# Technical Product Manager, ML & Robotics at Mariana Minerals

- Company: Mariana Minerals
- What the company does: Mariana Minerals is a software-first, vertically integrated minerals company focused on supplying the minerals critical to modern energy, AI, and defense technologies. Backed by Khosla and a16z.
- Company website: https://marianaminerals.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco HQ
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $115K to $208K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-23
- Apply by: 2026-11-07
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/marianaminerals/f3c3c146-c944-424c-a2f0-bd9e9bf4a8a5
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/mariana-minerals-technical-product-manager-ml-and-robotics/

## About the role

Mariana Minerals is a software-first, vertically integrated minerals company supplying the minerals critical to modern energy, AI, and defense technologies. Our ML systems don't live in a vacuum — they run chemistry and process simulators, see and act in our plants through sensors and robotic systems, and increasingly move toward autonomous industrial process and chemical operations.

## What they're looking for

- 4–8+ years in technical product management, ML platform or robotics product roles, or equivalent experience leading cross-disciplinary technical programs
- Comfortable being the only PM in a highly technical room — you know when to drive a decision, when to defer to engineers, and how to build credibility without being the most technical person there
- Enough depth in ML systems — training, evaluation, deployment, perception, simulation — to earn credibility with both ML engineers and software engineers, and to know when a technical answer is a good one
- Track record of bringing structure to ambiguous, cross-functional initiatives: setting direction, aligning stakeholders, and owning outcomes end-to-end
- Strong prioritization and tradeoff skills — you know when to say no, and you say it visibly
- Exceptional written and verbal communication across audiences, from ML engineers to operators to executives

Tags: Software Development