3.55 Staff/Principal Product Manager at field-ai

Field AI is transforming how robots interact with the real world. We are building risk-aware, reliable, and field-ready AI systems that address the most complex challenges in robotics, unlocking the full potential of embodied intelligence. We go beyond typical data-driven approaches or pure transformer-based architectures, and are charting a new course, with already-globally-deployed solutions delivering real-world results and rapidly improving models through real-field applications. We are hiring a Staff or Principal Product Manager to operate across product verticals and own frontier product areas that do not yet fit cleanly into a single domain. This role is designed for a senior individual contributor who can create product clarity in pre-category spaces and define durable product foundations that vertical teams can later build on.This is not a people management role. Impact comes from judgment, authority, and the ability to define product truth where none exists yet. What You Will Do: • Own product definition for cross-vertical and frontier product areas • Identify emerging product opportunities and define their initial scope and boundaries • Create structure in ambiguous problem spaces before domain specialization occurs • Make high-leverage product decisions that shape future product lines • Partner closely with engineering, AI, robotics, and platform teams on feasibility • Serve as the escalation point for complex scope and product integrity decisions • Prevent premature specialization and customer-driven divergence What You Bring: • 10+ years of product management experience on complex or frontier products • Demonstrated success operating as a senior IC with broad scope and authority • Strong product sense and technical calibration across domains • Comfort making irreversible or high-impact decisions with limited data • Ability to influence without relying on formal hierarchy What Will Set You Apart: • Experience spanning multiple domains such as construction, security, inspection, or robotics • Background in deep tech, platforms, or zero-to-one product development • Prior experience shaping early product strategy that later scaled into portfolios Our salary range is generous and we take into consideration an individual's background and experience in determining final salary; base pay offered may vary considerably depending on geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.  Why Join Field AI? We are solving one of the world’s most complex challenges: deploying robots in unstructured, previously unknown environments. Our Field Foundational Models™ set a new standard in perception, planning, localization, and manipulation, ensuring our approach is explainable and safe for deployment. You will have the opportunity to work with a world-class team that thrives on creativity, resilience, and bold thinking. With a decade-long track record of deploying solutions in the field, winning DARPA challenge segments, and bringing expertise from organizations like DeepMind, NASA JPL, Boston Dynamics, NVIDIA, Amazon, Tesla Autopilot, Cruise Self-Driving, Zoox, Toyota Research Institute, and SpaceX, we are set to achieve our ambitious goals. Be Part of the Next Robotics Revolution To tackle such ambitious challenges, we need a team as unique as our vision — innovators who go beyond conventional methods and are eager to tackle tough, uncharted questions. We’re seeking individuals who challenge the status quo, dive into uncharted territory, and bring interdisciplinary expertise. Our team requires not only top AI talent but also exceptional software developers, engineers, product designers, field deployment experts, and communicators. We are headquartered in always-sunny Mission Viejo (Irvine adjacent), Southern California and have US based and global teammates.  Join us, shape the future, and be part of a fun, close-knit team on an exciting journey! We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Candidates and employees are always evaluated based on merit, qualifications, and performance. We will never discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability, or any other legally protected status.