Senior Product Manager, Hardware

Standard Bots is building the worlds most accessible robotics platform to bring advanced automation into manufacturing and beyond with intuitive hardware and software that empower human productivity.

Industrial hardware has been slow-moving and hard to iterate on for decades. Were trying to change thatbringing a consumer-grade pace of iteration and craft to a world that hasnt seen much of either. Most hardware products ship once and live with their decisions for years. Ours need to move fast get into the field get tested against reality and improvebecause a robot that doesnt hold up on a factory floor doesnt just frustrate a customer it stops their production line.

Were looking for a Hardware PM who is a builder first. Someone who wants to own a product from a blank sheet of paper through to a customer relying on it every day. Someone who understands the market well enough to know whats worth building and who treats every prototype as a question to be answered rather than an answer to be defended. Someone with product sense and taste who can tell the difference between ships and good.

• Own product discovery strategy and delivery for a hardware product area from 0-1from market insight and concept through to a shipped supportable product.

• Build a sharp point of view on the market: who the customer is what theyre solving for today where competitors fall short and where the real opportunity is.

• Drive iterative testing loops - prototype test against real-world conditions learn and revise quickly.

• Go deep on customer problems -talk to users visit sites understand how hardware actually gets used in the field.

• Define what were building and why with clear specs and requirements that engineers can run with.

• Work hands-on with mechanical electrical and firmware engineers to make trade-offs between cost manufacturability performance and schedule.

• Collaborate with design and engineering to de-risk assumptions early before theyre expensive to fix.

• 5 years in hardware product management ideally with hands-on experience building robotics products.

• Experience taking a hardware product from 0-1 - from early concept and market validation through to a released product.

• Youre comfortable running iterative test-and-learn cycles with physical prototypes not just software.

• Youve built and shipped things youre proud of - not just managed process.

• You think critically about customer and market problems and can break down ambiguity into structured decisions.

• You have design and engineering sense and care about craft - you notice when something is off and it bothers you.

• You communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Mechanical engineering degree (or related discipline) with real hands-on design or build experience.

• Experience running structured tests on physical products - DOE prototype validation reliability or environmental testing.

• Familiarity with CAD tools (SolidWorks Fusion 360) DFM/DFA and manufacturing processes (injection molding sheet metal CNC) and electromechanical systems motors or controls - enough to read a drawing sanity-check tolerances (GD&T) and make informed trade-offs with engineers.

• Prior experience at a robotics automation or industrial equipment company with a feel for how that market evaluates and buys products.

• Startup experience owning a product end-to-end across both hardware and software without staying confined to one discipline.

The salary range for this role is $160000 to $225000 depending on experience. Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at Standard Bots. All Full-Time Employees are eligible for Employee Stock Options. We also offer a package of benefits including paid time off medical/dental/vision insurance life insurance disability insurance and 401(k) to regular full-time employees.

Required Experience:

Senior IC