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Technical Product Manager, ML & Robotics

marianamineralsSan Francisco HQProduct Development
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Salary
$115K – $208K
Job type
Full-time
Experience
Senior · 4+ yrs
Posted
23 Sept 2026
Status
Open · checked 7d ago

About this role

Technical Product Manager, ML & Robotics at Mariana Minerals is a full-time position based at the San Francisco headquarters that suits professionals with a background in technical product management or robotics looking to own machine learning platforms and industrial automation initiatives. This role requires leading the roadmap for ML systems, simulators, perception, and robotics to advance autonomous industrial and chemical operations.

Role Overview

Mariana Minerals is hiring a Technical Product Manager to act as the primary product owner for machine learning and industrial robotics, overseeing the ML platform, simulators, and perception initiatives. The position bridges the applied AI/ML organization and the software engineering organization to unify direction previously split across technical leads. The person in this role will define project scopes, prioritize objectives, and guide systems toward process autonomy.

Key Responsibilities

Consult constantly with internal users including operators, process engineers, and machine learning engineers to establish roadmap priorities.
Own the ML platform roadmap by determining necessary capabilities and target use cases.
Write product specifications, key performance indicators, and success metrics for ambiguous machine learning and autonomy requests.
Manage prioritization and stakeholder alignment to keep engineers focused on technical execution.
Lead the path to process autonomy, guiding models that inform and execute chemical operating decisions alongside supporting simulators.
Manage vision, sensor, and robotics initiatives by determining initial plant deployments and defining deployment thresholds.
Oversee the boundary between the applied AI/ML organization, software engineering, and MarianaOS.
Define production readiness standards for models, simulators, and robots while explicitly declining low-priority initiatives.

Requirements

Four to eight or more years of experience in technical product management, machine learning platform roles, robotics product roles, or leading cross-disciplinary technical programs.
Comfort operating as the sole product manager in technical settings, knowing when to drive decisions or defer to engineers.
Technical depth in machine learning systems encompassing training, evaluation, deployment, perception, and simulation.
Demonstrated ability to structure ambiguous initiatives, set direction, align stakeholders, and own outcomes.
Strong prioritization and tradeoff skills with the ability to visibly decline requests.
Exceptional written and verbal communication targeted at audiences ranging from engineers to executives.

Nice to Have

Prior product ownership experience for a machine learning platform, MLOps stack, or production simulation system.
Background working on industrial robotics, perception, or closed-loop optimization of chemical or industrial process systems.
Familiarity with process simulation toolchains such as SysCAD.
Professional background in mining, energy, chemicals, manufacturing, heavy industry, industrial automation, or sensor and vision data.
Working fluency with the current foundation model and large language model landscape.

Skills and Tools

Machine Learning Platforms
MLOps Stack
Perception Systems
Industrial Robotics
Simulation Systems
SysCAD
Sensors and Vision Data
MarianaOS

Salary and Benefits

Salary range of $115K to $208K per year
Equity offered

About the Company

Mariana Minerals is a software-first, vertically integrated minerals company supplying critical minerals for modern energy, AI, and defense technologies. The company combines industry expertise with software, automation, and data-driven decision-making to reimagine the minerals supply chain. Internal culture is guided by principles of safety, extreme ownership, process simplification followed by automation, and collaborative knowledge sharing.

How to Apply

Candidates should apply on the official company careers page.

Skills and tech stack

ML PlatformMLOpsSimulation SystemsSysCADRoboticsPerception SystemsMarianaOSLLM/Foundation ModelsLLMMachine Learning

Questions candidates ask

Where is the Technical Product Manager, ML & Robotics role located?

The position is based at the company headquarters in San Francisco.

What is the salary range for this position?

The salary ranges from $115K to $208K with equity offered.

How many years of experience are required?

The role requires 4 to 8+ years of experience in technical product management, ML platform or robotics product roles, or leading cross-disciplinary technical programs.

What types of internal teams will the product manager work with?

Internal users include plant operators, process engineers, and machine learning engineers.

What are the core focus areas of the product roadmap?

The roadmap covers the ML platform, simulators, perception initiatives, vision and sensor projects, and industrial robotics leading toward process autonomy.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official marianaminerals careers page.

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