VP of Autonomy — Robotics Software for GW-Scale Energy

TAR; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation bonus up to $15K

Unlimited PTO

Health, Dental, Vision insurance

$1K monthly meals stipend

Job summary

TAR builds its own construction robots and autonomous systems to install a proprietary solar racking solution at scale. As VP of Autonomy, you will own the autonomy software organization—perception, planning, and controls—for TAR's robotics platforms, from early development to field deployment with a growing fleet.

You will set direction, shape architecture, and hire engineers and managers who ship reliable software in harsh live sites.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with leadership at director/VP level.
• Hands-on track record building and scaling a software team.
• Ownership of software or autonomy for robotics in production or field deployment.
• Deep expertise in autonomous systems software: perception, planning, controls.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the autonomy software strategy and roadmap for TAR's robotics systems.
• Build and lead the autonomy software organization across growing fleet.
• Own system architecture across autonomy, perception, planning, and controls.
• Drive the software lifecycle end to end from roadmap to release.
• Partner with hardware/manufacturing leadership for co-development.
• Serve on the leadership team shaping investments and deployment timing.
• Represent autonomy with customers, partners, and investors.
• Establish field-feedback loops feeding software roadmap.

Skills

Software leadership

Autonomy systems

Robotics software

Perception/Planning/Controls

Hiring and mentoring

Job description

TAR builds its own construction robots and autonomous systems to install a proprietary solar racking solution at scale. As VP of Autonomy, you will own the autonomy software organization—perception, planning, and controls—for TAR's robotics platforms, from early development to field deployment with a growing fleet.

You will set direction, shape architecture, and hire engineers and managers who ship reliable software in harsh live sites.