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# Product Management Intern at Parallel Systems

- **Company:** Parallel Systems
- **Location:** Los Angeles, CA
- **Compensation:** $50/hr
- **Posted:** 2026-10-26
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-07
- **Apply:** https://boards.greenhouse.io/parallel/jobs/5275719007?gh_jid=5275719007

## Job description

Parallel Systems is pioneering autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles designed to transform freight transportation by shifting portions of the $900 billion U.S. trucking industry onto rail. Our innovative technology offers cleaner, safer, and more efficient logistics solutions. Join our dynamic team and help shape a smarter, greener future for global freight.

Product Management Intern

Parallel Systems is seeking a Product Intern to help shape the software platform that our team, operators, and rail partners use to run an autonomous freight network. This is a hands-on role for someone who wants to own a real product problem, not shadow one.

You will sit at the intersection of engineering, operations, and customers. You will talk to users, dig into data, define requirements, and work side by side with software engineers to scope and ship a feature on our platform.

The right person is technical enough to earn engineers' trust, curious enough to understand how rail and logistics actually work, and comfortable bringing structure to ambiguous problems.

## What You Will Work On

You will own a specific product problem on our software platform, scoped to team priorities. Example areas include:

- User and customer research: interviewing operators, rail partners, and internal teams to understand workflows and pain points
- Requirements and specs: turning research into clear problem statements, user stories, and requirements engineers can build from
- Feature delivery: working with engineering and design to scope, prioritize, build, and launch a feature on the platform
- Fleet operations workflows: improving how users monitor, dispatch, and manage vehicles and freight through our tools
- Data and metrics: defining success metrics, querying fleet and usage data, and turning findings into product decisions
- Roadmap input: assessing opportunities, competitive landscape, and tradeoffs to inform what the team builds next

You will work through a structured product lifecycle: discovery, problem definition, requirements, delivery with engineering, launch, and measuring results.

What to Expect

- Weeks 1-2: Onboarding, overview of our vehicles, operations, and software platform, shadowing engineers and operators, and tool and data access setup
- Weeks 3-4: Project assignment, user interviews and discovery, and a written problem statement reviewed with your mentor
- Weeks 5-7: Requirements and spec writing, prioritization with engineering, and early design or prototype reviews
- Weeks 8-10: Supporting build and testing with the engineering team, user feedback sessions, and iteration on scope
- Weeks 11-12: Launch or handoff, measurement of early results, documentation of findings and recommended next steps, and a presentation to the broader team

Progress will be tracked through weekly check-ins with your mentor, spec and design reviews, and feedback from engineering, operations, and users.

## Basic Requirements

- Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field
- Hands-on product, engineering, or startup experience through internships, student teams, research, or personal projects
- Enough technical fluency to read code, understand system architecture, and discuss tradeoffs with engineers
- Experience working with data, such as writing SQL or analyzing data in Python or spreadsheets
- Strong written communication, including the ability to write clear, concise specs and documents
- Ability to bring structure to ambiguous problems and drive work forward with limited direction
- Excitement about working in a hard-tech environment where software meets physical vehicles and real operations

## Preferred Qualifications

- Prior software engineering or product management internship, or experience shipping a software product at a startup or on a student team
- Experience conducting user interviews or usability testing and translating findings into requirements
- Experience building prototypes or simple apps, or comfort with design tools such as Figma
- Familiarity with B2B, enterprise, or operations software
- Interest in logistics, transportation, rail, robotics, or industrial technology
- Experience from hands-on extracurricular engineering teams such as Formula SAE, robotics, autonomous systems teams, or similar
- Strong documentation habits and attention to detail

Please note the hourly range in the job posting reflects the new hire hourly range across levels that would be applicable to the position. Final compensation will be commensurate with the candidate’s final level. Also, this range represents base compensation only and does not include equity or benefits, if applicable.

Target Hourly Range: $50—$50 USD

Parallel Systems is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any discriminatory factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. We work to build an inclusive environment in which all people can come to do their best work.

Parallel Systems is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Parallel Systems will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact your recruiter.

