Lead Product Manager, Hardware Platform
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WaabiAutonomous vehicles
Remote US & CanadaFull-TimeLead
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Job Details
- Experience
- 8+ years of experience in product management, hardware product, or systems engineering roles on physical products
Requirements
- Have a hardware background through an engineering degree in mechanical, electrical, systems, or a similar field, or equivalent hands-on experience.
- Bring 8+ years of experience in product management, hardware product, or systems engineering roles on physical products.
- Have a track record of taking hardware from concept to production and understand how requirements evolve across prototype and sample stages.
- Have industrial design experience through formal training or close work with industrial designers on shipped products.
- Bring strong instincts for HMI and human factors.
- Write clear, testable requirements from real-world scenarios, with acceptance criteria and verification methods such as test, analysis, inspection, or demonstration.
- Have experience building working relationships with OEMs and suppliers and understand how they develop, source, and deliver hardware.
- Be willing to be on site regularly for mock-ups, vehicle evaluations, and testing.
- Autonomous vehicle or robotaxi experience, especially rider experience, external communication with road users, or first responder interaction, is a bonus.
- Familiarity with APQP, PPAP, and A/B/C sample phases is a bonus.
- Exposure to functional safety and AV safety standards such as ISO 26262, SOTIF (ISO 21448), or UL 4600, or to vehicle regulations, is a bonus.
Responsibilities
- Own product requirements for Waabi's hardware platform across trucks and robotaxi, turning field and integration feedback into requirements for future revisions and new vehicle platforms.
- Define how vehicles interact with riders, law enforcement, first responders, and the public, including exterior communication and signaling, cabin monitoring and security, in-cabin safety, and resilience to tampering and vandalism.
- Lead product definition for new hardware programs before engineering kickoff, translating real-world scenarios into requirements with acceptance criteria and verification and validation plans.
- Apply industrial design and human factors perspectives to displays, lighting, reach, and controls.
- Validate physical touchpoints hands-on in mock-ups and real vehicles.
- Build relationships with OEM and supplier partners and align requirements with their constraints and processes.
- Represent hardware in cross-functional product decisions about feasibility, cost, and scope.
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