Senior Staff Product Manager

Faraday Future•El Segundo, CA

11h•$180,000 - $220,000

About The Position

Faraday Future is seeking an experienced Senior Staff Product Manager to join its EAI R&D department and lead detailed product definition and delivery acceptance for the FF Robotics EAI Brain portfolio. The role translates market insights and strategic direction from the Company Product Department into requirements, release plans, and measurable acceptance criteria. The position owns detailed product definition for the FF Robotics EAI Brain and supporting software, as assigned in the product roadmap. Potential scope includes embodied AI, perception and navigation, motion control, VLA and world-model capabilities, voice and multimodal interaction, Skills and Agents, and developer tools and interfaces. The Product Manager defines reusable capabilities across robot devices and partners with engineering and industry solutions teams to integrate them into customer applications. The role owns product requirements, backlog and release scope; drives delivery commitments with engineering and program teams; establishes acceptance criteria; leads product acceptance and sign-off; and uses customer and field feedback to prioritize improvements. It maintains alignment with the Company Product Department, escalating changes to strategic scope, positioning, or major customer commitments for alignment. Engineering and QA retain responsibility for technical verification and test execution.

Requirements

12+ years of relevant professional experience, including substantial ownership of technical product definition and delivery for robotics, AI software, developer platforms, or comparable complex products.
Ability to turn high-level product direction into precise, actionable requirements and acceptance criteria that engineering teams can execute.
Strong technical fluency in AI and software systems, including understanding model limitations, deployment constraints, hardware and software dependencies, and performance and reliability tradeoffs.
Track record of shipping products through cross-functional teams, managing scope and delivery risks, and accepting releases against measurable experience and quality standards.
Strong product judgment, structured problem-solving, and clear written communication.
Ability to influence senior stakeholders and engineers in a matrix organization without relying on direct authority.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience with embodied AI, robotic autonomy, VLA models, world models, motion control, human–robot interaction, Skills or Agent platforms, or robotics developer ecosystems.
Experience validating AI capabilities on physical robots and working across simulation, deployment, and field operations.
Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, and requirements management tools and practices.
Experience working with teams in the United States and China.
Professional proficiency in Mandarin Chinese is a plus.

Responsibilities

Translate market needs and approved product strategy into requirements documents, use cases, user journeys, functional specifications, operating boundaries, exception handling, and measurable success criteria.
Define product behavior, interactions, configuration, interface and data requirements, and dependencies in sufficient detail for engineering execution; partner with design and engineering to resolve ambiguity before development.
Own the product backlog, feature priorities, and release scope, maintaining traceability from customer needs through requirements and engineering work to acceptance evidence.
Manage requirement changes and assess their impact on schedule and quality.
Drive delivery commitments with engineering and program teams by establishing milestones and dependencies, monitoring progress, resolving blockers, and escalating risks with clear scope, schedule, and quality tradeoffs.
Define measurable acceptance criteria before development for functional completeness, user experience, AI task success, response time, reliability, and recovery behavior; establish targets with engineering and QA for each release and relevant operating environment.
Lead product acceptance through scenario reviews, demonstrations, usability evaluations, and validation on real robots; assess evidence against agreed criteria and document gaps, required fixes, and acceptance decisions.
Own product acceptance sign-off for requirements, experience, and quality within the company release process; identify release blockers, drive defect closure, and present readiness recommendations to the designated release authority.
Work with industry solutions, deployment, and support teams to validate capabilities in customer scenarios, turn field feedback and performance into prioritized improvements, and verify subsequent releases.
Maintain alignment with the Company Product Department through regular product definition and release reviews; escalate changes to strategic scope, positioning, or major customer commitments for alignment before execution.