Head of Hardware for Autonomous Robotics & Security

Laelaps; Zürich; Vor Ort; CHF 180.000 - 240.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Ownership of hardware team

Competitive equity/salary package

Ground-floor opportunity

Zusammenfassung

Laelaps AI, based in Zurich, seeks an experienced Hardware Lead to build and own the hardware function from the ground up. You will define the hardware strategy across ground, aerial, and stationary platforms, taking ownership of the physical robots that run field foundation models and growing the hardware team as the company scales.

The role is deeply hands-on in the first year—building, testing, and iterating on real platforms in real conditions, while laying the foundation for a hardware org

Qualifikationen

• 8+ years in robotics or autonomous systems with field deployment experience.
• Proven cross-disciplinary expertise in mechanical, electrical, and systems integration.
• Hands-on experience taking robots from prototype to production.
• Experience ruggedizing hardware for outdoor, all-weather environments.
• Experience managing manufacturing partners and supply chains.

Aufgaben

• Define hardware strategy across ground, aerial, and stationary platforms (build/partner/integrate).
• Own mechanical design for rugged outdoor deployments.
• Oversee electrical and electromechanical systems integration (power, compute, actuation, sensing).
• Lead sensor integration (cameras, LiDAR, IMU, GPS, audio) and physical integration.
• Manage prototype-to-production manufacturing pipeline and vendor relations.
• Establish field reliability programs (MTBF, failure analysis, durability).
• Hire and scale the hardware team as the product grows.

Kenntnisse

Robotics hardware

Systems integration

Mechanical engineering

Electrical engineering

Production readiness

Supply chain

ROS 2

Tools

ROS 2

Jobbeschreibung

Laelaps AI, based in Zurich, seeks an experienced Hardware Lead to build and own the hardware function from the ground up. You will define the hardware strategy across ground, aerial, and stationary platforms, taking ownership of the physical robots that run field foundation models and growing the hardware team as the company scales.

The role is deeply hands-on in the first year—building, testing, and iterating on real platforms in real conditions, while laying the foundation for a hardware org