UnitX

Manufacturing

ProductManager,Vision&Robotics

$165–225k ~AI est. Milpitas, California, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Product Manager, Vision & Robotics at UnitX. Skills: Vision products, Robotics products, AI tooling. Own vision products. Drive software-defined hardware vision products”

What You'll Achieve.

Ship products that hold up in factory automation; Turn repetitive factory-floor problems into deployed products

Industry & Context.

Manufacturing
Problems you'll solve

Translate problems into roadmaps; Make tradeoffs quickly; Operate with high agency

Eligibility Requirements

Travel up to 50%, On-site at HQ five days a week

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years product management experience, Track record shipping software-hardware-integrated products, Proficient in leveraging AI for market research and product development, Able to explain tradeoffs, experiments, and decisions clearly, Comfortable operating in uncertainty, Willing to travel up to 50%, Be on-site at HQ five days a week

Nice to Have

Experience working on robotics, Prior experience as an engineer, Exposure to manufacturing, Exposure to industrial automation, Exposure to machine-vision domains

What You'll Do.

Drive software-defined hardware vision products

Own robotics manipulation products

Define robotics manipulation product requirements

Set robotics manipulation product priorities

Drive robotics manipulation products from concept to production

Translate factory floor problems into roadmaps

Turn customer problems into MRDs/PRDs

Leverage AI for market research

Leverage AI for competitive analysis

Leverage AI for accelerating product development

Leverage AI for decision-making

Partner with hardware teams

Partner with software teams

Partner with ML teams

Partner with sales teams

Partner with customer success teams

Ship products for factory automation

Travel to customer sites

Ground product decisions in deployments

Make tradeoffs quickly

Own outcomes end-to-end

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional collaboration; Hardware teams; Software teams; ML teams; Sales teams; Customer success teams

Communication Scope

Explain tradeoffs; Explain experiments; Explain decisions

Process & Methodology

Roadmap, PRDs

Full Job Description

JOB TITLE: Product Manager, Vision & Robotics ABOUT US: UnitX builds the world's leading physical AI systems to automate repetitive visual tasks in factories. UnitX is a fast-moving startup with a team from Stanford, MIT, Google, and beyond. Since inception, UnitX has deployed 1,000+ mission-critical systems across 190+ of the world's leading manufacturers' production lines. Every year, $15B worth of products go through UnitX's AI inspection system to ensure quality. ROLE OVERVIEW As a Product Manager, Vision & Robotics at UnitX, you will own two of our most important product lines: our software-defined hardware vision products in manufacturing (including end-of-line large field-of-view inspection) across the North America and Europe markets, and our robotics manipulation products. You will partner closely with hardware, software, ML, sales, and customer success teams to turn repetitive factory-floor problems into deployed products running in production 24/7/365. This work runs on real production lines and directly impacts the $15B+ of products inspected through UnitX every year. WHAT YOU’LL DO: - Own vision products (NA & Europe): Drive the software-defined hardware vision products in manufacturing. Including the end-of-line (EOL) large field-of-view (FOV) line. From roadmap through launch and adoption. - Own robotics manipulation products: Define requirements, set priorities, and drive UnitX's robotics manipulation products in manufacturing from concept to production. - Translate the factory floor into roadmap: Turn real customer and production-line problems into clear MRDs/PRDs and a prioritized, defensible roadmap. - Leverage AI to move faster: Use AI tooling for market research, competitive analysis, and accelerating product development and decision-making. - Partner cross-functionally: Work hand-in-hand with hardware, software, ML, sales, and customer success to ship products that hold up in the messy world of factory automation. - Be in the field: Travel up t

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