Field Engineering Manager, Robotics

The Rundown AI, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking an Engineering Manager for their Robotics Field Engineering team. This role involves overseeing hardware and software initiatives, managing a diverse team of experts, and collaborating with vendors to ensure high-quality data collection. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in robotics and proven leadership skills.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience, 3+ years managing teams.
• 5+ years in robotics with hands-on experience.
• Proven track record of shipping excellent products.

Responsibilities

• Lead roadmapping and development for robot-adjacent tooling.
• Manage a diverse team of roboticists and strengthen vendor relationships.
• Drive collaboration across business units for improved data collection.

Skills

Leadership

Robotics

Data Management

Team Management

Job description

Scale’s Robotics Data Engine is an industry-leading solution for improving and deploying robotics. Leading companies work with Scale to collect robotics data, create high-quality labeled datasets, and evaluate model improvement.

About This Role:

As the Engineering Manager for the Robotics Field Engineering team, you will lead multiple hardware and software initiatives. Scale operates a wide variety of robots for data collection, and this role will be crucial to leading hardware development for optimized data collection, as well as software development for streamlined robot control and efficient data collection. You will be leading a large team of roboticsists, and help manage critical vendor relationships for both robotic platforms, sensors, embedded systems, and core software. You will set the pace for robotic development, and help drive collaboration across the entire business unit.

Responsibilities:

• Lead roadmapping, development and strategy for our robot-adjacent tooling and robotic data collection platforms.
• Manage a diverse team of roboticists from PhDs to industry experts working on a wide range of data collection setups
• Create industry-leading solutions to deliver measurable improvements to customers in data quality, cost, and speed
• Build and mentor a high-performing technical team
• Maintain strong relationships with partners, key customers, and internal stakeholders

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of professional experience and 3+ years managing teams
• 5+ years of experience in robotics
• Deep expertise in robotics data. You have spent time hands-on with robots, sensors, embedded systems and understand the dynamics of data collection, management, and hardware operation
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple hardware+software initiatives
• Track record of shipping excellent products and operating effectively in dynamic environments
• Proven leadership capabilities with a track record of managing high-performing cross-functional teams