Deployment Lead | Navy Manufacturing

AI Chopping Block; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Gecko Robotics is seeking a Deployment Lead to drive high-impact Navy manufacturing deployments, bridging customer needs with robotics and AI platforms. You will lead cross-functional teams across foundries and manufacturers to automate critical workflows and build digital threads for lifecycle management.

This role requires comfort with ambiguity, strong stakeholder management, and regular travel up to 50%.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional deployment teams across foundries and manufacturers.
• Own high-impact deployments for Navy manufacturing programs.

Job description

What We Do

Gecko Robotics is helping the world’s most important organizations ensure the availability, reliability, and sustainability of critical infrastructure. Gecko's complete and connected solutions combine wall-climbing robots, industry-leading sensors, and an AI-powered data platform to provide customerswith a unique window into the current and future health of their physical assets. This enables real-time decision making to increase the efficiency and safety of operations, promote mission readiness, and protect the environment and civilization from the effects of infrastructure failure.

Role at a Glance

Deployment Leads at Gecko Robotics are the driving force behind delivering mission impact to manufacturing customers for Navy and defense applications. This role sits at the intersection of customer value, product strategy, and execution, acting as the connective tissue between customer stakeholders and Gecko’s robotics and AI platform. As a Navy Manufacturing Deployment Lead, you will own high-impact deployments focused on automating critical manufacturing workflows and developing digital threads ultimately supporting customers to deliver critical defense assets faster, at a higher quality, and with a digitally-native record for lifecycle management. You will lead cross-functional teams to deploy Gecko’s technology across foundries, forges, and manufacturers.

This is a highly dynamic, customer-facing role with up to 50% travel expected. The Deployment Lead is ultimately accountable for making sure Gecko products deliver value. They are business-savvy problem solvers who thrive in ambiguous environments, ask great questions, challenge assumptions, and build trust with customers.

This role supports U.S. Navy manufacturing programs. Its essential functions require regular access to export-controlled technical data, U.S. Government information systems, and customer facilities subject to U.S.-person access requirements. To satisfy the U.S. Government contractual and customer-access requirements applicable to this role, the selected candidate must qualify as a “U.S. person,