Plaud

Hardware Product Manager

Plaud

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $250,000 - $400,000 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • Shape the vision and roadmap for next-generation AI-native smart hardware, turning bold ideas into real experiences.
  • Dive deep into user needs, emerging trends, and global behaviors to craft products that delight and empower people.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams — AI, design, firmware, app, and manufacturing — to bring concepts to life seamlessly.
  • Lead the journey from concept sketches to mass production, ensuring every detail embodies quality and innovation.
  • Use feedback, data, and insights to continuously refine and evolve products that users will love.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or above in engineering, industrial design, computer science, or related fields.
  • 5+ years of product management experience in wearable devices, consumer electronics, or AI hardware.
  • Strong understanding of hardware product development process including concept design, prototyping, EVT/DVT/PVT, and mass production.
  • Familiarity with AI application scenarios in wearable devices (e.g., voice interaction, sensors, low-power computing, edge AI).
  • Possesses a global perspective and is familiar with the work environments, habits, aesthetics, and purchasing behaviors of international business professionals, particularly regarding smart hardware products.
  • Experience with AI-driven consumer products or wearables.
  • Deep understanding of global office professionals’ work habits, aesthetics, and smart device usage.
  • Exposure to industrial design, sensors, or embedded AI systems.
  • Strong analytical skills and ability to use data to guide product decisions.
  • Passion for innovation, design, and creating products that people truly love.
Benefits
  • Top-tier healthcare for employees and dependents, including dental and vision, and a generous employer subsidy.
  • 401(k) plan for full time employees with company matching.
  • Unlimited PTO, plus 13 paid holidays.
  • 12 weeks of paid time off to spend time with your new family, regardless of gender.
  • Minimum of 3x in office per week.
  • New hires are equipped with their choice of new top-of-the-line laptops and workstation setups.
  • Best office equipment. Annual offsites. Free office drinks and snacks.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
product managementhardware product developmentconcept designprototypingEVTDVTPVTAI application scenarioswearable devicesembedded AI systems
Soft skills
analytical skillsglobal perspectiveinnovationdesign thinkingcross-functional collaborationuser empathydata-driven decision makingcommunicationleadershipcreativity
Certifications
Bachelor’s degreeMaster’s degree