Sanctuary Cognitive Systems builds humanoid, general-purpose robots designed to perform human tasks in work settings, improving safety and efficiency. It develops an AI control system called Carbon that combines advanced robotics hardware with machine learning techniques, including reinforcement learning, to enable human-like intelligence and motor skills. Sanctuary operates as a robotics and AI company (B2B) targeting industrial and commercial work applications and deployments. The team includes founders and leaders with prior experience at D-Wave and Kindred, reflecting expertise in quantum computing, reinforcement learning, and applied robotics.
Sanctuary Cognitive Systems builds humanoid, general-purpose robots designed to perform human tasks in work settings, improving safety and efficiency. It develops an AI control system called Carbon that combines advanced robotics hardware with machine learning techniques, including reinforcement learning, to enable human-like intelligence and motor skills. Sanctuary operates as a robotics and AI company (B2B) targeting industrial and commercial work applications and deployments. The team includes founders and leaders with prior experience at D-Wave and Kindred, reflecting expertise in quantum computing, reinforcement learning, and applied robotics.
Sanctuary, a world leader in developing AI-based control systems for humanoid robots, is seeking a 8 Month Technical Product Management Co-op student starting January 2026 to support cross-functional product initiatives. Reporting to the Senior Technical Product Manager, you'll collaborate with technical and customer-facing teams to identify and document product requirements, support development planning, and help bridge the gap between technical implementation and customer needs, combining engineering insight with an understanding of market and business drivers. You will work on projects that combine process development, product definition, and technical coordination, gaining exposure to the full product lifecycle with potential to expand into longer-term opportunities.
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Coordinate robot testing, including task selection, design collaboration, scheduling, and performance tracking.
Analyze testing and operational data to identify insights that improve product performance and development processes.
Organize and maintain product requirements within requirements management tools, ensuring accurate documentation, traceability, and alignment across teams, and support training and adoption of these tools.
Support the translation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of product development and management processes and tools to ensure consistency and clarity across teams
Lead and maintain requirements management, ensuring traceability across programs, alignment with product objectives, and effective collaboration across engineering and testing teams
Qualifications
Currently pursuing or recently completed a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or a related field.
Demonstrated interest in product management, combining an understanding of how technology is developed, tested, and brought to market with the ability to connect technical problem-solving to customer and market needs.
Familiarity with product development and/or project management methodologies.
Proficient in data analysis, research, and modelling to support decision-making.
Comfortable using productivity and collaboration tools such as Microsoft Office, JIRA, Confluence, or similar.
Ability to assist with the design or modification of simple test fixtures or jigs as needed to support testing and troubleshooting activities is considered an asset.
Skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to understand technical systems and translate them into clear product requirements.
Comfortable discussing technical trade-offs and understanding how engineering choices influence product outcomes.
Highly organized with excellent time-management and prioritization skills.
Aptitude to learn and adapt quickly in a rapidly changing environment.
Effective communicator, able to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
Comfortable working independently and collaborating across engineering and commercial teams.
Curious and motivated to learn how technology becomes a scalable product.
Traits
A strong sense of personal responsibility and accountability, both individually and as part of a team.
Positive, solutions-oriented attitude with a willingness to do what it takes to solve complex problems.
Empathetic listener with strong collaboration and conflict resolution skills.
Clear and confident communicator with excellent interpersonal abilities.
Self-motivated, resourceful, and capable of solving problems independently.
Mission-driven and passionate about bringing human-like intelligence to machines.
Working at Sanctuary AI
Sanctuary AI is an equal opportunity employer; employment with Sanctuary AI is governed based on skills, competence, and qualifications and will not be influenced in any way by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability, or any other legally protected status. In 2023, Sanctuary AI moved into a state-of-the-art office facility and has been recognized by LinkedIn as a Top Startup company.
Compensation and Benefits
Sanctuary offers a market-leading compensation package that includes competitive salaries, equity stakes, and a full suite of benefits for permanent employees, encompassing health coverage, paid time off, cutting-edge work facilities, and worksite flexibility by role. Our commitment to fairness ensures that our total compensation consistently surpasses market standards.
About Sanctuary AI
Founded in 2018, Sanctuary builds humanoid robots and a novel control system for them that integrates symbolic logic and reasoning with data-driven robot foundation models. We use our robots to collect vision, audio, touch, and proprioception data from the perspective of the robot while they perform real-world work tasks. We use that data to train multimodal robot foundation models. Because our systems are vertically integrated, we can design, deploy, and refine at scale. Our mission is to create the world's first human-like intelligence in general-purpose robots.
Recruiting and Employment Agency Notice:
Recruitment and hiring is conducted internally by Sanctuary AI. We are not seeking or soliciting any new agency partnerships or agreements at this time. Any employment agency or professional recruiter (“Agency”) that provides an unsolicited resume(s) or otherwise presents a prospective job candidate through the Sanctuary AI career site or directly to any Sanctuary AI employee, irrevocably grants to Sanctuary AI the unrestricted right to engage, hire, or contract with that candidate at Sanctuary AI's sole discretion without any compensation to the Agency. We appreciate your interest in working together, and should the need arise our Talent Acquisition team will contact any external firms directly.
