Sr. Product Manager, LaserWeeder
Job Description
The Carbon Robotics LaserWeeder™ leverages advanced robotics, computer vision, AI/deep learning, and lasers to eliminate weeds with sub-millimeter accuracy—all without herbicides. This innovative solution reduces environmental impact, promotes soil health, and helps farmers address labor shortages and rising costs. Designed in Seattle and built at our cutting-edge manufacturing facility in Richland, Washington, the LaserWeeder is setting a new standard for automated weed control. With $157 million in funding from prominent investors such as BOND, NVentures (NVIDIA’s venture arm), Anthos Capital, Fuse Venture Capital, Ignition Partners, Revolution, Sozo Ventures, and Voyager Capital, Carbon Robotics is driving innovation.
As a no-nonsense team with a bias for action, we take pride in executing our ideas. Whether it’s designing transformative technology or visiting farms to ensure our products are reliable and safe, we do whatever it takes to deliver for our customers.
Working here means tackling big problems with big impact. You’ll find opportunities to grow professionally, solve complex challenges, and make meaningful contributions to a mission that matters. At Carbon Robotics, we trust our team to act independently and make practical, real-world decisions.
Join us as we innovate, execute, and build the future of farming together.
As a Senior Product Manager, LaserWeeder at Carbon Robotics, you represent the voice of the customer to the product team with a deep understanding of customer’s product needs and what technology-based capabilities are required to meet those needs.
In this role, you will help define the LaserWeeder product roadmap through customer interviews and market research & analysis. Working with stakeholders and leadership, you will prioritize the product backlog to ensure that the team is working on features that maximize business value and deliver necessary functionality to their customers.
In addition, you will:
- Collaborate with the business stakeholders, Engineering Managers, and product teams to define product requirements, functionality and priorities
- Use global processes to thoroughly understand the scope, complexity and dependencies of the business and what product functionality is needed
- Communicate with the cross functional teams to ensure alignment across products within a product family
- Responsible for collaboration of full end-to-end product lifecycle, from concept to decommission with product teams
- Travel extensively (40% domestic and international) to field and farm, visiting with customers, prospects, and sales
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities for Success:
- Minimum of 5-7 years of Product Manager experience working with large scale industrial or agricultural equipment
- Proven execution in defining and building customer & market driven needs through data driven requirements documentation
- Proven ability to rapidly articulate and drive strategic trade off decisions
- Strong communication skills; highly credible with customers; proven customer focus, empathy and design thinking
- Highly collaborative and ability to influence without authority; proven ability to develop productive working relationships with both technical and non-technical parties, proven ability to manage multiple stakeholder views, opinions and needs
- Strong understanding of technical terms, processes, and practices of products within scope
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience in a related career field
- Experience with Solidworks, AutoCAD, or other CAD viewing tool highly preferred
- Subject matter expertise within Agtech highly desired
Why would you join Carbon Robotics?
Passion for building teams capable of solving uniquely interesting problems. Innovation while disrupting the market is what we do. Profiled in WSJ and Forbes, Carbon Robotics is poised to become the next billion dollar company in the rapidly growing worldwide Ag-Tech industry.
We offer competitive compensation and benefits to our full time US based* employees, including:
- Competitive salaries
- Pre-IPO Stock Options
- Generous Benefits:
- Fully-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums for you and all dependents
- Choice of PPO or HDHP/HSA
- Virtual Care - Doctor on Demand
- Employee Assistance Program
- Mental Health HRA
- Restricted Healthcare Travel support
- Menopause Support
- Life Insurance
- Long Term Disability
- Flexible PTO
- 401(k) plan
- Pet Insurance
- Commuter Benefits
- Fully-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums for you and all dependents
- Work Culture: Be a part of an inclusive and tight-knit company culture that values innovation and mission-driven success.
*Internationally based employees benefits varies & Contractors are not eligible for Carbon Robotics Benefits or Stock
Carbon Robotics is building a culture of diversity and inclusion for all. We welcome everyone’s voice and believe in open and transparent communication. We believe the best products, services, and companies are built by strong teams that include a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives, ideas, and experiences. We are committed to supporting and enabling growth and opportunity for every employee at every level. This is the foundation to which we will build a truly unique environment.
We are equally committed to equal employment opportunity, and it is foundational to how we recruit and hire our talented team. Employment is determined based upon capabilities and qualifications without discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender identification and expression, marital status, military status or status as an honorably discharge/veteran, pregnancy (including potential pregnancy, pregnancy-related conditions, and childbearing), sexual orientation, age (40 and over), national origin, ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, physical, mental, or sensory disability , HIV/AIDS or hepatitis C status, genetic information, status as an actual or perceived victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, or any other protected class as established by law.
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