Agility Robotics is a pioneer. Our robot, Digit, is the first to be sold into workplaces across the globe. Our team is differentiated by its expertise in imagining, engineering, and delivering robots with advanced mobility, dexterity, intelligence, and efficiency -- robots specifically designed to work alongside people, in spaces built for people. Every day, we break through engineering challenges and invent new solutions and capabilities that will one day make robots commonplace and approachable. This work is our passion and our responsibility: our mission is to make businesses more productive and people’s lives more fulfilling.
About The Role
Our product team is growing rapidly and we are looking for a talented, technically focused product manager to join our agile, world-class team, and help us build the future of humanoid robots for the real world. The successful candidate will support the development of Digit, from a software (autonomy, manipulation, perception) and a hardware (mechanical, electrical, systems, firmware) perspective. This is a unique role that will be shaped toward your individual strengths in software or hardware depending on the candidates skills, desires and experience.
Location: This is a remote role, but candidates are preferred to be based near the San Francisco Bay Area or Salem to collaborate effectively with our team and attend occasional in-person meetings or events.
Depending on your focus area, you will have the opportunity to work on:
Robot Software
- Own the roadmap for robot locomotion, manipulation, and control systems
- Translate customer and skill-level needs into performance requirements for motion, balance, and task execution
- Define and prioritize improvements to our robot software stack across core capabilities.
Hardware Integration & Systems
- Own the definition and traceability of physical system requirements (e.g. reach, payload, power)
- Partner with Systems Engineering to manage subsystem requirements and cross-discipline tradeoffs
- Represent product in hardware design reviews, validation planning, and change control
- Ensure alignment between skill/task goals and mechanical capability
Key Responsibilities of the role
- Define Product Requirements: Serve as lead owner of product level requirements for the robot (Hardware or robot software). Work closely with engineering, design, and operations teams to define detailed product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria for humanoid robot features. Translate customer and internal needs into clear, actionable technical specifications.
- Prioritize Features & Backlog: Maintain and prioritize the product backlog, evaluating trade-offs based on factors such as technical feasibility, customer value, and resource constraints. Work closely with engineering to ensure priorities are aligned with the overall product strategy.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Serve as a liaison between engineering, design, commercial, and customers, ensuring that everyone is aligned with product outcomes. Facilitate clear communication to keep everyone focused on delivering valuable, customer-driven features.
- Work with a Remote Team and Department: Collaborate effectively with remote teams and departments across multiple time zones. Ensure smooth communication, alignment on goals, and effective execution of tasks.
Key Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science, or a related field. Advanced degrees (MS, PhD) a plus.
- 7+ years as a Product Manager, preferably in robotics, AI, or complex products that combine hardware and software.
- Managed the lifecycle of a product from ideation to implementation to post launch adoption.
- A strong customer focus for understanding customer needs and translating them into clear, concise, and actionable product requirements.
- Strong experience in tactical execution—breaking down high-level goals into detailed, actionable features and managing them through to completion.
- Strong experience writing Product Requirement Documents and Jira initiatives/epics for feature definition.
- Experience managing a product backlog and iterative software releases.
- Analytical skills to quantify impact of features and utilize data for prioritization.
- Experience in both traditional waterfall (HW) and Agile development (SW).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience working in a collaborative, cross-functional team environment (engineering, design, marketing, operations, sales, etc), and leading without direct authority.
- Go to Market experience taking a product through launch strategy, defining value proposition, pricing, and promotion. Experience managing beta engagements.
You may have
- Experience working with a remote team.
- Experience in warehousing, logistics, manufacturing or related industries.
- Experience in B2B product management.
- Experience working with humanoid robot platforms, or any robotics-related hardware development.
- Familiarity with robot software, simulation, and testing platforms.
- Understanding of Agile methodologies and experience using project management tools like Jira or Confluence.
- Experience in functional safety and compliance requirements.
Benefits
- 401(k) Plan: Includes a 6% company match.
- Equity: Company stock options.
- Insurance Coverage: 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short/long-term disability insurance for employees.
- Benefit Start Date: Eligible for benefits on your first day of employment.
- Well-Being Support: Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Time Off:
- Exempt Employees: Flexible, unlimited PTO and 10 company holidays, including a winter shutdown.
- Non-Exempt Employees: 10 vacation days, paid sick leave, and 10 company holidays, including a winter shutdown, annually.
- On-Site Perks: Catered lunches four times a week and a variety of healthy snacks and refreshments at our Salem and Pittsburgh locations.
- Parental Leave: Generous paid parental leave programs.
- Work Environment: A culture that supports flexible work arrangements.
- Growth Opportunities: Professional development and tuition reimbursement programs.
- Relocation Assistance: Provided for eligible roles.
Agility Robotics is committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Each individual has the right to work in a professional atmosphere that promotes equal employment opportunities and prohibits unlawful discriminatory practices, including harassment. Therefore, it is the policy of Agility Robotics to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Agility Robotics prohibits any such discrimination or harassment.
Agility Robotics does not accept unsolicited referrals from third-party recruiting agencies. We prioritize direct applicants and encourage all qualified candidates to apply directly through our careers page. If you are represented by a third party, your application may not be considered. To ensure full consideration, please apply directly.
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