Cameras, PLM/BOM
AI focus
Bringing physical AI products to life through hardware products for moving machines.
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