Chief Engineer, Platform & Robotics

Formulate Robotics; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation with equity

High ownership and autonomy

Foundational technology to reshape全球制造

In-person collaboration

Job summary

Formulate Robotics, based in Mountain View, CA, seeks a VP of Engineering to own the engineering execution for a platform that orchestrates Gen 3 hardware. You will lead a multidisciplinary org spanning robotics, embedded, cloud software, and AI/ML, shaping architecture and standards while shipping high-impact solutions.

You will collaborate with Product to translate customer needs into milestones, manage end-to-end system integration, and nurture a culture of hands-on leadership, learning, and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering experience with 3+ years leading teams (manager-of-managers a plus).
• Proven ability to ship complex, cross-disciplinary systems (hardware + software preferred).
• Strong technical judgment across multiple domains: robotics/automation, embedded/firmware, cloud/platform, AI/ML.

Responsibilities

• Own the engineering roadmap and execution for Gen 3 hardware + the platform that runs it.
• Build and lead a high-performing team across robotics, controls, firmware/embedded, cloud software, and AI/ML.
• Set architecture and technical standards: reliability, safety, testability, observability, and maintainability.
• Drive system integration from end to end: mechanical/electrical interfaces, firmware, services, UI, data pipelines.
• Partner closely with Product to translate customer needs into clear priorities, milestones, and shipped releases.
• Establish engineering operating cadence: planning, reviews, incident postmortems, retros, and continuous improvement.
• Design for manufacturability and deployment at scale: cost-down, serviceability, calibration, QA gates, and runbooks.
• Build the feedback loop: instrumentation + data systems that let the platform learn and improve over time.
• Own hiring and team design: org structure, leveling, interviewing, onboarding, and culture.
• Jump into complex technical problems when needed and lead by example.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Systems architecture

Robotics & automation

Embedded/firmware

Cloud & platform software

AI/ML tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

Git/GitHub

CI/CD pipelines

ROS / robotics frameworks

Job description

Formulate Robotics, based in Mountain View, CA, seeks a VP of Engineering to own the engineering execution for a platform that orchestrates Gen 3 hardware. You will lead a multidisciplinary org spanning robotics, embedded, cloud software, and AI/ML, shaping architecture and standards while shipping high-impact solutions.

You will collaborate with Product to translate customer needs into milestones, manage end-to-end system integration, and nurture a culture of hands-on leadership, learning, and