Robotics Engineering Manager

Location: Boston, Austin, Bay Area or Remote

Salary: Up to $300000 – Depending on experience/location

Contract Type: Permanent

We’re working with a well-funded AI and robotics company developing advanced autonomous systems operating in highly complex real-world environments.

They’re hiring a Robotics Engineering Manager to lead multidisciplinary engineering teams focused on building scalable autonomy and robotic platforms. This is a high-impact leadership role combining technical depth, people management, and cross-functional execution.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading and growing high-performing software and robotics engineering teams

• Driving execution across autonomy, perception, infrastructure, and platform initiatives

• Partnering closely with product, research, and hardware leadership to define technical strategy and roadmap

• Establishing engineering best practices, development processes, and delivery standards

• Mentoring senior engineers and technical leads while fostering a strong engineering culture

• Helping scale systems from R&D through deployment in real-world operational environments

• Balancing hands-on technical involvement with organisational leadership and execution

What we’re looking for:

• Proven experience leading high-performing engineering teams in complex technical environments

• Strong software engineering background with experience in distributed systems, robotics, autonomy, AI, or infrastructure platforms

• Track record of delivering large-scale technical projects from concept through production

• Experience working cross-functionally with research, product, and hardware teams

• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and organisational leadership skills

Preferred background:

• Robotics, autonomous vehicles, drones, industrial automation, or embodied AI

• Experience scaling engineering organisations during periods of rapid growth

• Exposure to safety-critical or real-world deployed systems

• Prior experience managing managers or multiple teams is a plus

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