FORT Robotics provides a control platform fusing functional safety and cybersecurity to enable secure real-time communication and dynamic safety controls for collaborative autonomous industrial robots in warehousing and manufacturing.
<div class="content-intro"><p></p> <p></p> <p>In today's dynamic worksites, seamless collaboration between people and machines is essential. FORT's platform ensures safe, secure, and dynamic control that surpasses legacy systems and next-generation AI capabilities.</p> <p>While autonomous machines offer significant advantages, they also introduce new safety challenges. FORT addresses these concerns by providing solutions such as the Wireless E-Stop, which allows operators to instantly stop any machine from a safe distance, enhancing safety during emergencies.</p> <p>Additionally, FORT's Safe Remote Control enables operators to manage heavy machinery remotely, reducing the risk of accidents and improving visibility.</p> <p>By ensuring communications integrity across any network, FORT empowers customers to protect their most valuable assets—people, data, and machines—ensuring they remain safe and secure.</p> <p></p> <p></p></div><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Sr. Product Manager for Ecosystem & Partnerships is a visionary, leadership role focused on the integration and partnership layer that connects FORT to the broader physical AI world: OEM robotics platforms, channel partners, infrastructure providers, system integrators, and the emerging AI platforms reshaping how autonomous machines are deployed.</span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Strategic Leadership & Product Vision</strong></span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Roadmap Ownership: </strong>Define and execute the 12-month ecosystem roadmap, prioritizing partner integrations, platform extensibility, and developer experience investments that drive platform adoption and market differentiation.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Partner Strategy: </strong>Build and maintain a structured view of the partner landscape: OEMs, system integrators, channel partners, and AI platform providers, identifying where FORT can become the embedded standard and sequencing investments accordingly.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Operator Interface Ecosystem: </strong>Own the product strategy for FORT's handheld operator interface ecosystem, ensuring the platform supports the full range of deployment environments: from warehouse floor operators to field integrators, with the right interface, SDK, and configurability story.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Market Intelligence: </strong>Track shifts in the physical AI, robotics, and industrial automation landscape, platform consolidations, new deployment verticals, regulatory changes, and translate them into proactive roadmap decisions before the market demands them.</span></li> </ul> <h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Technical Execution & Ecosystem Governance</strong></span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Integration Architecture: </strong>Define the integration specifications, API contracts, and data exchange standards that allow partners to embed FORT capabilities cleanly into their platforms: including hardware interfaces, telemetry pipelines, and operator-facing software.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Developer & Integrator Enablement: </strong>Build the product scaffolding that enables OEMs, channel partners, and system integrators to deploy FORT solutions at scale: SDKs, configuration tooling, onboarding frameworks, and developer documentation in partnership with the Technical Content Lead.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Cross-Platform Coordination: </strong>Serve as the integration layer between FORT's internal product pillars, Control, & Cloud, and external ecosystem requirements, managing cross-team dependencies and sequencing partner deliverables without breaking internal release cadences.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Quality & Validation: </strong>Partner with Engineering and QE to define integration acceptance criteria and validation protocols, ensuring partner integrations meet FORT's safety, reliability, and performance standards before they reach production deployments.</span></li> </ul> <h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Stakeholder & Lifecycle Management</strong></span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Executive Communication: </strong>Present ecosystem strategy, partner portfolio status, and integration progress to executive leadership, translating complex technical and commercial dynamics into clear business impact.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Partner Governance: </strong>Maintain structured oversight of the partner portfolio including integration status, roadmap dependencies, and commercial milestones. Surface blockers early and drive resolution across internal and external stakeholders.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Feedback Integration: </strong>Monitor partner deployment outcomes, field data, and support trends to identify systemic platform gaps. Feed structured market signal back into the product planning cycle.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Go-to-Market Support: </strong>Partner with Marketing and Sales to develop ecosystem narratives, partner launch playbooks, and technical collateral that position FORT as the platform of record for physical AI safety and control.</span></li> </ul> <h2><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Qualifications</strong></span></h2> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Experience: </strong>5+ years of experience in Product Management, Technical Partnerships, or Business Developme