Principal Product Manager - Tech, Fauna

Lead Principal Product Manager for Fauna Robotics on Amazon's robot platform, onsite in New York, owning the product vision, roadmap, and end-to-end lifecycle from development to mass deployment.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end platform roadmap, including requirements definition, architecture trade-offs, milestone planning, and delivery from engineering validation through mass deployment
• Lead BOM cost-down efforts via compute platform choices, sensor rationalization, and design for manufacturing execution
• Define and manage requirements for safety-certifiable autonomous operation, including hazard analysis and functional safety concepts
• Coordinate across hardware, software, science, and safety/compliance teams to align on goals and delivery plans
• Apply lessons from the current developer platform to inform next-generation architecture decisions
• Establish success metrics for large-scale deployments
• Make trade-offs among weight, cost, sensor fidelity, compute capability, and safety margins
• Collaborate with software teams to ensure the autonomy stack fits within a production-ready compute footprint
• Ensure architectural decisions reduce risk in downstream programs

Requirements

• Experience with Design for cost, test, and manufacturing (DFx)
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
• 10+ years of product management experience in hardware or hardware plus software products
• 7+ years shipping consumer electronics, robotics, or safety-critical systems through full development lifecycle (concept, EVT, DVT, PVT, mass production)
• Technical background (CS, EE, ME, or related engineering degree) with ability to drive architecture decisions
• Experience managing BOM cost-down programs with aggressive targets

Technologies

• ToF
• Stereo vision
• IMU

Benefits

• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription) and Basic Life & AD&D insurance with option for supplemental life plans
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Sign-on payments
• Restricted stock units (RSUs)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Mental Health Support
• Medical Advice Line
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage

About the Team

• Fauna Robotics, an Amazon company, is building capable, safe, and delightful robots for everyday life with a goal to help people interact with robots in ordinary spaces
• The team aims to make robotics development more accessible by tightly integrating hardware and software to accelerate safety, usability, and speed of invention
• Work spans mechanical design, control systems, dynamic modeling, and intelligent software, prioritizing user experience alongside capability
• Focus is on defining how robots move, manipulate, and interact with people in natural environments while tackling hard hardware and software problems
• We welcome candidates passionate about making robotics real for everyone and building systems that are both delightful and capable