Lead Engineer - Robotics (Firmware) | Relocation to Norway Required

AutoStore™; France; Sur place; EUR 102 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health insurance

Generous pension plan

1 hour per week of paid exercise

Relocation assistance across Europe

Résumé du poste

AutoStore seeks a Lead Engineer to head a small team working across electronics, firmware, and mechanics. You will own sub-systems, review designs, and guide technical decisions from concept to production, with significant people leadership.

Role combines hands-on technical oversight with people management for a growing engineering group. You will coordinate milestones, support engineers’ development, and collaborate with Product, Architecture, and Manufacturing.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering experience in product development with leadership experience.
• Strong background in electronics, firmware, and mechanical systems.
• Experience reviewing designs and making engineering trade-offs.
• Experience delivering physical products from development to production.
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills across multiple stakeholders.

Responsabilités

• Take technical ownership of assigned sub-systems from development to production.
• Lead a multidisciplinary team across electronics, firmware, and mechanics; plan resources and milestones.
• Collaborate with Product, System Architecture, Project Management, and Manufacturing to meet milestones.
• Support suppliers and production readiness; drive standardisation and reuse.
• Mentor engineers; conduct regular 1:1s and onboarding.

Connaissances

Engineering leadership

Electronics

Firmware

Mechanics

Technical ownership

Description du poste

We are hiring a Lead Engineer to join our Robotics – New Product Development - team, leading a small group of engineers working across electronics, firmware, and mechanics. You will take technical ownership of key sub-systems, review designs, support technical decisions, and follow the development from concept through to production. The role is primarily technical, combined with people responsibility for a growing engineering team. You will plan and coordinate the team’s work, follow up on project milestones and technical deliverables, and support the development of the engineers in your team.

Job Responsibilities

• Take technical ownership of assigned sub-systems, covering technical solutions, scope, quality, compliance, cost, and delivery from development through to production.
• Lead and coordinate a multidisciplinary engineering team across electronics, firmware, and mechanics, planning resources, prioritising work, reviewing designs, and making technical trade-offs.
• Work closely with Product, System Architecture, Project Management, Supply Chain, Test, Compliance, and Manufacturing to deliver against project milestones.
• Support suppliers and production readiness, while driving good engineering practices, standardisation, and reuse across product development.
• Manage and develop a small, growing team of engineers, including regular 1:1s, feedback, performance follow-up, mentoring, hiring, and onboarding.

Job Requirements

• 8+ years of engineering experience in product development, ideally with a background in firmware, and experience leading engineers or technical teams.
• Strong technical understanding across electronics, firmware, and mechanical systems, with the ability to review designs, provide technical feedback, and make engineering trade-offs.
• Experience developing physical products for serial or high-volume production, from development and testing through industrialisation and production.
• Experience with project execution and engineering planning, including resource allocation, prioritisation, milestones, and Agile ways of working.
• Solid people and communication skills, with experience mentoring engineers and working across engineering, product, manufacturing, suppliers, and other stakeholders.

We offer

• A Collaborative and Inclusive Culture where we celebrate and value everyone’s contributions, encouraging diverse perspectives in decision‑making.
• Work-Life Balance & Well‑being: We offer 1 hour per week of paid exercise, health insurance, and a generous pension plan, prioritizing your mental and physical well‑being.
• A Creative and Safe Workplace by joining a company experiencing rapid growth, with the stability of being Norway’s first unicorn listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
• International and Supportive Environment within a Norwegian multinational that values collaboration and innovation.

Location for this role is either at our headquarters in Vindafjord (Nedre Vats) or our Oslo office (Lysaker). We welcome applications from candidates across Europe who are open to relocating to Norway.

Application deadline: September 30th.