VP of Engineering - Robotics, AI & Cloud Platforms

Simbe, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 260,000 - 520,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Medical benefits

Bonus/long-term incentives

Job summary

Simbe Robotics seeks a Vice President of Engineering to unify and lead the full-stack engineering organization across robotics, hardware, AI, cloud, and data systems. The role drives end-to-end execution, architecture, and production readiness for a scalable enterprise platform used in live retail environments.

The VP will oversee hardware and software teams, establish rigorous engineering processes, and partner with Product, Commercial, and Operations to align technology with revenue growth and

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering organizations delivering deployed robotics or IoT systems at scale.
• Direct oversight of both hardware and software teams.
• Strong systems thinker with experience integrating mechanical, electrical, embedded, AI, and cloud architectures.
• Track record of scaling engineering organizations in growth-stage environments.
• Experience delivering enterprise-grade products to Tier 1 B2B customers.

Responsibilities

• Own engineering strategy, execution, and delivery across hardware and software domains.
• Drive architectural alignment across mechanical, electrical, embedded, AI, cloud, and data systems.
• Establish scalable engineering processes, quality standards, and release discipline.
• Ensure production readiness, field reliability, and measurable system performance for Tier 1 B2B customers.
• Partner closely with Product, Commercial, Customer Success, and Operations to align engineering priorities with revenue growth and customer outcomes.
• Balance near-term delivery commitments with long-term technical innovation.
• Build and develop high-performing, cross-disciplinary engineering leaders.
• Advance Simbe’s leadership in robotics, computer vision, AI, and cloud-based retail intelligence.

Skills

Leadership

Systems architecture

Hardware & Software

Enterprise products

Cross-functional

Job description

Simbe Robotics seeks a Vice President of Engineering to unify and lead the full-stack engineering organization across robotics, hardware, AI, cloud, and data systems. The role drives end-to-end execution, architecture, and production readiness for a scalable enterprise platform used in live retail environments.

The VP will oversee hardware and software teams, establish rigorous engineering processes, and partner with Product, Commercial, and Operations to align technology with revenue growth and