Founding Chief of Autonomous Robotics Systems

Samson Rose; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Samson Rose is seeking a founding Head of Robotics Systems to define the robotics architecture, deployment playbook, and operating model for an ambitious autonomous-warehousing startup. You will own the robotics strategy, evaluation, integration roadmap, and deployment architecture for early live systems.

Ideal candidate has deep robotics and automation experience in industrial environments, with a track record of moving automation from pilot to production, stabilizing brownfield and greenfield

Qualifications

• Experience architecting and deploying robotics or automation systems into live industrial environments.
• Experience taking automation systems from pilot or proof-of-concept into production.
• Experience with multi-vendor multi-form-factor automation and robotics systems.

Responsibilities

• Define the company’s robotics systems architecture, technical roadmap, and deployment strategy.
• Help build the early robotics team and technical culture.
• Evaluate, select, and integrate off-the-shelf and technology-patterns’ robotics and automation systems for real-world environments.
• Lead robot integration into live operations, including site-level systems design, workflow design, commissioning, and go-live.
• Translate operational requirements into technical requirements for robotics systems.
• Build the deployment playbook for moving from point-solutions to end-to-end automation.
• Create a pragmatic roadmap that balances ambition with real-world deployability.

Skills

Systems thinking

High agency

Relentless execution

Pragmatism

Vendor judgment

Founder mindset

Ambition

Startup experience

Tools

PLCs & industrial controls

Robot fleet management

Machine vision

Safety systems

APIs & middleware

WMS/WES/MES integrations

Job description

Samson Rose is seeking a founding Head of Robotics Systems to define the robotics architecture, deployment playbook, and operating model for an ambitious autonomous-warehousing startup. You will own the robotics strategy, evaluation, integration roadmap, and deployment architecture for early live systems.

Ideal candidate has deep robotics and automation experience in industrial environments, with a track record of moving automation from pilot to production, stabilizing brownfield and greenfield