Chief Product Officer

About the Company

The company builds physical artificial intelligence systems that operate in complex real-world environments. Its platform combines robotics, adaptive sensing, and large-scale machine learning to create machines capable of continuous learning, autonomous decision pathways, and reliable physical execution.

The organization supports global operations across advanced manufacturing, logistics, autonomous mobility, and next-generation industrial systems. Research teams work closely with hardware, software, and data engineering groups to deliver integrated products that perform with precision, safety, and accountability.

The company’s vision is to define the future of intelligent machines with products that improve real-world performance for enterprise and public sector partners.

The Opportunity: CPO

The company is seeking a CPO to lead the full product lifecycle for its physical AI portfolio. This is a senior executive role with responsibility for product direction, technical integration, and long-term product strategy.

The CPO will guide multidisciplinary teams responsible for robotics, applied AI, sensing, control systems, simulation, and product release. The executive will ensure that every product decision connects scientific research with user adoption, operational efficiency, and enterprise-grade reliability.

Responsibilities

Product Vision and Portfolio Leadership

• Set the strategic direction for the company’s physical AI product lines.
• Translate research in robotics, AI control, and embodied learning into commercially viable solutions.
• Maintain a product pipeline that aligns with the company’s growth objectives and customer needs.

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Partner with engineering, industrial design, hardware, and AI research teams to ensure that product development progresses at a predictable rate.
• Establish clear workflows for requirement gathering, prototyping, integration, validation, and pre-production testing.

Scalability and Reliability

• Oversee performance standards for autonomy, safety, fault tolerance, sensor fusion, and real-time control.
• Implement product testing frameworks that validate behavior across diverse operating conditions.

Customer and Market Alignment

• Work with enterprise partners to understand operational constraints, deployment models, and performance targets.
• Guide the development of product features that support high-value use cases in manufacturing, supply chains, infrastructure inspection, and automated logistics.

Commercial Impact

• Support pricing structures, product packaging, and delivery models that connect technical capability with measurable business outcomes.
• Collaborate with revenue leaders to ensure alignment between product design and customer acquisition strategies.

Candidate Profile

• Fifteen or more years of experience in product leadership across robotics, physical AI, or advanced hardware systems.
• Familiarity with machine learning, computer vision, reinforcement learning, sensor technologies, and control engineering.
• Proven track record in building and shipping complex integrated products at scale.
• Strong understanding of regulatory requirements, field reliability, and safety assurance for physical systems.
• Ability to manage large cross-functional teams and maintain clarity across research, engineering, and operations.

Compensation and Structure

• Incentive Bonus: Up to 120% of base salary tied to product performance and launch milestones
• Equity: 1.5 to 3.5% fully diluted
• Executive benefits, relocation support, and technical resource budgets

The Chief Product Officer will guide the development of physical AI platforms that shape the next stage of intelligent machines. This role requires vision, precision, and the ability to convert advanced research into products that perform with consistency in the physical world.