Engineering Manager, Robotics Software (Robotics)

Location: Watertown, MA, United States; onsite

Salary: USD 190,000–300,000 per year, depending on experience.

Company

Robotics research and deployment company building robot hardware, artificial intelligence, fleet software, simulation systems, and tools for real-world industrial deployments.

What you will do

• Hire, manage, and develop a team of software engineers, including technical leads.
• Own a system end to end from design through deployment to the robot fleet.
• Set priorities and make technical decisions, or ensure the appropriate team member does so.
• Collaborate with hardware, research, and operations teams across software interfaces.
• Remain accountable for system performance in production and on real robots in operating facilities.

Requirements

• Strong software engineering background before moving into management.
• Experience managing a team of several engineers.
• Experience shipping software that runs on or alongside physical systems.
• Experience owning production systems and being accountable when they fail.
• Ability to review system designs and identify likely failure points.

Nice to have

• Experience with robotics, autonomy, or other hardware-in-the-loop systems.
• Experience with simulation, sim-to-real systems, or machine learning infrastructure.
• Experience with systems that have customer uptime obligations.
• Experience working alongside a research team.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully employer-covered health insurance.
• Managed 401(k).
• Unlimited PTO and federal holidays off for full-time salaried employees.
• Regular in-office meals and team social events.
• High ownership, rapid learning, technical rigor, and flexibility to shift between teams and problems as organizational needs change.