Robotics Software Team Lead & Architect

Roboticsconnected; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

ICON is seeking a Manager to lead and grow the Robotics Software team at its Austin, TX headquarters. You will guide growth, retention, and effectiveness while applying your technical leadership to architecture decisions and capacity planning.

You will own standards for robotics software, drive code quality and test coverage, and lead architecture reviews with staff engineers. This role reports to the Director of Robotics and requires building a strong, capable team able to deliver on external

Qualifications

• B.S. in Computer Science, Robotics, or Electrical Engineering.
• 7+ years developing production software in C++ or a comparable systems language with robotics/real-time experience.
• 3+ years directly managing teams of five or more engineers, including performance management and hiring.
• Sufficient depth to evaluate architecture and design decisions and to credibly disagree with senior staff.
• Ability to earn trust and contribute to a performance-driven culture.
• Experience leading software ships on physical hardware with external milestones.
• Experience establishing engineering standards and test infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Manage, coach, and grow a team of robotics engineers and contractors.
• Hold weekly 1:1s and maintain a development plan for every direct report.
• Own interview and onboarding process and ensure new hires succeed past six months.
• Establish and enforce engineering standards for robotics software (definition of done, code review, test coverage).
• Partner with staff engineers on architecture and design reviews, providing independent judgment.
• Plan and allocate engineering capacity across concurrent programs with clear decisions.
• Provide leadership with a current view of work, risks, and constraints.
• Support internalization of knowledge and IP from external partners.
• Protect capacity for tooling, test infrastructure, and technical debt against schedules.

Skills

C++ development

Team leadership

Architecture evaluation

Robotics software

Performance management

Hiring & coaching

Education

B.S. in CS/Robotics/EE

Job description

ICON is seeking a Manager to lead and grow the Robotics Software team at its Austin, TX headquarters. You will guide growth, retention, and effectiveness while applying your technical leadership to architecture decisions and capacity planning.

You will own standards for robotics software, drive code quality and test coverage, and lead architecture reviews with staff engineers. This role reports to the Director of Robotics and requires building a strong, capable team able to deliver on external