Hardware Product Manager
Summary
Owns hardware products end to end — from component and architecture decisions through production launch — at an automotive/autonomous-vehicle technology company. Day to day: setting strategy and roadmaps, coordinating electrical, mechanical, and systems engineering plus suppliers, and tracking milestones, costs, and quality while working with OEM customers.
You will own hardware products from component and architecture decisions through production launch. You will set product strategy and roadmaps, coordinate engineering and suppliers, work with OEM customers, and track milestones, costs, and quality across the product lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Define hardware product strategy and roadmaps
- Drive hardware products from concept through production
- Prioritize deliverables with electrical, mechanical, and systems engineering teams
- Manage technology and supplier partnerships
- Make build, buy, and partner decisions
- Support customer pitches, go-to-market positioning, and pricing
- Gather OEM customer feedback for product roadmaps
- Track hardware milestones, costs, and quality across product lifecycles
Requirements
- 5+ years of hardware product management experience
- Experience at an automotive, trucking, defense, or other OEM, or a hardware supplier
- Experience shipping hardware products to production
- Technical understanding of electrical or mechanical engineering
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent
- Experience managing external partners, suppliers, or contract manufacturers
- Written and verbal communication skills
Benefits
- Equity
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- 401k retirement benefits with employer match
- Learning stipend
- Wellness stipend
- Paid time off