## About Parallel Systems

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Parallel Systems develops autonomous, battery-electric rail vehicles to convert freight from truck to rail, enabling railroads to serve new markets with a cleaner, more flexible, and cost-effective alternative to short-haul trucking.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B)
- **Headquarters**: Los Angeles, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2020
- **Founders**: Matt Soule (Founder and CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Railroad Equipment Manufacturing, Autonomous Freight, Clean Logistics
- **Target Customers**: Railroads, freight operators, ports, distribution centers, and logistics companies (B2B, Enterprise)
- **Mission/Purpose**: To provide a safer, more efficient, and sustainable alternative to short-haul trucking by seamlessly integrating autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles with existing rail operations, decongesting highways, and reducing shipping costs and pollution.

## Products & Services
- **[Autonomous, Battery-Electric Rail System](https://moveparallel.com/product/)**: A fleet of self-propelled, autonomous rail vehicles designed to haul intermodal containers up to 500 miles on a single charge. Key features include:
  - **No couplers**: Vehicles self-sort and assemble into platoons, eliminating manual coupling and enabling instant rerouting.
  - **Platooning & Aerodynamics**: Patented technology yields unprecedented range and energy efficiency.
  - **Advanced Braking**: Self-contained, adaptive braking with automatic parking brakes for shorter stopping distances.
  - **Integrated Systems**: Software platform seamlessly integrates with existing railroad train control and business systems, providing real-time data via APIs.
- **Solutions for Rail**: New line hauls (city-to-city), port shuttles (reducing drayage), and direct-to-customer service (small-footprint terminals at warehouses).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding – **USD 91,349,995** ([LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/parallelsystems))
- **Funding History**:
  - Seed Round (June 2020): $3.8M – led by Congruent Ventures
  - Series A (Jan 2022): $49.5M – led by Anthos Capital
  - Series B (May 2025): $38.0M – led by Anthos Capital
- **Notable Investors**: Anthos Capital, Congruent Ventures
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Employee headcount grew **44.7% year-over-year** to 45 employees (as of mid-2025)
  - **First commercial pilot** launched in April 2025 after receiving Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) approval ([Pulse 2.0](https://www.linkedin.com/company/parallelsystems))
  - Currently in **second phase of testing on Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) in Georgia** ([Railway Age, July 2025](https://www.moveparallel.com/))
  - **14 active job postings** as of July 2025, with 75% year-over-year growth in listings

## Competitive Advantages
- **Autonomous, battery-electric technology** purpose-built for rail, offering a direct alternative to short-haul trucking (a massive market consuming 45 billion gallons of diesel annually).
- **No couplers** – enables instant, automated rerouting and packetized freight, greatly improving operational flexibility compared to traditional trains.
- **Long range (500 miles) on one hour of charge** via patented platooning aerodynamics.
- **Seamless integration** with existing railroad systems, reducing adoption barriers.
- **Small footprint** allows direct service to warehouse docks and small terminals, unlocking new low-density, short-haul lanes.

## Strategic Focus
- **Commercial deployment**: Moving from testing to revenue-generating pilot operations with partner railroads.
- **Scaling manufacturing and operations**: Growing the team (especially engineering and sales) to support commercial expansion.
- **Expanding market share**: Target shorter and lower density routes currently dominated by trucking, while also enabling port shuttles and direct-to-customer rail service.
- **Sustainability-driven growth**: Position rail as a lower-emission, cost-competitive alternative to reduce the 7% of U.S. emissions from trucking.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: "A team of curious, committed problem-solvers" with a focus on inclusion, ownership, and technical excellence ([Greenhouse careers page](https://boards.greenhouse.io/parallel)).
- **Impact**: Directly influence the future of freight by building autonomous, clean rail technology that can decongest highways and cut pollution.
- **Engineering Focus**: 45% of employees are in technical roles (robotics, autonomy, ML, mechatronics) – a strong engineering-led environment.
- **Location**: Based in Los Angeles, CA (Factory Place), with a small presence in India.
- **Growth Trajectory**: Rapidly scaling (44.7% headcount growth, new Series B funding, commercial pilot underway) offering significant career development opportunities.
- **Notable alumni destinations**: SpaceX, Tesla, Vast, Rivian, Anduril – reflects a high-caliber talent pool.

## Sources
1. [Parallel Systems Website](https://www.moveparallel.com)
2. [Parallel Systems Careers (Greenhouse)](https://boards.greenhouse.io/parallel)
3. [LinkedIn Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/parallelsystems)
4. [Parallel Systems Product Page](https://moveparallel.com/product/)
5. [Pulse 2.0 on Series B](https://www.linkedin.com/company/parallelsystems)

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