Senior Product Manager, Autonomous Forklift Program

About Cyngn

Based in Mountain View, CA, Cyngn is a publicly-traded autonomous technology company. We deploy self-driving industrial vehicles like forklifts and tuggers to factories, warehouses, and other facilities throughout North America. To build this emergent technology, we are looking for innovative, motivated, and experienced leaders to join us and move this field forward. If you like to build, tinker, and create with a team of trusted and passionate colleagues, then Cyngn is the place for you. Key reasons to join Cyngn:

We are small and big.

With under 100 employees, Cyngn operates with the energy of a startup. On the other hand, we’re publicly traded. This means our employees not only work in close-knit teams with mentorship from company leaders—they also get access to the liquidity of our publicly-traded equity.

We build today and deploy tomorrow.

Our autonomous vehicles aren’t just test concepts—they’re deployed to real clients right now. That means your work will have a tangible, visible impact.

We aren’t robots. We just develop them.

We’re a welcoming, diverse team of sharp thinkers and kind humans. Collaboration and trust drive our creative environment. At Cyngn, everyone’s perspective matters—and that’s what powers our innovation.

About thisrole:

Cyngn is expanding its Product Management organization and is seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead the strategy and execution of our Autonomous Forklift platform. This role owns the end-to-end product lifecycle for one of Cyngn’s most critical autonomy offerings—spanning vehicle capabilities, autonomous driving software, fleet management, and customer system integration.

You will be the senior product owner responsible for defining what success looks like for autonomous forklifts in real-world industrial environments—and ensuring we deliver against it. This role sits at the intersection of robotics, autonomy software, and enterprise deployment, requiring strong technical judgment, customer empathy, and organizational influence.We are looking for a seasoned product leader who can operate at both the strategic and execution layers: shaping long-term product direction while driving day-to-day prioritization and delivery across multiple cross-functional teams. You will partner closely with Engineering, Program Management, Sales, and Business Development to scale autonomy from pilot deployments to production fleets.

Responsibilities

• Own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Cyngn’s Autonomous Forklift solutions across vehicle platforms, autonomy software, fleet management, and enterprise integrations.
• Define and maintain a multi-quarter roadmap that advances autonomy capabilities while balancing customer requirements, operational scalability, safety, and commercial objectives.
• Act as the senior product owner for forklift autonomy initiatives, driving clear prioritization, trade-off decisions, and execution across concurrent programs.
• Partner with Engineering and Program Management to translate strategy into actionable requirements, milestones, and delivery plans.
• Convert customer needs, field feedback, and operational data into product requirements that improve performance, reliability, safety, and ease of deployment.
• Collaborate with Sales, Business Development, and Marketing on go-to-market strategy, customer onboarding, and long-term account success.
• Define and track success metrics (KPIs) for autonomous forklift deployments, including utilization, uptime, safety performance, and customer value realization.
• Engage directly with customers and strategic partners to validate product direction and ensure alignment with real-world industrial use cases.
• Serve as a product leader within the organization—modeling clear communication, strong ownership, and a data-driven, collaborative product culture.

Qualifications

• BS/BA in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.5+ years of product management experience, including at least 2 years in a senior or lead PM role.
• Demonstrated success delivering complex, cross-disciplinary products involving both software and hardware.
• Experience working closely with engineering teams on technically sophisticated systems, with the ability to understand and navigate system-level trade-offs.
• Strong leadership and communication skills, with comfort presenting to executives, customers, and deeply technical stakeholders.
• Proven ability to drive alignment and execution across multiple teams in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
• Strategic mindset with a track record of translating technical capabilities into clear customer and business value.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with autonomous vehicles, robotics, or advanced perception and planning systems.
• Background in software development or systems engineering (e.g., C++, Python, or similar).
• Familiarity with industrial automation, warehouse operations, manufacturing, or large-scale fleet deployments.

Benefits & Perks

• Health benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA and FSA (Health & Dependent Daycare), Employee Assistance Program, 1:1 Health Concierge)
• Life, Short-term and long-term disability insurance (Cyngn funds 100% of premiums)
• Company 401(k)
• Commuter Benefits
• Flexible vacation policy
• Sabbatical leave opportunity after 5 years with the company
• Paid Parental Leave
• Daily lunches for in-office employees and fully-stocked kitchen with snacks and beverages
• Monthly meal and tech allowances for remote employees
• Allowance to purchase new headphones when you join!

$160,000 - $180,000 a year