Principal Product Manager Nano Materials

The Opportunity

Amphionic is a University of Michigan spinout at the frontier of nanomaterials science. We design and fabricate nanostructured materials that solve hard problems — lightweight radiation shielding, dual-particle radiation imaging, printable nanocomposites, and next‑generation lightweight conductors — for applications in space, nuclear energy, nuclear medicine, and defense. We are early‑stage, well‑credentialed, and moving fast. The scientists on our team hold PhDs in Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Nuclear Engineering.

What we need now is someone who can translate what they build into products that matter — and help us find the right partners, customers, and markets to make that happen at scale.

This is a founding‑level product role. You will own the product function from the ground up — shaping how Amphionic thinks about what it builds, for whom, and why. You will work directly with our founders and technical team to bridge deep materials science capability with real‑world customer and regulatory needs across space, nuclear power, nuclear medicine, decommissioning, and defense.

If you have spent your career in big companies wondering what it would be like to actually build something, this is that role. There is no playbook yet. You will write it.

• Develop and own a multi‑year product roadmap across Amphionic’s radiation shielding, detection, and imaging product lines.
• Conduct primary and secondary market research, voice‑of‑customer interviews, and competitive analysis across target sectors: space, nuclear utilities, nuclear medicine, decommissioning, and defense.
• Identify where Amphionic’s materials science capabilities create genuinely defensible product differentiation — and ruthlessly prioritize around it.
• Surface new market opportunities and evaluate them against technical feasibility, regulatory landscape, and commercial readiness.

• Work shoulder‑to‑shoulder with our materials scientists, nuclear engineers, and fabrication team to translate customer and regulatory requirements into clear product specifications.
• Own the end‑to‑end product development process: concept, prototype, validation, and early pilot.
• Help establish the internal processes and tools Amphionic needs to scale from R&D output to market lead.
• Ensure products are developed with nuclear, space, and radiation safety standards in mind from day one.

• Build go‑to‑market strategy for each product line: target customer profiles, positioning, pricing frameworks, and channel approach.
• Develop the collateral, application engineering support, and technical narratives needed to engage sophisticated buyers in government and regulated industries.
• Work closely with leadership on partnership development, customer pilot programs, and early revenue opportunities.
• Represent the product and customer perspective inside the organization — and Amphionic’s capabilities externally.

• Partner with our technical team and external regulatory experts to understand certification and compliance requirements for radiation and nuclear materials products.
• Help map the testing, certification, and licensing pathways relevant to our target markets.
• Stay current with evolving standards in radiation shielding and detection as they affect product design and market access.

• B.S. in a technical, scientific, or analytically rigorous field. We care more about how you think than where you studied — strong candidates have come from engineering, physical sciences, consulting, defense, and investment backgrounds.
• Meaningful experience owning technical products or programs through the full development and commercialization lifecycle — from early concept through customer deployment.
• Demonstrated ability to work across the boundary between deep technical teams and market‑facing realities — translating between scientists, engineers, customers, and leadership without losing fidelity in either direction.
• Strong analytical instincts: comfortable with ambiguity, able to structure problems from scratch, and disciplined about…