Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity in every facet of life. Our flagship humanoid robot, Apollo, is built to collaborate thoughtfully with people, starting with critical industries such as manufacturing and logistics, with future applications in healthcare, the home, and beyond.
We operate at the cutting edge of embodied AI, applying our expertise across the full robotics stack to solve some of society's most important problems. You will join a team dedicated to bringing Apollo to market at scale, tackling the complex challenges like safety, commercialization, and mass production to change the world for the better.
JOB SUMMARY
As a Technical Product Manager - Simulation, you will focus on driving the product vision, ensuring seamless execution across the complex hardware/software divide, and translating market demands into user oriented, executable product roadmaps.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES or KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Own and maintain the simulation platforms roadmap: scope, sequencing, and feature priorities.
- Drive the technical definition of simulation environments focusing on perception, autonomy, and navigation for robot fleets.
- Define and prioritize use cases for simulating realistic customer environments to enable thorough testing before real-world deployment.
- Ensure that the simulation platform features a highly configurable and intuitive UX viable for developers to easily create, modify, and analyze test scenarios.
- Define and prioritize use cases based on business impact, feasibility, and customer needs.
- Ensure that product development efforts align with real-world economic value for customers.
- Synthesize insights from user research, customer meetings, usage data, and sales feedback into a strategy that delivers business objectives and customer benefits.
- Define product features/enhancements and communicate requirements to engineering teams via clearly written requirements documents, diagrams, and concise verbal communication.
- Support product marketing initiatives, partner relationships, and other opportunities to accelerate the adoption of your products.
SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS
- Demonstrated experience in developing or managing simulation environments, simulation-in-the-loop testing frameworks, or developer tools.
- Experience working with physics engines, robotic simulation engines, rendering pipelines, or digital twins for industrial environments.
- Strong analytical skills with experience in performance tracking and data-driven decision-making.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, to translate technical insights into business impact.
- You make decisions in uncertainty, prioritizing velocity over perfection
- You prioritize user feedback, promoting that voice to internal teams.
- Nice to Have:
- Experience with autonomous robots or autonomous vehicles.
- Experience with Unity, Issac, or MuJoCo.
- Experience generating synthetic data for perception, autonomy, and navigation stacks.
- Background in developing UI/UX for complex technical or developer-facing tools.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
- 7+ years of experience in product management, or engineering roles.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
- Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times
- Vision to read printed materials and a computer screen
- Hearing and speech to communicate
The annual salary range is $190,000 - $223,000 base
*This is a direct hire. Please, no outside Agency solicitations.
Apptronik provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Skills Required
- 7+ years of experience in product management or engineering roles.
- Demonstrated experience developing or managing simulation environments or simulation-in-the-loop testing frameworks.
- Experience working with physics engines, robotic simulation engines, rendering pipelines, or digital twins for industrial environments.
- Strong analytical skills with experience in performance tracking and data-driven decision-making.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills to translate technical insights into business impact.
- Ability to make decisions in uncertainty and prioritize velocity over perfection.
- Track record of prioritizing and incorporating user feedback into product development.
- Experience with autonomous robots or autonomous vehicles.
- Experience with Unity, Issac, or MuJoCo.
- Experience generating synthetic data for perception, autonomy, and navigation stacks.
- Background in developing UI/UX for complex technical or developer-facing tools.
Apptronik Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Medical insurance through UnitedHealthcare includes multiple plan types with an employer-paid portion, alongside life and disability coverage. These core health benefits are presented as comprehensive for a fast-growing startup.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Company equity is explicitly included in total rewards, with performance bonuses and relocation assistance also listed. This ownership component adds longer-term upside beyond base pay.
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Parental & Family Support — Generous parental leave, family medical leave, and an onsite mother’s room are highlighted. These provisions indicate tangible support for caregiving needs.
Apptronik Insights
What We Do
Apptronik is building robots for the real world to improve human quality of life and to help solve the ever-increasing labor shortage problem. Our team has been building some of the most advanced robots on the planet for years, dating back to the DARPA Robotics Challenge. We apply our expertise across the full robotics stack to some of the most important and impactful problems our society faces, and expect our products and technology to change the world for the better. We value passion, creativity, and collaboration to help us overcome existing technological barriers in the industry to create truly innovative products.
Why Work With Us
At Apptronik, we don't see a future where man competes against machine. Instead, we envision a harmonious world where man and machine coexist. Our mission statement, "It is not Man vs. Machine, but Man + Machine," encapsulates our belief that the synergy between humans and robots will pave the way for a brighter, more advanced future.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
