Sr./Principal Technical Product Manager (Actions)

Define the future of hardware development by building an automation engine for circuit designs, enabling the next generation of smart vehicles, robotics, rockets, IOT, medical devices, and much more.

At AllSpice, we’re building the agile development environment for hardware designers, including a Git-friendly translation layer and automated CI/CD framework for native circuit designs – think GitHub/GitLab + Copilot for electronics.

Read more about us in TechCrunch here, and our latest Series A announcement here!

We’re building on AllSpice’s ECAD-native translation layer and collaboration platform to introduce an automated CI/CD framework for hardware development. Just as software teams have long seen the benefits of automated design validation, generated outputs, and deployment, we’ve supercharged electrical engineering teams with AllSpice Actions with the same building blocks.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an early-stage startup and work closely with our founding team. If your mind is tracing all of the ways circuit designers can automatically generate gerber files, check MCAD fit, alert for end-of-life components, generate wire and pin tables, and so much more, this role is for you!

Read more at https://allspice.io/actions

What will you do?

This is a high-impact role that comes with lots of autonomy and requires a self-driven, collaborative person with hardware experience. You will be the effective CEO/General Manager for our Actions product:

• Work closely with our CTO & CEO to create, maintain, and champion the company’s product roadmap for actions automation

• Lead the brainstorming, ideation, and testing of potential actions

• Create mockups and user stories using a design tool like Figma

• Conduct daily stand-ups to coordinate Actions development team deliverables

• Routinely coordinate and conduct user interviews to gather insights and/or idea feedback

• Define, document, and communicate objectives, requirements, and constraints for product initiatives

• Research and stay current on industry trends, the state of hardware tooling, and user needs to inform project decisions and the prioritization of tasks

Example projects

• Launch a graphical user interface for actions automation tests

• Build and maintain actions for:

  • Gerber file generation

  • Wire harness drawing and BOM generation

  • Design validation testing (DVT)

  • Component stock & supply checking

  • Simulation

• Research metered pricing and scope requirements for rollout

Expectations

Our ideal candidate should have the following:

• Experience working with hardware teams designing and manufacturing electronics products

• 3+ years of product management experience working on technical, infrastructure, or developer tool products

• Availability to work out of our flex offices in San Francisco or Boston on a hybrid basis (2-3 times/week)

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a technology-related field

• Project management skills with ability to lead and collaborate with varied stakeholders, from engineers to customers, to move projects forward

• Experience managing software projects using tools such as JIRA, Notion, or a similar issue-tracking system

• Knowledge of UX/UI best practices, user-centered design, and prototyping skills

• Can think in terms of the big picture but deliver on the details

• Beyond just shipping new products, you obsess about continuous product improvement

• Comfortable giving feedback, and can operate as a peer to our executive team

• Ability to manage ambiguity gracefully, autonomy, and confidence in being self-directed

Bonus skills

• Knowledge of software DevOps and Git platforms like GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket

• Early-stage startup experience

Benefits

• Join a team of supportive and intelligent colleagues, enjoy flexible work arrangements, seize the opportunity to make a significant impact, receive a competitive salary & equity, health, dental, vision benefits, generous PTO, and a home office stipend.