Product Manager, Control & Safety Ecosystem

FORT Robotics is a company focused on enhancing safety and control in autonomous machine operations. The Product Manager for the Control & Safety Ecosystem will lead the vision and execution of the platform’s control layer, ensuring compliance and driving innovation in safety-critical systems.

Responsibilities:

• Define and execute the 12-month roadmap for the platform’s control & safety layers, prioritizing innovations that drive autonomy & machine intelligence
• Lead the discovery phase by conducting various forms of research & engaging with stakeholders to identify needs, ensuring customer-centric requirements are established before technical development begins
• Position FORT’s safety-critical architecture as a primary market differentiator, ensuring the product vision aligns with global standards and customer trust
• Lead technical proposal efforts for high-stakes innovative projects. Identify and target new verticals that align with the platform vision, ensuring FORT remains the standard for safety governance across industries
• Orchestrate a tool-agnostic requirement architecture that drives simplicity and clarity for engineering teams while maintaining rigorous compliance with ISO 9001 and SIL standards
• Act as the strategic lead for global regulatory shifts (ex. EU Machinery Regulation, Cyber Resilience Act), ensuring the platform remains ahead of compliance curves
• Maintain expert knowledge of and ensure product compliance with key functional safety standards, including ISO 13849 and IEC 61508
• Proactively monitor the evolving security landscape, integrating security-by-design principles into all functional requirements
• Own the requirement lifecycle for safety-critical hardware-software interfaces and controls integration
• Conduct high-level trade studies and impact analysis to ensure technical alignment across all platform layers, minimizing risk and maximizing system reliability for existing and new projects
• Partner with Quality Engineering and Safety teams to oversee certification efforts (e.g., SIL 3) and ensure the control layer meets the highest "Definition of Done" standards
• Distill complex system architectures into clear, value-driven narratives for executive leadership and external partners
• Streamline the transition of features through the Product Development Life Cycle (PDLC), ensuring that compliance processes support rather than hinder development velocity
• Monitor field data and support trends to identify systemic improvements, ensuring the long-term stability and scalability of the control ecosystem
• Act as the Product Owner, managing the control backlog and ensuring all product decisions are grounded in validated metrics
• Partner with Marketing and Sales to develop technical collateral, user guidance, and launch strategies for new cloud and data products

Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience in Product Management or Systems Engineering within high-integrity environments (ex. aerospace, robotics, or medical)
• The Product Manager must be well-versed in leveraging machine intelligence, predictive safety, and data-driven insights to integrate AI effectively into the core product strategy and expedite output
• Deep understanding of functional safety principles and the ability to manage products at the intersection of complex logic and physical machine control
• Expert knowledge of the Product Development Life Cycle (PDLC) and experience operating within Agile/Scrum frameworks for complex systems
• Proficient in Monday.com and Jira for roadmap and project management; experienced with advanced requirement management platforms and system modeling tools
• Experienced with embedded systems, Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS), and safety-critical hardware/software integration
• Proven ability to support business development for complex government and industrial contracts, with a focus on creating new market opportunities
• Strong collaborative skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority
• Extremely driven to achieve aggressive goals, with demonstrable motivation aligned to the company's core mission