Noble Machines
Product Manager
$180K–$210K
Sunnyvale +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 4, 2026
- Location
- Sunnyvale
Sunnyvale, California, United States - Experience
- 5+ years in product management, or a mix of product and engineering.
- Education
- A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Robotics or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads the roadmap and deployment process for a general-purpose industrial robot, translating customer-site needs into product requirements and coordinating engineering, field operations, and customer pilots.
What you'll do
- Own the roadmap for robot capabilities and deployment tooling; write product specs, acceptance criteria, and validation plans.
- Visit customer sites and turn observed workflows and constraints into requirements, performance targets, and product priorities.
- Define customer evaluation, pilot, rollout, onboarding, and success metrics in partnership with engineering and field operations.
What they ask for
- 5+ years in product management, or a mix of product and engineering, with direct ownership of a technical hardware/software product.
- Technical depth to work with robotics, AI, and hardware engineers; experience writing requirements, acceptance criteria, and validation plans.
- Experience defining product metrics and operational workflows for complex physical systems, and gathering customer or field requirements.
- Willingness to work onsite in Sunnyvale and travel to customer sites; degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Robotics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Nice to have
- Experience at an early-stage robotics, autonomous vehicle, hardware, or industrial automation company; product experience with robot learning, autonomy, teleoperation, simulation, or testing platforms.
- Background in field testing, customer deployments, or fleet operations; knowledge of functional safety and robotics standards or construction, mining, or energy environments.
Pay
$180,000 - $210,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
robot learning, autonomy, teleoperation, simulation, ISO 10218, ISO/TS 15066, ANSI/A3 R15.06
AI focus
Works with AI engineers to select and develop robot skills and capabilities, including autonomy features, and define how they are tested and validated.
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