Head of Physical Systems & Robotics

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Head of Physical Systems & Robotics

Location: Bay Area or SF

Salary: upto $400k cash + Equity & Bonus

Reports to: CEO

As Head of Physical Systems & Robotics
, you will own the vision and execution for physical infrastructure, from robotic hardware and manipulation systems to controls, perception, and high-throughput experimental platforms. You will lead multi-disciplinary teams to deliver physically capable, autonomous systems that integrate closely with AI and simulation teams.

• Technical Vision & Strategy: Define and drive the roadmap for robotics, automation, and physical system platforms.
• Team Leadership & Growth: Build and lead teams across robotics, controls, perception, systems integration, and hardware engineering.
• System Architecture: Establish robust hardware/software architectures for complex physical systems.
• Integration &
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Work with AI, simulation, and software teams to ensure seamless integration between algorithms and physical execution.
• Operational Excellence: Implement best practices for reliability, maintainability, safety, and scalability of robotic platforms.
• Hands-On Innovation: Balance leadership with technical involvement in prototypes, design reviews, hardware selection, and validation.
• Risk & Safety: Set standards for safety, testing protocols, fault tolerance, and regulatory compliance.

• MS/PhD in Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related fields.
• 10+ years of engineering leadership in building and scaling complex robotic or automated systems.
• Experience owning end-to-end physical systems, including motion planning, controls, perception integration, and hardware/software co-design.
• Strong track record of cross-disciplinary collaboration with AI researchers and software engineers.
• Excellent communicator and leader capable of motivating and aligning engineering teams.

• Experience with high-throughput or autonomous experimental platforms.
• Prior work with digital twin or simulator environments tied to physical hardware.

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