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Lead Product Manager, Hardware Platform

Waabi· Product – Product & Technical Program Mgmt
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Hybrid (San Francisco, CA), Hybrid (Toronto, ON), Hybrid (Pittsburgh, PA), Hybrid (Remote US & Canada)$190k - $270kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Lead Product Manager responsible for defining the hardware platform for Waabi Driver across autonomous trucks and robotaxi, bridging requirements and implementation, and partnering with OEM/suppliers to deliver end-to-end hardware products.

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 our vehicles interact with the people around them, including riders, law enforcement, first responders, and the public, covering exterior signaling, cabin monitoring and security, in-cabin safety, and resilience to tampering/vandalism.
  • Lead product definition for new hardware programs before engineering kickoff, turning real-world scenarios into requirements with clear acceptance criteria and a plan to verify/validate each one.
  • Bring an industrial design and human factors perspective to physical touchpoints like displays, lighting, reach, and controls, validating them hands-on in mock-ups/real vehicles.
  • Build trusted relationships with OEM and supplier partners, understanding their constraints and processes and keeping requirements aligned across organizations.
  • Represent hardware credibly in cross-functional product decisions about what's possible, what's costly, and what's out of scope.

Qualifications

  • A hardware background, through an engineering degree (mechanical, electrical, systems, or similar) or equivalent hands-on experience, deep enough to earn engineering teams' trust while you work at the requirements level.
  • 8+ years of experience in product management, hardware product, or systems engineering roles on physical products, ideally in automotive, autonomous vehicles, robotics, or complex consumer hardware.
  • A track record of taking hardware from concept to production, with an understanding of how requirements evolve across prototype and sample stages.
  • Industrial design experience, through formal training or close work with industrial designers on shipped products, and strong instincts for HMI and human factors.
  • Strong requirements writing skills, including clear acceptance criteria and verification methods (test/analysis/inspection/demonstration).
  • Experience building working relationships with OEMs and suppliers, and an understanding of how they develop, source, and deliver hardware.
  • Commitment to trust, transparency, and honesty in a safety-critical environment.
  • Willingness to be on site regularly for mock-ups, vehicle evaluations, and testing.

Skills

Required:Hardware product managementRequirements writing

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and equity awards.
  • Health and Wellness benefits (Medical, Dental and Vision coverage for full-time employees).
  • Unlimited Vacation.
  • Flexible hours and Work from Home support.
  • Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals (in-office).
  • Regular team building activities and events (on-site, off-site & virtual).
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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