Senior Product Manager, Perception & World Understanding Skills
Agility Robotics - Fremont, CA
Hiring: Senior Product Manager, Perception & World Understanding Skills Company: Agility Robotics Location: Fremont, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-17 02:43:34 Employment Type: Full-time / Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : AI, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Product Management, Product Strategy, Reinforcement Learning, Systems Engineering About the job Experience: •5+ years of Product Management or equivalent product leadership experience in robotics, autonomous systems, AI/ML, computer vision, or another deeply technical product environment. Required Skills: •Agility Robotics is looking for a Senior Product Manager to lead product strategy and development for Digit's perception and learned capabilities. •Partner closely with perception, machine learning, robotics, autonomy, simulation, and software engineering teams while working across the broader Product organisation to translate customer and application needs into scalable robot intelligence capabilities. •Own the perception and world understanding capabilities roadmap: Define the product strategy, priorities, and roadmap for perception-enabled and learned robot capabilities required to support Digit's expanding application portfolio. •Define capability outcomes: Translate customer workflows and application requirements into clear requirements for perception, scene understanding, object understanding, learned behaviors, adaptation, motion planning and other AI-enabled robot capabilities. •Establish performance metrics: Define product-level metrics and evaluation criteria for perception and learned capabilities, including accuracy, robustness, generalization, latency, failure behavior, and operational performance. •Drive capability maturity: Establish expectations for progressing capabilities from research or prototype stages through validation, productization, and production deployment. •Bridge AI technology and product needs: Partner with AI Models & Tools Product and Engineering teams to translate product capability needs into requirements for underlying models, datasets, training systems, tooling, and infrastructure. •Drive generalisation: Identify when capabilities should move beyond narrow task-specific implementations toward reusable models and behaviors that work across objects, environments, customers, and applications. Qualifications: •Bachelor's degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, or a related technical field. Advanced degree strongly preferred. •In-depth knowledge of machine learning, perception, robotics, autonomous systems, or related technical domains. •Demonstrated ability to work effectively with highly technical engineering and research teams. •In-depth knowledge of the distinction between technology performance and production product readiness. •Demonstrated capacity to evaluate technical trade-offs and communicate their product implications to both technical and non-technical audiences. •Demonstrated ability to operate across multiple teams and influence without relying on direct authority. •Strong strategic thinking combined with a willingness to engage deeply in product execution. •Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Compensation: •$186,000 - $242,000 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!