Technical Project Lead, Physical AI Solutions

GENERAL ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD.; Otago; On-site; NZD 139,000 - 306,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Accommodations

Job summary

General Robotics seeks a Technical Project Manager to lead customer projects on GRID, coordinate with engineers, and translate field feedback into GRID roadmap. You will manage scope, timelines, and deployments while engaging with customers and cross-functional teams across international sites.

The role emphasizes hands-on collaboration with AI and robotics teams, ensuring feasible designs, and delivering value through clear communication and governance across milestones.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or a relevant technical field.
• 3+ years of technical project or program management experience, or prior experience as an engineer moving into project management.
• Working understanding of machine learning, robotics, or software systems, enough to engage meaningfully in technical discussions and design reviews.
• Familiarity with the software development lifecycle and tools such as Git, Jira, or similar.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders in parallel.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple customer projects concurrently, from kickoff through deployment and handover, including scope, timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
• Work with engineering to break customer requirements into technical scope, work plans, and milestones.
• Assess technical feasibility and risks of customer requests against GRID's current capabilities.
• Stay up to date with the team's development progress, technical decisions, and blockers across projects, working closely with Forward Deployed Engineers and research teams in Singapore and the US.
• Lead technical discussions with customer engineering teams, including integration requirements, hardware and sensor setups, and deployment environments.
• Review and help shape solution designs, data collection plans, and evaluation criteria for model performance.
• Define success metrics and acceptance criteria for deployments.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for customers, building trusted relationships with stakeholders from technical teams to senior leadership.
• Provide regular project updates to customers, including progress reports, demos, risks, and next steps.
• Identify and elevate risks early, and drive resolution across engineering, research, and customer teams.
• Translate customer requirements and field feedback into input for the GRID product roadmap.
• Identify opportunities for expanding customer value, including follow-on projects and new use cases.

Skills

Project management

Engineering background

Machine learning

Robotics

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/Robotics

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Git

Jira

Job description

General Robotics seeks a Technical Project Manager to lead customer projects on GRID, coordinate with engineers, and translate field feedback into GRID roadmap. You will manage scope, timelines, and deployments while engaging with customers and cross-functional teams across international sites.

The role emphasizes hands-on collaboration with AI and robotics teams, ensuring feasible designs, and delivering value through clear communication and governance across milestones.