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Lead Product Manager, Autonomy Capabilities

Waabi· Product – Product & Technical Program Mgmt
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Hybrid (San Francisco, CA), Hybrid (Toronto, ON), Hybrid (Pittsburgh, PA), Hybrid (Dallas, TX), Hybrid (Remote US)$165k - $260kFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Lead the strategy and execution of Waabi's core autonomy stack powering the Waabi Driver, bridging cutting-edge AI research with real-world commercial requirements across trucking and robotaxi verticals.

Responsibilities

  • Define, develop and execute the Autonomy roadmap, aligning core driving capabilities with the company’s driverless and commercial milestones across both the trucking and robotaxi verticals.
  • Drive the end-to-end product lifecycle for autonomy features by translating complex use cases into actionable requirements and establishing performance benchmarks for deploying core driving behaviors in the real world.
  • Lead cross-functional alignment across Engineering, Design, Research, Simulation, Systems Engineering, Safety, and Commercial teams to define product requirements, manage technical trade-offs, and develop frameworks that make autonomy performance measurable and transparent.
  • Analyze performance data and feedback from simulation, track, and road testing to develop a comprehensive understanding of system readiness metrics and systematically prioritize issue resolution.
  • Be a team player who prioritizes trust, transparency, and honesty, leading by example in a high-stakes, safety-critical environment.
  • Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) such as ODD coverage, system readiness, and route viability to make data-driven decisions that accelerate commercialization.

Qualifications

  • Minimum of 8+ years of experience in a Product Management role, with a proven track record in autonomous vehicles, robotics, or complex AI/ML systems.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to resolve dependencies, inform strategic decisions, and evaluate tradeoffs between performance and safety.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with significant experience drafting written strategy documents and slides to communicate complex autonomy concepts to diverse stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated leadership abilities, with experience driving results and cross-functional alignment in fast-paced, high-growth environments.
  • Exhibits exceptional empathy, fostering a deep understanding of the needs of internal engineering teams, safety drivers, and commercial partners.
  • Adaptable and versatile, proficient at navigating the shift from R&D-heavy environments to product-driven commercial execution.
  • Able to maintain progress towards long-term architectural goals while solving immediate operational hurdles.
  • Passion for autonomous systems, safety-critical software, and building the "brain" of the vehicle that will redefine the future of freight.

Skills

Required:Autonomy roadmap developmentCross-functional leadershipRequirements translation

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and equity awards.
  • Health and Wellness benefits encompassing Medical, Dental and Vision coverage (for full-time employees only).
  • Unlimited Vacation.
  • Flexible hours and Work from Home support.
  • Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals (when in office).
  • Regularly scheduled team building activities and social events both on-site, off-site & virtually.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Waabi

pioneering Physical AI, starting with autonomous trucks.

Waabi is pioneering Physical AI, starting with autonomous trucks. We developed a next-generation approach leveraging an end-to-end interpretable and verifiable AI model that’s powered by the industry's most realistic neural simulator. This dramatically reduces the development time and resources needed to bring self-driving vehicles to public roads — safely and at scale.

Autonomous trucksPhysical AIneural simulatorAI modelself-driving vehicles
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