Senior Product Manager, Cyngn
Autonomous Forklift Program
$160-180k
Office located in Mountain View, CA
Industrial autonomous vehicle technology
Open for applications
Industrial autonomous vehicle technology
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$160-180k
Office located in Mountain View, CA
21-100 employees
Company mission
To address significant challenges facing industrial organizations today, such as labor shortages and costly safety incidents.
Role
Who you are
- 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
- 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
What the job involves
- 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
- You will partner closely with Engineering, Program Management, Sales, and Business Development to scale autonomy from pilot deployments to production fleets
- 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
Our take
From the switch from manual driving to automatic in the 40s, and now the rise of autonomous vehicles (AVs) in the past 5-10 years, cars have come a long way. While much of the attention has focused on consumer-facing self-driving cars, it's often overlooked how many industrial vehicles are now capable of operating, at least in part, without direct driver control.
Cyngn is a well-established company providing autonomous vehicles solutions for these environments. Its DriveMod product is designed to integrate with existing workflows, allowing businesses to introduce automation without major infrastructure changes. Rather than focusing purely on capability, the company emphasizes practical deployment, aiming to deliver systems that can reliably handle real-world industrial tasks.
Cyngn has raised significant funding since its founding in 2009, reflecting both the strength of its technology and continued investor confidence. Alongside partnerships with companies like US Continental and Jtec Industries, the business is still actively securing new capital, with a recent $8.65M raise aimed at supporting further development and scaling its autonomous solutions,. With DriveMod already deployed across vehicles like tuggers and forklifts, Cyngn is positioning itself to capitalize on growing demand from industrial and logistics operators looking to address labor shortages and improve safety through automation.
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Insights
22% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Mar 2015
$85m
SERIES C
Dec 2013
$23m
SERIES B
Total funding: $115m
Company HQ
Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Lior Tal
(CEO)Lior joined Cyngn in 2016 as COO, moving into the role of CEO that same year. Previously, he spent over 5 years at Facebook as a Director of Growth & Partnerships. He also founded Snaptu where he served as the company's VP of Business Development for nearly 4 years.
Natalie Russell
(CFO)Natalie joined Cyngn in 2023 as the Director of Accounting, she then became the Interim CFO in January 2025 and became CFO later that same year. Previously, she was a Technical Accounting Manager at SOAProjects. She also spent over 5 years at EY in various Audit roles.
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