Head of Robotics & Autonomy Engineering

ProFound People; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Meaningful early-stage equity

Job summary

ProFound People in Sydney seeks a Robotics Technical Leader to helm the robotics stack—from ROS and autonomy to perception and ML pipelines. You will lead a small engineering team, shape architecture, and drive production-ready autonomous drone capabilities in outdoor environments.

You will own the end-to-end technical stack, coach engineers, and collaborate with the founder across field deployments and customer delivery. Expect hands-on coding and strategic leadership in a fast-moving startup.

Qualifications

• You have built something that customers have used.
• Strong autonomy and control engineering fundamentals.
• Experience with perception systems (sensor fusion, SLAM, computer vision, or similar).
• Practical experience applying machine learning in robotics contexts.
• A degree in robotics, mechatronics, or electrical/electronic engineering.
• A track record of shipping autonomous systems into production, not just research demos.
• Comfortable owning a technical domain end to end with limited oversight.

Responsibilities

• Autonomy, perception, and control layers for autonomous drone operations.
• Navigation and path planning across large, unstructured outdoor environments.
• Perception and machine learning pipelines for reliable autonomous operation during routine field inspections.
• Fleet management architecture as we scale across multiple markets.
• Onboard systems that perform under real world conditions, including variable terrain, weather, and connectivity dropouts.

Skills

Autonomy

Control engineering

Perception systems

Machine learning in robotics

Education

Degree in robotics, mechatronics, or electrical/electronic engineering

Tools

ROS

Job description

ProFound People in Sydney seeks a Robotics Technical Leader to helm the robotics stack—from ROS and autonomy to perception and ML pipelines. You will lead a small engineering team, shape architecture, and drive production-ready autonomous drone capabilities in outdoor environments.

You will own the end-to-end technical stack, coach engineers, and collaborate with the founder across field deployments and customer delivery. Expect hands-on coding and strategic leadership in a fast-moving startup.