Lead Engineer - Robotics

AutoStore System, Inc; Town of Norway (WI); On-site; USD 96,000 - 139,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collaborative culture

Health insurance

Pension plan

Global growth company

Job summary

AutoStore is seeking a Lead Engineer to join the Robotics – New Product Development team, heading a small group of engineers across electronics, firmware and mechanics. You will take ownership of key sub-systems, review designs, and guide technical decisions from concept through to production.

The role combines technical leadership with people management for a growing engineering team, planning work, tracking milestones, and developing engineers to reach their potential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in engineering with product development focus.
• Experience leading engineers or technical teams.
• Strong electronics, firmware, and mechanical systems understanding.
• Proven ability to take products from concept to production.

Responsibilities

• Take technical ownership of sub-systems across electronics, firmware, and mechanics.
• Lead a multidisciplinary engineering team, plan resources and milestones.
• Coordinate with Product, System Architecture, Project Management, Supply Chain, Test, Compliance, and Manufacturing.
• Mentor engineers and drive engineering best practices.
• Review designs and make technical trade-offs.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Electronics expertise

Firmware knowledge

Mechanical understanding

People mentoring

Job description

We are hiring a Lead Engineer to join our Robotics – New Product Development - team, leading a small group of engineers working across electronics, firmware, and mechanics. You will take technical ownership of key sub-systems, review designs, support technical decisions, and follow the development from concept through to production. The role is primarily technical, combined with people responsibility for a growing engineering team. You will plan and coordinate the team’s work, follow up on project milestones and technical deliverables, and support the development of the engineers in your team.

Job Responsibilities

• Take technical ownership of assigned sub-systems, covering technical solutions, scope, quality, compliance, cost, and delivery from development through to production.
• Lead and coordinate a multidisciplinary engineering team across electronics, firmware, and mechanics, planning resources, prioritising work, reviewing designs, and making technical trade-offs.
• Work closely with Product, System Architecture, Project Management, Supply Chain, Test, Compliance, and Manufacturing to deliver against project milestones.
• Support suppliers and production readiness, while driving good engineering practices, standardisation, and reuse across product development.
• Manage and develop a small, growing team of engineers, including regular 1:1s, feedback, performance follow-up, mentoring, hiring, and onboarding.

Job Requirements

• 8+ years of engineering experience in product development, ideally with a background in electronics and/or firmware, and experience leading engineers or technical teams.
• Strong technical understanding across electronics, firmware, and mechanical systems, with the ability to review designs, provide technical feedback, and make engineering trade-offs.
• Experience developing physical products for serial or high-volume production, from development and testing through industrialisation and production.
• Experience with project execution and engineering planning, including resource allocation, prioritisation, milestones, and Agile ways of working.
• Solid people and communication skills, with experience mentoring engineers and working across engineering, product, manufacturing, suppliers, and other stakeholders.

We offer

• A Collaborative and Inclusive Culture where we celebrate and value everyone’s contributions, encouraging diverse perspectives in decision-making.
• Work-Life Balance & Well-being: We offer 1 hour per week of paid exercise, health insurance, and a generous pension plan, prioritizing your mental and physical well-being.
• A Creative and Safe Workplace by joining a company experiencing rapid growth, with the stability of being Norway’s first unicorn listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
• International and Supportive Environment within a Norwegian multinational that values collaboration and innovation.

Location for this role is either our headquarters in Vindafjord (Nedre Vats) or our Oslo office (Lysaker).

Application deadline: September 20th.

All inquiries are treated confidentially.

Try our brand new AutoStore Pathfinder! Here you will be able to take a short questionnaire and read about where in our organization your skillset and personality can be a fit.

AutoStore, founded 1996, is a warehouse robot technology company that invented and continues to pioneer cube storage automation, the densest order-fulfillment solution in existence. Our focus is to marry software and hardware with human abilities to create the future of warehousing. We are a value driven organization, with our people being our most important asset. Lean, Bold, and Transparent manifest itself in everything we do, and are pushing borders to increase efficiency, safety and develop new products for our customers. AutoStore was born out of the great idea for storing goods like Rubik's Cube, instead of Dominos. We are now looking for talent that share our values and curiousity for new technology and development.