Lead Engineer - Robotics

AutoStore™; Oslo; On-site; NOK 1,000,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collaborative culture

Health insurance

Generous pension plan

Unicorn company status

Job summary

AutoStore seeks a Lead Engineer to lead a small team in Robotics – New Product Development, owning sub-systems across electronics, firmware, and mechanics. You’ll review designs, guide technical decisions, and drive development from concept through production.

The role blends strong technical leadership with people management, planning and coordinating work, supporting engineers, and ensuring milestones and deliverables are met in a fast-growing environment.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Take technical ownership of assigned sub-systems from development to production.
• Lead and coordinate a multidisciplinary team across electronics, firmware, and mechanics, plan resources, priorities, and reviews.
• Collaborate with Product, System Architecture, Project Management, Supply Chain, Test, Compliance, and Manufacturing to meet milestones.
• Support suppliers and production readiness, promote good engineering practices and standardisation.
• Manage and develop a growing team, including regular 1:1s, feedback, performance follow-up, mentoring, hiring, and onboarding.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Systems thinking

Project planning

Agile methods

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Electronics

Firmware

Mechanical systems

Job description

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 electronics and/or 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 our headquarters in Vindafjord (Nedre Vats) or our Oslo office (Lysaker).

Application deadline: September 20th.