VP of Engineering: AI-Driven Robotics & Cloud Platform

Dusty Robotics; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity

401(k) with employer match

Unlimited vacation

Collaborative environment

Job summary

Dusty Robotics is seeking a Vice President of Engineering to lead and scale the engineering organization as the company grows. This hands-on, strategic role partners with the CTO and executive team to translate product strategy into reliable execution across software, firmware, hardware, cloud, and AI-enabled systems.

You will hire and coach leaders, shape architecture for cloud and AI products, and drive the adoption of AI tools to improve engineering velocity while ensuring high-quality

Qualifications

• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering organizations that are heavy in software and have robotics or hardware-enabled products.
• Deep software background with the ability to own architecture for cloud and AI-enabled products.
• Credibility with both hardware and software teams, and experience taking hardware products into commercial deployment.
• Practical fluency with AI tooling and AI-built products, and judgment about how to best incorporate them into the engineering workflow.
• A track record delivering complex products and programs against real milestones.
• Judgment about the right level of process for a company our size, and a bias toward building on what already works.
• A record of hiring exceptional engineers and developing leaders.
• Clear communication with engineers, executives, and customers, and a strong product and customer mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering organization software, robotics, firmware, electrical, mechanical and own the roadmap, delivery cadence, and execution
• Shape the architecture of Dusty’s new cloud and AI products alongside the CTO and Director of Product
• Drive how engineering adopts AI: how we design, write, review, test, and document, and the standards that come with it
• Deliver Dusty's next generation of hardware systems engineered to perform reliably day after day on active job sites
• Hire, coach, and develop engineering leaders, and give strong engineers the ownership to do their best work
• Partner with Product, Operations, Manufacturing, Customer Success, and Sales to launch and support what customers depend on
• Serve on the executive team, connecting engineering decisions to customer and business outcomes

Skills

Leadership of eng teams

Software architecture

Cloud & AI systems

Hardware & robotics integration

Hiring & coaching

Executive communication

Job description

Dusty Robotics is seeking a Vice President of Engineering to lead and scale the engineering organization as the company grows. This hands-on, strategic role partners with the CTO and executive team to translate product strategy into reliable execution across software, firmware, hardware, cloud, and AI-enabled systems.

You will hire and coach leaders, shape architecture for cloud and AI products, and drive the adoption of AI tools to improve engineering velocity while ensuring high-quality