VP of Robotics System Engineering, Humanoid Team

As the Head of Robotics System Engineering, Humanoid Team, you will own both the strategic leadership and hands‑on engineering of the full‑stack software platform that powers our general‑purpose humanoid robots - initially focused on a dual‑arm mobile manipulator and expanding to humanoids. You will translate ambitious product goals into a scalable, safety‑certified architecture that spans everything from low‑level motor control loops to cloud‑connected autonomy services. You will scale the systems‑engineering organization from advanced prototype through volume production, combining team‑building, budget oversight, supplier strategy, and product‑lifecycle management with deep individual technical contributions.

Leadership & Management

Robotics System Product Management

○ Define, document, and deliver end‑to‑end system requirements (functional, safety, performance, cybersecurity) that balance customer value, business viability, and technical feasibility. Shepherd those requirements through design, verification, validation, and release so they become robust, shipping products.

○ Partner tightly with Hardware, Controls, Teleoperation, AI, Cloud Infrastructure, Production, and Service teams to align every development stage from concept to field deployment.

Roadmap Planning & Execution

○ Build and maintain a cross‑functional roadmap that covers embedded firmware, real‑time middleware, high‑level autonomy, and cloud integration.

○ Secure head‑count, allocate resources, control budgets, and remove roadblocks until the system is in customers’ sites - on schedule and within quality and cost targets.

System Architecture & Design

○ Low‑Layer Control - Own architecture for motor‑drive firmware (e.g., BLDC FOC, PID gain tuning), high‑rate sensor I/O, and deterministic CAN‑FD / RS‑485 / RS‑422 / I2C etc communications between custom PCBs and the Jetson main computer.

○ Mid‑Layer Control - Design and implement ROS 2 control stacks (ros2_control), safety observers, and mission state machines that seamlessly switch between Teleoperation, Autonomous, and Vision‑Language‑Action (VLA) modes. Provide ultra‑low‑latency video and command streaming for teleop and VLA.

○ High‑Layer Control - Integrate MoveIt 2 motion planning, whole‑body controllers, Localisation, teleoperation UIs, and cloud orchestration services. Ensure tight coupling with ML inference pipelines and fleet‑management back‑ends.