Engineering Manager, Robotics

About the Team

Our Robotics team is focused on unlocking general-purpose robotics and pushing towards AGI-level intelligence in dynamic, real-world settings. Working across the entire model stack, we integrate cutting-edge hardware and software to explore a broad range of robotic form factors. We strive to seamlessly blend high-level AI capabilities with the constraints of physical systems to improve peoples' lives.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead and grow our robotics software efforts. This role is critical to unblocking research and enabling faster, higher-quality data generation by scaling our software engineering function. You will have direct ownership of the team, expand it significantly over the next 12–18 months, and ensure our software reliably supports cutting-edge research.

The scope includes internal robotics platforms, data systems, and embedded integrations, with flexibility to lead additional initiatives as organizational priorities evolve.

This role is based in San Francisco, CA, and requires in-person 4 days a week.

In this role, you will :

• Build and own data infrastructure and evaluation pipelines to support research and real-world validation.
• Ensure smooth integration of software with embedded / real-world systems and test infrastructure.
• Partner closely with researchers to prioritize needs and deliver the data and tooling that accelerate progress.
• Drive execution and delivery of reliable software for physical platforms used in research.
• Provide day-to-day leadership for a growing software engineering team
• Scale the team thoughtfully over the next 12–18 months (recruiting, onboarding, career growth).
• Represent the team's work across relevant leadership stakeholders.

You might thrive in this role if you :

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