Ouster · 4 months ago
Product Manager - Lidar
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$105K/yr - $195K/yrOuster is a leading global provider of high-resolution digital lidar sensors, focusing on building a safer and smarter future. They are seeking a Product Manager for their core hardware products, responsible for maintaining the product roadmap, developing communications and marketing strategies, and acting as the subject matter expert on lidar sensors.
IndustrialTransportationElectronicsManufacturingRoboticsAutonomous VehiclesIndustrial AutomationSensor
Responsibilities
Deeply understand our technology, working closely with our product and engineering teams
Manage the roadmap and product release timelines and communicate those timelines to our internal teams and external stakeholders
Understand how our end-users integrate our products and manage the definition and introduction of accessories to accelerate deployments and improve customer experience
Own technical documentation to save our customers time and improve their experience
Internally serve as the expert on our sensors technical capabilities and communicate those capabilities in simple language to our internal team and to customers
Define our messaging and our content strategies, as well as be a key driver of the product roadmap. Be the expert in how to sell our unique features and technology
Understand our technical personas and help create technical focused marketing pushes to them in relevant forums (Github, Reddit, etc.)
Qualification
Required
Comfort with highly technical details and a strong curiosity
Confident in interpretation of technical lidar topics
Outgoing and enjoy outward communication and teaching about lidar technology
Exceptional writing and communication skills. Ability to tell a compelling story of how our products solve problems for our customers
Great teamwork and teambuilding skills. Ability to build relationships across all functions in the company
Bias towards action. You will be the technical expert on our lidar sensor and will need to take an ownership mindset towards all aspects of the product
Ability to work in a fast paced, entrepreneurial, growth minded company
Bachelor's Degree or higher in engineering
Engineering experience with lidar sensors
Preferred
A history or examples of written technical guides
Experience with hardware products
Worked with other sensors such as 2D lidar, cameras, radar, or thermal cameras
Benefits
Equity
Benefits
Company
Ouster
Ouster builds high-resolution digital lidar sensors for industrial automation, smart infrastructure, robotics, and automotive.
Founded in 2015
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$282MKey Investors
Runway Growth CapitalCox Enterprises
2022-05-20Post Ipo Debt· $50M
2021-03-12Post Ipo Equity· $100M
2021-03-12IPO
Leadership Team
Angus Pacala
Cofounder, CEO
Eric Younge
Co-Founder, Principal Engineer
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