Head of Engineering

About the role

You will report to the CTO and lead the robotics software and firmware organization, owning the stack from embedded firmware and real-time controls through planning and teleoperation. This is a hands-on technical leadership role managing 5-10 engineers today and scaling the organization to roughly 15.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow engineers across firmware, controls, planning, and teleoperation while continuing to write and review production code.
• Own architecture for real-time control loops, sensor and actuator interfaces, safety systems, and onboard compute.

Requirements

• 8+ years of robotics engineering experience, or 5+ years with a PhD, spanning firmware, controls, and embedded systems.
• Current or recent experience at a US robotics company shipping complex robots.
• Led at least five engineers.
• Expertise in RTOS, C/C++, ROS, real-time controls, manipulation, teleoperation, and robotics data pipelines.
• An MS or PhD in Robotics, EE, ME, CS, or a related field.

Pay

$200K-$350K base salary plus competitive equity.

Schedule

Full-time and on-site five days per week in Fremont, California.

Visa transfers, including OPT and H-1B transfers, may be considered.