Senior Director of Autonomy & Robotics Systems

Teleo; Iowa; On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Teleo seeks a senior Head of Autonomy to own the end-to-end autonomy stack and lead the engineering team across perception, simulation, planning, controls, and fleet orchestration. You’ll set technical direction, review designs, and ensure safety in customer deployments on multiple machine types.

You will hire, grow, and run the team, partner with hardware and field teams, and drive learnings from real deployments back into the stack to improve performance and reliability.

Qualifications

• 10+ years building autonomy or robotics software
• 5+ years managing engineering teams
• Hands-on depth in at least two areas of the stack
• Strong C++ and Python, code review at senior level
• U.S. person due to export control requirements
• Shipped autonomy on physical robots or vehicles

Responsibilities

• Own the autonomy stack end-to-end and set technical direction
• Lead and hire the engineering team across perception, simulation, planning, controls, and fleet orchestration
• Review designs and stay close to code and field data
• Coordinate safety cases and release gates with safety/compliance
• Collaborate with hardware and vehicle integration and field deployment teams
• Represent autonomy to executive leadership, customers, and partners

Skills

Leadership

Robotics

Autonomy

C++

Python

MLOps

Education

MS/PhD in Robotics, CS, EE or ME

Tools

NVIDIA Jetson-class

Job description

Teleo seeks a senior Head of Autonomy to own the end-to-end autonomy stack and lead the engineering team across perception, simulation, planning, controls, and fleet orchestration. You’ll set technical direction, review designs, and ensure safety in customer deployments on multiple machine types.

You will hire, grow, and run the team, partner with hardware and field teams, and drive learnings from real deployments back into the stack to improve performance and reliability.